As the government shutdown stretches past five weeks, air traffic controllers across the United States are moonlighting to pay bills, hanging Christmas lights, stocking grocery freezers at dawn, and squeezing in DoorDash runs. Unpaid but still on duty, they describe exhaustion and anxiety, while their union warns that working second...
After Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis renewed his opposition to Mamdani’s plan for rent and tax-exempt, city-run groceries, warning they could force job cuts at his already money-losing chains. He had prepared to move Red Apple Group’s headquarters to New Jersey if...
As the government shutdown hit Day 37, late night hosts zeroed in on travel disruptions after FAA officials announced significant air-traffic cuts at 40 major U.S. airports during the holiday season. Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon joked about Thanksgiving journeys, while Jordan Klepper mocked Frontier Airlines’ advice to buy a...
Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik launched a New York gubernatorial bid with a two-and-a-half minute video casting the race as a fight over affordability and attacking Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul. The spot links Hochul to New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, highlighting her endorsement and rally appearances, and features chants of...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, long a target of abuse and of attacks from Donald Trump, welcomed New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s victory, saying voters chose hope over fear. The two Muslim leaders share threats, pro-Palestinian scrutiny and bridge-building with Jewish communities, yet diverge politically: Mamdani is a democratic socialist outsider,...
An antisemitism task force is severing ties with the Heritage Foundation after its president, Kevin Roberts, defended Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. In an email, four leaders said the National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism would continue its work outside Heritage, citing a broader problem on...
On the 37th day of the shutdown, with flight disruptions looming, senators from both parties prepared for a weekend session as Majority Leader John Thune moved to force another vote on a House stopgap. His plan would fund the government into January and advance three bipartisan bills for agriculture, military...
Democrats notched double-digit wins in New Jersey and Virginia, plus gains in New York City and California, powered by strong Latino support, exit polls show. Two-thirds of Latino voters backed Democratic gubernatorial candidates, including many Latino men, reversing some of Trump’s gains. In New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill beat Jack Ciattarelli...
California voters approved a new congressional map, the most significant Democratic response yet to Trump’s push to redraw districts before 2026. The plan could tilt five U.S. House seats toward Democrats and was passed by public vote, sidelining the state’s commission. Trump’s redistricting drive has already produced GOP advantages in...
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 50, a Democratic-friendly redistricting plan, with about 64% of 8.3 million ballots cast. The maps, designed to unseat five GOP incumbents starting in 2026, could erase Republicans’ narrow House edge and stall President Trump’s agenda. The defeat ignited Republican infighting: Assemblyman Carl DeMaio urged state...
