Pakistan said it will not be the first to resume nuclear testing, pushing back on President Trump's claim on 60 Minutes that Pakistan, Russia and China have conducted tests. China also rejected the allegation. The comments came as Trump's own STRATCOM nominee told Congress neither China nor Russia are conducting...
After 13 failed attempts to advance a short-term funding bill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the Nov. 21 deadline in the House measure is obsolete, since weeks have ticked by during the shutdown. He wants a new date—potentially stretching into early 2026—and says the Senate could amend the House...
Amid an ongoing government shutdown, Democratic leaders blasted the Trump administration over a lapse in SNAP funding and health costs. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the White House of using vulnerable Americans as political pawns and said partial benefits violate the law. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged tapping...
New York Attorney General Letitia James and more than a dozen counterparts filed a Boston federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new rule narrowing who qualifies for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which forgives debt after a decade for nonprofit and government workers. The Education Department says the rule bars organizations...
Television outlets fixated on a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween bash at Mar-a-Lago as SNAP benefits ran out during the government shutdown, highlighting photos of the President’s table. Seated beside Donald Trump was Marvel mogul Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio also pictured. The once-reclusive executive, ousted from Disney...
Mark Grebner, a 72-year-old Michigan data specialist, has spent decades building political scores that predict party leanings, tools now used by dozens of local candidates to target voters before Tuesday’s election. His databases can rate nearly any adult in Michigan—Eminem, Gretchen Whitmer and William Clay Ford Jr. among them—and are...
In a 60 Minutes interview, President Trump weighed in on the New York City mayoral race, saying he could withhold federal funds if Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins, labeling the 34-year-old Queens assemblyman a "communist." He joked about his appearance, bristled at Andrew Cuomo's claim he'd "send tanks down Fifth Avenue,"...
On the eve of Election Day, Zohran Mamdani marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall, flanked by elected allies and a crowd chanting 'Tax the Rich.' Casting himself as a trailblazing candidate with momentum among young, working-class and immigrant voters, he urged a break from what he called Mayor...
Marking her first year as Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch told the BBC the party almost ran out of money after last year’s record defeat, with donors close to walking away and a real risk of bankruptcy. She said months spent shoring up finances delayed her public push, but claims the...
China flatly denied President Trump's claim that Beijing is secretly conducting nuclear weapons tests, after he told 60 Minutes that China and Russia are testing underground where 'you feel a little bit of a vibration.' The pushback came days after his nominee to lead STRATCOM told Congress neither country was...
