Eric Adams wants to get doctorate and go from ‘Party Mayor’ to ‘Party Doctor’ Party Mayor, PhD. Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday his No. 1 goal after leaving office will be to get a doctorate – as the lame duck politician boasted about “great offers” for his next job. Hizzoner riffed on his post-City Hall […]
Gov. JB Pritzker won $1.4 million from playing blackjack in Vegas Who needs a salary when you can go be a casino whiz? Billionaire Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and his wife pocketed $10.7 million worth of taxable income last year, including $1.4 million he won from playing blackjack in Las Vegas, according to tax […]
NY judge orders Trump admin to send MTA $34M in anti-terror funding A New York federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to send $34 million in anti-terrorism grants to the MTA — calling its abrupt bid to yank the cash a “blatant violation of the law.” Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the Federal Emergency […]
Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, falls in Senate office hallway Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was caught on camera taking a nasty tumble in the hallway of a Senate office building Thursday. The 83-year-old, who was en route to the Capitol for votes, grabbed at an aide’s arm seconds before he went down. McConnell, who announced in […]
Trump says he and Putin will meet in Budapest in bid to end Ukraine war President Trump announced Thursday that high-level US and Russian officials will meet next week — and that he will talk face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary to try again to end Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Trump, 79, did […]
Thune offers Dems vote on Obamacare demands in exchange for reopening government WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader John Thune has offered Democrats a standalone vote on extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies in exchange for voting to open the government back up. So far, Democrats have rejected the overture by Thune (R-SD) as the partial shutdown enters […]
Lindsey Graham vows to force vote putting Dems on record over Trump’s Gaza peace plan Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) wants his Democratic colleagues to make clear where they stand on President Trump’s landmark 20-point peace plan for Gaza. Graham, 66, will introduce a resolution next week expressing that the Senate “supports President Donald J. Trump’s […]
‘Want to follow the truth’ WASHINGTON — Sen. John Fetterman was pressed Wednesday about why he still identifies as a Democrat despite his independent streak — as party brass in Pennsylvania quietly plot his downfall. During a NewsNation town hall event, pundit Bill O’Reilly confronted Fetterman (D-Pa.) over his party affiliation after the hulking senator […]
Trump admin live updates: Government shutdown, more news Stay up to date with live coverage of the Trump administration and national politics Thursday as the government shutdown drags into its 16th day, and the president is set to make an unspecified announcement from the Oval Office at 3 p.m. local time. Follow live updates on […]
Trump will do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend US from Venezuela’s terrorist drug gangs: Mike Waltz President Trump will do “whatever it takes” to defend the United States from Venezuela-based “terrorist” drug gangs, United Nations ambassador Mike Waltz vowed Thursday. Waltz doubled down after Trump revealed he had authorized the CIA to start engaging in […]