Thursday

05-03-2026 Vol 19

Month: February 2025

Senate confirms Russell Vought to return as head of Trump’s Office of Management and Budget

All 53 Republicans backed Vought as OMB director, while every Democrat opposed Trump's nominee. All 53 Republicans backed Vought as OMB director, while every Democrat opposed Trump's nominee.

MTA honcho Janno Leiber quiet on plan to fill $33B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees

The MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency's $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from outside groups include taxing deliveries in the Big Apple....

Rival Dem Ritchie Torres blasts NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as critics charged up over Con Ed’s proposed rate hikes

The utility giant is asking the state's utilities regulator to jack up average electric bills by 11.4% and send gas bills soaring 13.3%. The utility giant is asking the...

Fed judge limits DOGE access to Treasury Dept. payment records as member of Musk’s team quits over offensive posts

The ruling was made before one of the two DOGE members working at Treasury resigned after racist X posts were linked to him. The ruling was made before one...

More Dems join with Republicans to pass fentanyl crackdown bill

The Republican-led House passed legislation Thursday with significant Democratic support that would lead to harsher sentences for fentanyl traffickers, leaving it with a good chance of becoming law. The...

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander backs sex-change operations for minors, opposes Trump trans ban

City Comptroller Brad Lander backs sex change surgeries and procedures on transgender youths and blasted as discriminatory President Trump's executive order banning federal funding for such medical treatment. City...

Johnson aims to announce GOP agenda framework on Friday, including permanent tax cuts

Speaker Mike Johnson said House Republicans are aiming to announce an overarching framework on their party-line agenda on Friday morning. It would include a permanent extension of the 2017...

Trump ready to double down on Russian sanctions, US envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg says

"You could really increase the sanctions — especially the latest sanctions " retired Gen. Keith Kellogg exclusively told The Post. "You could really increase the...

House passes bill elevating fentanyl to Schedule I drug — joining heroin, LSD and marijuana

The Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act passed by a 312-108 vote, with 98 Democrats joining 214 Republicans to vote "aye." The Halt All Lethal Trafficking of...

Illegal border crossings have plummeted 90% since Trump returned to White House, Border Patrol chief says

"US Border Patrol knows how to get the job done, we know how to secure the border. All we needed was a president that was going to empower us...