Month: April 2025
April 26, 2025
Politics
NYC mayoral hopeful Adrienne Adams under fire for ritzy renovations to her Council speaker offices: ‘She lives like a queen’
Since being elected speaker in January 2022, the Democratic mayoral hopeful has green-lit hundreds of thousands of dollars in top-to-bottom renovations for her offices. Since being elected speaker in...
April 26, 2025
Health Care
RFK Jr. isn’t staying in his lane. Trump is thrilled.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expanded his authority well beyond the bounds of a traditional health secretary. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expanded his authority well beyond the bounds...
April 26, 2025
Politics
John Kerry bristles as MSNBC host points out Russia took Crimea on his watch under Obama
MSNBC's Chris Jansing spoke with Kerry from inside the Vatican on Friday ahead of Pope Francis' Saturday funeral. MSNBC's Chris Jansing spoke with Kerry from inside the Vatican on...
April 25, 2025
Politics
Majority of voters describe Trump’s second term as ‘chaotic’ and ‘scary,’ new poll reveals
The New York Times/Siena College poll found 66% of registered US voters felt the term “chaotic” described Trump’s second stint in the White House well, while 59% thought “scary”...
April 25, 2025
Politics
Putin is ‘playing America as a patsy,’ top GOP senator warns, as he urges Trump to slap Russia with ‘toughest of sanctions’
Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, posted his tweet a day after the Russian military battered...
April 25, 2025
Politics
Kennedy Center LGBTQ pride events have been canceled: organizers
Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, DC. Organizers and the Kennedy Center...
April 25, 2025
Politics
Trump halts stripping visas from foreign students flagged in crime database
In federal court hearings in Boston and Washington, DC, Justice Department attorneys announced the shift would be temporary as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) develops a new policy to...
April 25, 2025
Politics
Bessent becomes face of trade talks — as Trump says he wants to ‘open China’ to business
“Trump trusts his resume, is basically what it comes down to," a source said of the former hedge fund executive. “Trump trusts his resume, is basically what it comes...
April 25, 2025
Politics
Feds launch discrimination probe against NY officials — after Trump backs Massapequa Chiefs name
"There are several mascots that refer to indigenous or ethnic groups – the Vikings, Fighting Irish, the Cowboys – and yet New York has specifically singled out Native American...
April 25, 2025
Politics
Alex Soros trashed as ‘impossible’ and ‘wrong person to lead’ dad George’s foundation in magazine profile
A New York Magazine profile on Alex Soros, son of George Soros, who has been chosen to take up his father’s leadership mantle, doesn't paint the heir in a...