Month: July 2025
July 06, 2025
Politics
NYC voters torn over Zohran Mamdani’s big plans to hike taxes on wealthy, corporations: poll
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's tax the rich proposals to fund his spending plans gets mixed grades from likely general election voters despite widespread agreement that New York City...
July 06, 2025
Congress
Reps. August Pfluger, Buddy Carter say family members were saved from lethal Texas flooding
But Carter said one of his cousins has died.
July 06, 2025
Politics
Top House Dem dodges question about Zohran Mamdani identifying as African American on Columbia application
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries refused to delve into the controversy surrounding socialist New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani's description of himself as "black or African American" on his...
July 06, 2025
Politics
US Air Force fighter jets intercept another aircraft incursion over Trump’s NJ golf course
Some of the planes were met by F-16 fighter jets operated by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), and forced out of the airspace. Some of the planes...
July 06, 2025
Politics
Mamdani claimed FBI was responsible for radicalizing infamous al Qaeda terrorist in old posts: ‘Like blaming the Jews for Hitler’
The cleric was considered so dangerous that then-President Barack Obama approved the drone strike that killed him in 2011 -- an unprecedented assassination of an American citizen who had...
July 06, 2025
Politics
NY Dem Tom Suozzi voted against Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill — but admits he agrees with 75% of it
Queens and Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi stood by his decision to vote against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act despite acknowledging that he agrees with roughly three-quarters of...
July 06, 2025
Politics
Bessent teases new Aug. 1 deadline for tariffs, says Fed chair can’t cut rates like Trump wants
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the Trump administration is now eyeing Aug. 1 as the date to slap the "Liberation Day" tariffs against countries that failed to cut...
July 06, 2025
Politics
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent scoffs at Musk’s new America Party — claims tech mogul isn’t popular enough to pull it off
"Look, the principles of DOGE were very popular. I think if you looked at the polling, Elon was not," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday. "Look, the principles of...
July 06, 2025
Congress
Republicans just cut Medicaid. Will it cost them control of Congress?
Republicans’ vote to cut health care programs by more than $1 trillion could hurt them next year.
July 06, 2025
Politics
Mark Green resigns from Congress to take mystery job — narrowing Republicans’ threadbare majority
Tennessee Rep. Mark Green announced that he is stepping down from Congress for a mysterious job opportunity, narrowing Republicans' already ultra-slim majority by one seat ahead of messy fights...