Month: October 2025
October 23, 2025
Politics
Here are the corporations and donors footing the bill for Trump’s new White House ballroom
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta are just some of the corporate sponsors for the $300 million grand hall in the gilded style of the president's Mar-a-Lago club. Amazon,...
October 23, 2025
Politics
Cornell student paper under fire for publishing professor’s op-ed with ‘highly offensive’ Palestinian artwork clad with nazi symbolism
Cornell's student newspaper ignited a firestorm this month by publishing a professor's vile artwork depicting a bloodied Star of David with a Nazi "SS" symbol scrawled on the back...
October 23, 2025
Congress
Obamacare ‘auto-enrollees’ are key target as Republicans formulate tax-credit extension plan
As Republicans formulate a plan to potentially extend key health insurance subsidies that are at the center of the government shutdown fight, House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie...
October 23, 2025
Politics
China, India curb Russian oil purchases after Trump sanctions Rosneft, Lukoil
The Asian nations are the world's most prolific purchasers of Russian oil — together accounting for a whopping 85% of Moscow's exports in August, according to the Center for...
October 23, 2025
Politics
Senate Dems block bill to pay federal workers during weeks-long shutdown
Senate Democrats blocked an effort Thursday to advance legislation that would pay some federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown. Senate Democrats blocked an effort Thursday to advance legislation...
October 23, 2025
Politics
Trump claims he was quietly pulling the strings with Israel under Biden: ‘They let me know everything’
President Trump crowed about the quiet influence over Israel he had during the Biden administration, strongly suggesting that the Jewish state would run key decisions by him. President Trump...
October 23, 2025
Congress
101 Republicans to defend community finance program from Trump cuts
More than 100 Republican lawmakers are expected to sign on to a letter pushing back on the Trump administration’s move to eliminate a popular, bipartisan community development finance fund...
October 23, 2025
Congress
Blaming Democrats, Johnson won’t bring House back to pay air traffic controllers
Speaker Mike Johnson said he won’t bring the House back to vote to pay air traffic controllers and other essential employees, saying the measure “would be spiked in the...
October 23, 2025
Politics
NY AG Letitia James heads to mortgage fraud hearing — as ‘fugitive’ grandniece hauled into court on alleged ‘punch’ threat
James' grandniece Nakia Thompson will appear before a judge after warning her kid's assistant principal that she would "punch" her in the "f--king face." James' grandniece Nakia Thompson will...
October 23, 2025
Politics
Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao after Biden’s ‘war on cryptocurrency’
Zhao, one of the most powerful people in the crypto world, had to step down as chief of Binance when the company agreed to a $4.3 billion settlement with the US...