Month: December 2025
December 19, 2025
Politics
Erika Kirk vows to get JD Vance elected president ‘in the most resounding way possible’ during TPUSA AmericaFest
"We're going to ensure that President Trump has Congress for all four years. We are going to get my husband’s friend JD Vance elected for '48 in the...
December 19, 2025
Health Care
Republicans are trying to change the subject on health care affordability — to transgender care
In a spate of votes and announcements, the GOP is tacking hard to an issue where the party sees an advantage. In a spate of votes and announcements, the...
December 18, 2025
Politics
NYC subway fare jumpers easily beat anti-theft ‘fins’ as MTA spends $7.3M to bring program to nearly every station
Straphangers doing the right thing say jumpers are easily bypassing the jagged metal "fins" that are designed to stop people from jumping or using the turnstile housing as a...
December 18, 2025
Politics
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance inks deal to sell US operations to American investors, including Oracle
The deal, set to close on Jan. 22, would end years of efforts to force ByteDance to divest its US business over national security concerns. The deal, set to...
December 18, 2025
Politics
GOP senators push Trump to use $5 billion in Russian funds for Ukraine weapons — as Putin lashes out over frozen money
Top Senate Republicans sent a letter asking President Trump to allow Kyiv to purchase American weapons using the roughly $5 billion in frozen Russian funds in the US as...
December 18, 2025
Politics
President Trump creates two new federal holidays around Christmas
Federal workers are getting a Christmas gift from President Trump. Federal workers are getting a Christmas gift from President Trump.
December 18, 2025
Congress
House passes major GOP-led permitting overhaul after late drama
The House passed bipartisan legislation by a 221-196 vote Thursday aimed at overhauling federal permitting reviews in a bid to accelerate the construction of new energy and infrastructure projects...
December 18, 2025
Congress
Loudermilk looks to early 2026 for first Jan. 6 hearing
The new Republican-led subcommittee investigating the events around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will have its first hearing next month, panel Chair Barry Loudermilk said Thursday....
December 18, 2025
Politics
New York Times columnist David Brooks, Google co-founder Sergey Brin among new faces in Jeffrey Epstein photo release
Congressional Democrats released another trove of documents handed over by the estate of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Congressional Democrats released another trove of documents handed over by the...
December 18, 2025
Politics
MTA honcho boasts of anti-subway surfing effort ‘success’ — but death toll tells different story
MTA boss Janno Lieber celebrated the transit agency’s efforts to curb subway surfing Wednesday — but the annual death toll shows the deadly stunt is as big a problem...