Year: 2025
July 30, 2025
Politics
NYC primary that included dead voters’ ballots is finally decided, but criminal probe swirls
A winner was finally certified in a hotly Brooklyn City Council primary marred by the revelation that ballots had been cast for dead voters — but a criminal investigation...
July 30, 2025
Politics
Hacker ‘penetrates’ MTA board meeting with raunchy porn image
Viewers were shocked when the image of a naked man spreading his legs and touching himself appeared on the screen while a union boss began speaking during the meeting's...
July 30, 2025
Politics
FBI chief Kash Patel finds ‘burn bags’ of Trump-Russia documents in secret room
One of the documents is a classified annex to the 2023 report by then-special counsel John Durham that scrutinized the original FBI probe, code-named "Crossfire Hurricane." One of the...
July 30, 2025
Politics
Texas Republicans pitch new House map to net them up to five more seats
Texas Republicans rolled out a draft overhaul of the Lone Star State's congressional map Wednesday, seeking to flip as many as five Democratic seats and potentially sparking a gerrymandering...
July 30, 2025
Politics
Kamala Harris won’t run for California governor, clearing way for possible 2028 White House bid
Former Vice President Kamala Harris made the announcement Wednesday, after months of speculation about her political future. Former Vice President Kamala Harris made the announcement Wednesday, after months of...
July 30, 2025
Politics
Fed governors Michelle Bowman, Christopher Waller voted against leaving rates steady — most dissents since 1993
Until Wednesday, no Fed meeting this year generated formal opposition, with only two dissents occurring in 2024 and none in 2023. Until Wednesday, no Fed meeting this year generated formal opposition, with only...
July 30, 2025
Politics
Bessent tells countries don’t ‘panic’ if trade deals aren’t made before tariff deadline, insists US has leverage over China
Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have stressed that the deadline can not be extended any more. Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have stressed that the deadline can...
July 30, 2025
Congress
White House backtracks on NIH funding hold amid Hill uproar
Under pressure from Congress, President Donald Trump's administration has reversed course after halting spending at the National Institutes of Health. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had been...
July 30, 2025
Congress
Congressional stock trading ban gets Senate panel’s OK
Democrats agreed to exempt President Donald Trump to advance GOP Sen. Josh Hawley’s bill.
July 30, 2025
Politics
Grassley rips Trump demands to force judicial nominees through Senate: ‘I was offended’
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) fired back at President Trump's broadsides over his adherence to a tradition that Democrats have been exploiting to scuttle judicial nominations. Senate Judiciary...