Year: 2025
March 21, 2025
Politics
To fund MTA’s $68B rebuild plan, NY should nab fare-beaters, squeeze straphangers and taxpayers alike, watchdog says
The Citizens Budget Commission also calls for "modest" increases in fares, tolls and vehicle registration fees to generate $6.8 billion in revenue. The Citizens Budget Commission also calls for "modest" increases...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Trump denies Musk to be briefed on top-secret plan for potential war with China
The New York Times reported that the briefing would include 20 to 30 slides outlining how the United States would fight in a conflict with China. The New York...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Columbia University ‘not even close’ to meeting Trump’s demands to restore $400M in funding, antisemitism task force chief says
“There was a rumor out there that there was a settlement approaching to restore Columbia's $400 billion that we froze. Let me be very clear to your listeners and...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Trump accuses federal judge of trying to ‘usurp’ his presidential power amid legal fight over deportation flights
“He is a local, unknown Judge, a Grandstander, looking for publicity, and it cannot be for any other reason, because his 'Rulings' are so ridiculous, and inept," Trump ranted....
March 21, 2025
Politics
Former ‘Squad’ Rep. Cori Bush’s husband indicted for allegedly pocketing $20K in PPP loans for ‘personal benefit and enjoyment’
Cortney Merritts, 46, was charged in a federal indictment Thursday with two counts of wire fraud related to allegedly fraudulent applications he filed with Small Business Administration in 2020...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Kennedy Center employee delivers bizarre naked monologue bashing president’s takeover: ‘F–k Donald Trump’
“He vowed to ban drag performers from stages, and as the saying goes, ‘We’re all born naked, and the rest is drag,'" he said before stripping down...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Trump’s terror designation for Mexican drug cartels allows slain DEA agent’s family to sue narco group and ‘hold his killers accountable’
The lawsuit filed in California federal court by Camarena’s widow, children, and siblings seeks to hold gangsters Rafael Caro Quintero, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and the...
March 21, 2025
Politics
Columbia, Barnard ordered to refrain from turning over student disciplinary records until Mahmoud Khalil hearing
A federal judge on Thursday ordered Columbia University and Barnard College to refrain from complying with a Republican-led House committee’s demand for student disciplinary records. A federal judge on...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Wisconsin Trump voter stands by his support of president after ICE detains his Peruvian wife on return trip from honeymoon
The concerned husband said he initially thought Trump’s administration would only deport immigrants with a criminal history or those who had crossed the border illegally. The concerned husband said...
March 20, 2025
Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reveals another $580 million in DOGE savings from bloated Pentagon budget
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled another $580 million worth of cuts to programs Thursday that he claimed were either wasteful" or didn't align with the administration's agenda. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...