Category: Politics
January 16, 2025
Politics
Biden calls for Constitutional amendment to ban presidential immunity for acts in office in apparent Trump parting shot
”We need to amend the Constitution to make clear that no president, no president, is immune from crimes that he or she commits while in office,” Biden said. ”We...
January 16, 2025
Politics
Hamas agreed to cease-fire because any deal would be worse under Trump, incoming WH national security adviser says
“Clearly, the entire world recognizes that this was the Trump effect,” said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), who will serve as Trump’s principal adviser on all national security issues. “Clearly, the...
January 16, 2025
Politics
Even Biden insiders admit it took Trump to close the cease-fire and Israel hostage deal
Multiple insiders and officials in both Israel and the US told The Post that it was Trump's impending inauguration that finally solved a problem that had proved intractable for...
January 16, 2025
Politics
NY’s Kathy Hochul enrages green activists by pushing off ‘cap and invest’ plan over skyrocketing gas-price fears: ‘Promised 2 years ago’
Gov. Kathy Hochul drew the ire from blindsided environmentalists for postponing implementation of a controversial "cap and invest" program that critics warned would raise fossil fuel prices for home...
January 16, 2025
Politics
US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments that went to dead people
The U.S. government clawed back more than $31 million in Social Security payments that improperly went to dead people, a recovery that one official said Wednesday was “just the...
January 16, 2025
Politics
Biden leaving office with record-low approval rating — 61% say his presidency was a failure: poll
President Biden’s favorability rating, which tracks Americans’ personal feelings toward the president, stunningly stands even lower than his job approval number, at 33%. President Biden’s favorability rating, which tracks...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Stacey Abrams’ nonprofit hit with largest fine in state history for illegally using funds to support her 2018 bid for governor
A voter registration nonprofit founded by former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams secretly boosted her 2018 gubernatorial bid in violation of campaign finance law and was slapped with a...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Justice Alito mockingly asks whether people visit Pornhub for articles ‘like the old Playboy magazine’
"You have essays there by the modern-day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.?" the jurist asked to laughter from spectators. "You have essays there by the modern-day equivalent of Gore...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Trump CIA pick John Ratcliffe vows to root out political ‘biases,’ focus on threats from China
The former Texas congressman said he wanted to the CIA to bring back the recruiting ideal of 'a Ph.D. who could win a bar fight.' The former Texas congressman...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Feds waste $7 billion on office space, even though half of employees work from home, House GOP report says
"More than half of federal employees were either teleworking regularly or fully remote" by May 2024, the report notes. "More than half of federal employees were either teleworking regularly...