Category: Politics
April 06, 2025
Politics
Rep. Ritchie Torres pushes Hochul to crack down on illegal vapes from China: ‘Direct threat to public health’
Gov. Kathy Hochul needs to ramp up New York enforcement against illegal-flavored cigs or vapes coming from China that end up in the hands of New York's teens, said...
April 06, 2025
Politics
Workers at Defense Health Agency spent $3.3 million and 87,000 hours working on their own union benefits
“Taxpayers were subsidizing more than $3 million of union activities while the D.C. headquarters sat at just 36% occupancy. Bureaucrats should serve the American people, not themselves," Sen. Joni...
April 06, 2025
Politics
Obama slams Trump for yanking media out of WH pool — despite trying to cut Fox News access as president: ‘Imagine if I had done any of this’
The Obama administration attempted to cut Fox News out of press pool access to at least one interview early in his presidency. The Obama administration attempted to cut Fox...
April 06, 2025
Politics
Trump ally Ted Cruz warns WH tariffs could yield midterm ‘bloodbath’
Sen. Ted Cruz fretted that President Trump's steep and dramatic tariff increases against virtually every country on the planet could usher in a political "bloodbath" for Republicans in the...
April 06, 2025
Politics
Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro hits back at Elon Musk’s tariff criticism: ‘He’s simply protecting his own interests’
Top White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Elon Musk is only looking after his own interests after the world’s richest man criticized him and seemed to break with...
April 06, 2025
Politics
Elon Musk appears to break with Trump admin on tariffs — as he slams Peter Navarro and says he wants ‘zero tariff situation’ with Europe
The Tesla and SpaceX guru's made very public swipes against Navarro, who is widely seen as one of the top architects of Trump's tariff regime. The Tesla and SpaceX...
April 06, 2025
Politics
Trump admin suspends lawyer in case of Maryland man mistakenly deported for failing to ‘zealously advocate’
The government claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland and had protections from deportation, is a member of MS-13. The government claims that Kilmar...
April 05, 2025
Politics
Mitch McConnell claims Trump put ‘amateur isolationists’ in charge of Pentagon policy
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is blasting President Trump for allegedly putting "amateur isolationists" in charge of US military policy. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is blasting President Trump for allegedly...
April 05, 2025
Politics
Pro-Hamas vandal convicted of defacing DC monument learns his fate
Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi pleaded guilty to destruction of government property, a misdemeanor, for his actions during July protests against visiting Benjamin Netanyahu. Zaid Mohammed Mahdawi pleaded guilty to destruction...
April 05, 2025
Politics
Ex-PM Tony Blair urges UK leaders not to retaliate against Trump tariffs
“I don’t think it is in the UK’s best interest to retaliate,” the former Labor Party leader told students at King’s College London, The Independent reported Friday. “I don’t think...