Category: Politics
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...
January 15, 2025
Politics
America PAC volunteers bemoan lack of payouts for work on Elon Musk’s $100 petition promise
More than a dozen swing-state Trump supporters who boosted thousands of petitions circulated by Tesla CEO Elon Musk's America PAC during the 2024 campaign told The Post this week...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Trump supports Vivek Ramaswamy taking JD Vance’s Ohio Senate seat: source
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's frontrunner for the vacancy is Lt. Gov. Jon Husted -- not Ramaswamy, Republican operatives told The Post. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's frontrunner for the vacancy...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Pam Bondi fends off onslaughts from Democratic senators in fiery clash during confirmation hearing: ‘Not going to be bullied by you’
US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect...
January 15, 2025
Politics
Jill Biden admits Nancy Pelosi pushing Joe out of re-election bid was ‘disappointing’
The first lady says the Democratic revolt against her husband's re-election bid taught her 'a lot about human nature.' The first lady says the Democratic revolt against her husband's...