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February 07, 2025
Politics
AG Pam Bondi vows Trump’s DOJ will return to ‘core function’ of ‘prosecuting violent crime’: ‘Weaponization ends’
“We will do everything in our power to find them and eradicate them in our country,” the newly-minted attorney general said of violent gangs, drug dealers and cartel members....
February 07, 2025
Politics
Michigan state rep reveals she voluntarily sterilized herself to avoid pregnancy under Trump
“I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate," the 36-year-old four-term congresswoman said. “I refuse...
February 07, 2025
Politics
Trump slaps sanctions on ICC over ‘illegitimate and baseless’ Netanyahu arrest warrant
Trump's executive order slammed the ICC for "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel." Trump's executive order slammed the ICC for "illegitimate and baseless actions...
February 07, 2025
Congress
Russ Vought confirmed as White House budget chief
Democrats fought the OMB nominee's confirmation, elevating a little-known agency head to the national spotlight amid larger anxieties about the fate of congressional spending authority.
February 07, 2025
Politics
Senate confirms Russell Vought to return as head of Trump’s Office of Management and Budget
All 53 Republicans backed Vought as OMB director, while every Democrat opposed Trump's nominee. All 53 Republicans backed Vought as OMB director, while every Democrat opposed Trump's nominee.
February 06, 2025
Politics
MTA honcho Janno Leiber quiet on plan to fill $33B budget hole — but outside group pitches longshot taxes, fees
The MTA chief declined to share ideas Thursday on how to plug the agency's $35-billion budget hole, but suggestions from outside groups include taxing deliveries in the Big Apple....
February 06, 2025
Politics
Rival Dem Ritchie Torres blasts NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as critics charged up over Con Ed’s proposed rate hikes
The utility giant is asking the state's utilities regulator to jack up average electric bills by 11.4% and send gas bills soaring 13.3%. The utility giant is asking the...
February 06, 2025
Politics
Fed judge limits DOGE access to Treasury Dept. payment records as member of Musk’s team quits over offensive posts
The ruling was made before one of the two DOGE members working at Treasury resigned after racist X posts were linked to him. The ruling was made before one...
February 06, 2025
Congress
More Dems join with Republicans to pass fentanyl crackdown bill
The Republican-led House passed legislation Thursday with significant Democratic support that would lead to harsher sentences for fentanyl traffickers, leaving it with a good chance of becoming law. The...
February 06, 2025
Politics
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander backs sex-change operations for minors, opposes Trump trans ban
City Comptroller Brad Lander backs sex change surgeries and procedures on transgender youths and blasted as discriminatory President Trump's executive order banning federal funding for such medical treatment. City...