Washington — Kennedy Center president Ric Grenell and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island are clashing over the center’s spending and operations records, after Trump allies were appointed to key roles at the Kennedy Center earlier this year, and President Trump was elected chairman of the board. In a letter to Grenell, Whitehouse said
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who has been a leading critic of the Trump administration, says he is running for governor of California in the 2026 election. He made the announcement on his official campaign website, which went live Thursday night ahead of a scheduled appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Swalwell got a standing ovation from
President Trump’s meeting with incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday was not expected to be warm and congenial. The two politicians agree on very little, and they’ve lobbed attacks at each other for months, with Mr. Trump calling Mamdani a “100% communist lunatic” and Mamdani describing himself as “Donald Trump’s worst nightmare.”
Washington — Former FBI Director James Comey is seeking to dismiss the criminal case against him because of what he claims were “fundamental errors” in the grand-jury process and interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s handling of the indictment. Comey’s filing, submitted to the federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Friday, reflects information revealed during a
15m ago $10 billion in federal funds on the line at White House meeting J.C. Polanco, a political analyst and professor at Mt. Saint Vincent University , says the federal government controls $10 billion in funds that Mamdani is going to need to enact his ambitious agenda. “This is a very consequential meeting,” Polanco
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Friday afternoon, where he plans to discuss affordability and public safety with the president. The outcome of the meeting could be hugely consequential for the future of New York City. There’s a lot on the line —
Only 776 air traffic controllers and technicians who had perfect attendance during the government shutdown will receive $10,000 bonuses while nearly 20,000 other workers will be left out, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday. A number of controllers started calling out of work as the shutdown dragged on longer than a month and they dealt