Tens of thousands of New Yorkers head to polls for Day 1 of early voting

Voters in New York City hit the polls Saturday as early voting got underway. According to unofficial, preliminary numbers from the Board of Elections, nearly 80,000 voters checked in across all five boroughs. More than 24,000 people cast their votes in Manhattan, followed by Brooklyn with just over 22,000, Queens with just over 19,000, the

Trump hikes tariffs on Canada by another 10% in response to anti-tariff ad

President Trump announced Saturday that he is raising U.S. tariffs on Canada by an additional 10% in response to the continued airing of an anti-tariff advertisement created by the local government of the Canadian province of Ontario. In a post to Truth Social Saturday afternoon, Mr. Trump described the airing of the ad during Friday night’s Game 1

Government shutdown hits Day 25 with no deal in sight

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the head of the air traffic controllers’ union held a news conference at Philadelphia International Airport, where they highlighted the impact of the shutdown on air travel, reiterating points Duffy made at the Capitol on Thursday.  “The stress level that our controllers are under right now I think is unacceptable,”

Trump calls for prosecution of more political foes including Smith and Garland

President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election. In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump accused four high-ranking officials — former Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, special counsel Jack Smith and Deputy Attorney General Lisa

What donors to Trump’s White House ballroom stand to gain from the federal government

Dozens of executives and companies have donated to fund the construction of President Trump’s $300 million ballroom, as many of them eye favorable policy, reduced scrutiny or approval for major deals from the White House.  Donors to the ballroom — which will take the place of the White House’s East Wing — include Big Tech