Phillip Banks, deputy mayor for public safety since 2022 and former NYPD chief of department, has stepped down. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday that he has accepted the resignation of Philip Banks, the deputy mayor for public safety. Banks is the latest New York City public official to resign amid a
Melania Trump backs abortion rights in video Melania Trump defends abortion rights in new video 08:30 The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday restored the state’s six-week abortion ban, halting a judge’s ruling a week ago that the six-week ban is unconstitutional and abortions could continue past six weeks. The six-week ban will remain in place while Georgia’s
Veterans of Qatar-backed network now make up WaPo foreign desk Hamas (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images) A leading Al Jazeera anchorman celebrated the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror spree on Israel, writing in a now-deleted Monday tweet that the mass killing of more than 1,200 women and children “restored the nation’s dignity and
‘For every person you refer who is a swing state voter, you get $47,’ Musk says on X. Elon Musk’s America PAC is offering supporters $47 for each registered voter they get to sign a petition saying they will support the First and Second Amendments. On his social media platform X, Musk encouraged followers to
Biden exchanged Viktor Bout for US basketball player Brittney Griner Viktor Bout (Twitter/@guyelster) Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer released by the Biden administration nearly two years ago in exchange for U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, is now selling weapons to Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen. Bout, known as the “Merchant of Death,” met with
Vice President Kamala Harris declared Sen. JD Vance’s comments about “childless cat ladies” to be “mean and mean spirited,” and said recent comments by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ about her for not having biological children reveal that Sanders doesn’t understand “a whole lot of women out here.” Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, addressed
Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers had challenged the order, which requires all federal agencies to help increase voter signups and mobilization. The Supreme Court on Oct. 7 rejected a Republican challenge to President Joe Biden’s executive order that increased government involvement in the voter registration and voter mobilization process. The justices denied the petition in Keefer v.