New York City voters sent a clear message on June 24. They chose 33-year-old Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary. Though the ranked-choice voting system in the city will not officially process results until at least July 1, Cuomo conceded shortly after the initial round
The Trump administration’s border czar, Tom Homan, revealed on Wednesday that he and his wife are living separately because of “death threats” against him. “My wife’s living separately from me right now, mainly because I worked for many hours, but mostly because of the death threats against me,” Homan told New York Post columnist Miranda
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) pleaded not guilty on June 25 to charges that she assaulted and interfered with immigration officers outside a New Jersey Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in May. McIver and her attorney, Paul Fishman, arrived at the federal court in Newark, New Jersey, at 11 a.m. Wearing a powder blue
Appearing before the Senate Banking Committee on June 25 for a second day of his semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faced criticism from GOP lawmakers over the central bank’s failure to lower interest rates. Repeating his position from the House Financial Services Committee hearing the day before, Powell told
Top Justice Department official Emil Bove, who has been nominated for the federal appeals bench, testified before the Senate Wednesday that he never told department attorneys to ignore court orders, denying the account of a whistleblower. Bove, a former criminal defense attorney who represented President Trump, rejected suggestions by Democrats that the claims of
Washington — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was taken to the hospital and treated for dehydration on Wednesday “out of an abundance of caution,” a spokesperson for his office said. The New York Democrat, 74, was at the Senate gym in Washington while an extreme heat advisory was in effect. “Leader Schumer was at the
A new report from the National Taxpayer Advocate shows the IRS has lost more than a quarter of its workforce since President Donald Trump assumed office. The overhaul is consistent with the administration’s effort to slim down the federal government, but it raises questions about the agency’s readiness for the 2026 tax season. Original News