Hochul Sues Trump Admin for Revoking NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program

New York governor Kathy Hochul (D.) on Wednesday moved to sue the Trump administration after it terminated New York City’s congestion pricing program. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a letter earlier Wednesday informed Hochul that the department is revoking the November 21 agreement, which imposed a $9 toll on most drivers entering Manhattan below 60th

DOGE Finds $2 Billion in Taxpayer Funds Earmarked for Stacey Abrams-Linked Group

DOGE discovered $2 billion in taxpayer funds set aside for a fledgling nonprofit linked to perennial Georgia Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams. The Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration awarded Power Forward Communities the grant in April 2024 as part of the agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program. Power Forward Communities received the green energy

Trump Admin Halts $769 Million Contract to Left-Wing Group That Says Immigration System ‘Intentionally Designed’ To Exploit Minorities

Stop work order comes after Free Beacon investigation into Acacia Center (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The Trump administration this week ended funding for an immigrant legal group that says the immigration system is “intentionally designed” to exploit minorities and has called for disciplinary action against attorneys and judges who fail to use correct pronouns for illegal

Trump Admin Designates Drug Cartels as Global Terrorist Organizations

The United States has designated Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel, and six other drug cartels as global terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday in a notice. The cartels threaten U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic stability, according to the notice. The designations follow President Donald Trump’s executive order directing officials

Trump Admin Freezes Funding to Palestinian Authority ‘Security Forces’ Behind Terror Attacks on Israelis

Biden admin showered the forces with cash, including for weapons training (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Trump administration froze funding for the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF), a group that purportedly aims to crack down on terrorism in the West Bank but employs terrorists who have carried out attacks on Israelis. The move, part of the

Trump Loses a Capable Ally, International Red Cross Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Treatment of Hostages, and CBS Braces for ’60 Minutes’ Document Drop

In the case of Eric Adams, the Trump Justice Department had at its disposal “prudent and imprudent ways to achieve similar ends,” our editors write. President Trump could have pardoned Adams or instructed prosecutors to drop the case against him because it was weak. Instead, Justice Department brass conceded in a memo that its order

GOP Senators Put Red Cross on Notice After ‘Neutral’ Aid Organization Participates in Hamas Propaganda Ceremony

When Hamas gunmen paraded emaciated Israeli hostages across a stage in Gaza earlier this month, they were flanked by two representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an aid group that boasts of its neutrality. The agency’s participation in the choreographed propaganda display—as well as its failure to visit the hostages as