Senate gridlock could worsen with Romney, Sinema, Manchin retirements: experts

The already narrowly divided Senate could see more gridlock in 2025, with several of the less partisan lawmakers from both sides of the aisle departing. As Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., each prepare to leave the Senate, questions loom over the upper chamber’s future ability to legislate across party Read More

NY v Trump criminal trial begins its 3rd week as former president accused of gag order violations

The historic and unprecedented criminal trial of former President Trump is set to resume for its third week Tuesday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged the former president with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. Trump pleaded not guilty. So far, opening statements have been delivered by Trump’s defense attorneys and Read More

Dem mayor’s spox defends meeting with controversial Chinese diplomat who praised CCP

A spokesperson for a Democrat mayor is defending a recent meeting with a controversial Chinese diplomat, who has repeatedly praised the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “Met with Philadelphia’s Mayor Parker together with Tianjin’s Executive Deputy Mayor Liu Guiping,” Huang Ping, who’s been the consul general of China’s New York Consulate since 2018, recently posted on Read More

Boxer and MMA fighter Francis Ngannou’s 15-month-old son Kobe dies

‘Too soon to leave but yet he’s gone,’ Ngannou wrote in a social media post annoucing his son’s death. Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou’s 15-month-old son Kobe has died, the boxer said in a social media post. Ngannou, 37, posted a black and white photo with his son late on Monday and wrote, “Too Read More

Gunman kills at least six in attack on mosque in Afghanistan’s Herat

Government spokesman says unknown armed person shot at worshippers in a mosque in Herat province, killing at least six people. A gunman stormed a mosque in western Afghanistan and killed six people, a government spokesman says. Ministry of Interior Affairs spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said “an unknown armed person shot at civilian worshippers in a Read More

NBA playoffs: LeBron’s Lakers eliminated as Nuggets’ Murray hits late hoop

Jamal Murray hit a tiebreaking 14-footer with less than four seconds left to send the host Denver Nuggets to the Western Conference semifinals with a 108-106 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of a first-round playoff series. The second-seeded Nuggets won the best-of-seven series 4-1 and will face the third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves Read More

Columbia backs off as Trump blames Biden for antisemitic protests

College campuses are the new southern border. The way in which so many university presidents have surrendered to a small subset of Israel-hating protesters is the hottest issue in America. It signals, without question, the breakdown of order in this country, especially at our elite institutions that once commanded respect and now are paragons of Read More

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