Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration just did something messy and headline‑worthy: it sued to block the City Council’s RESPECT Check Act, the law that would give up to $10,000 in one‑time payments to thousands of New York City paraprofessionals. The United Federation of Teachers immediately moved to intervene and has launched a public pushback. What started […] More

The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial goes back to work this week, and the judge just handed them a middle lane: manslaughter. After two days of deliberations and a weekend break, twelve ordinary citizens must now weigh first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, and an insanity-style criminal-responsibility defense in one of the bleakest family tragedies […] More

Ryan Reynolds went to the premiere of his Cold War movie Mayday, told Variety that “the ’80s was a brutal, brutal time” and that nostalgia “paves over all the trauma,” and then a short clip lit up social media. In a few seconds of on‑the‑record commentary, Reynolds managed to annoy a lot of people — […] More

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it pummeled U.S.-linked bases across the Gulf and in Jordan with missiles and drones. U.S. and host‑nation officials say the story looks very different: most of those incoming weapons were stopped in flight. That assessment matters — and not just for headline writers. The volley and the competing claims According to […] More

Attorney Alina Habba’s on-camera revelation that FBI agents allegedly appeared at her New Jersey home and that she was subpoenaed in her capacity as a lawyer has sent shockwaves through patriotic, liberty-minded Americans. Whether every detail of her account is independently verified yet or not, the claim deserves scrutiny because it touches the core of […] More

Abdul El‑Sayed’s apology to Jewish Democrats wasn’t a warm moment of unity. It was a political move — a calculated attempt to patch a self‑inflicted wound before November. The public mea culpa and meetings with Jewish leaders are less about a change of heart and more about recognizing this Michigan Senate race is tighter than […] More

Something small and human went viral this week: a short interview clip in which Senator John Fetterman told Greta Van Susteren that President Trump “checked in” on Fetterman’s father during a heart scare. Van Susteren answered with her own story about Mr. Trump sending a $25,000 personal check to help a veteran. The video is […] More

There are few things more raw than a courtroom where the dead are children and the question is whether a mother was so unmoored she couldn’t tell right from wrong. That is the ugly business unfolding in a Massachusetts courthouse, where the trial of Lindsay Clancy has turned into a battleground over mental illness, personal […] More

The House Republican leadership has just pulled a fast one on the Washington calendar. Speaker Mike Johnson announced the chamber will cancel the final two weeks of its pre‑election floor schedule, adjourning no later than September 17 and not returning for regular business until mid‑November. Lawmakers will be allowed back early only if the Senate […] More

New York Attorney General Letitia James is facing a fresh headache after an assistant attorney general in her office sent a now-deleted agency-wide email accusing supervisors of telling staff to “find and pursue crimes” tied to President Donald Trump and his allies. The whistleblower, Daniel Wiesenfeld, has been placed on paid leave, and several outlets […] More

President Donald Trump publicly urged Congress this week to pass a federal production tax incentive for movies and TV. In a surprise twist, Senator Adam Schiff (D-California) said he “strongly agrees,” turning what could have been a partisan fight into a rare moment of bipartisan nodding. The real story is not the feel-good unity — […] More

CENTCOM’s blunt announcement this afternoon changed the talking points: U.S. forces “began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran,” and at the same time the command publicly called out Tehran for spreading a false story about a tanker hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz. That’s the new development — a military response […] More

Archaeology has a way of making old stories harder to dismiss. Recent excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem are doing just that — turning a line in the Gospel of John about a “garden” into something you can hold in your hand: seeds, pollen and the remains of ancient plants. Whether […] More

A former Homeland Security employee quietly admitted she ripped off the taxpayers. Richeline Anisso Fung pleaded guilty to federal false‑claims charges after prosecutors say she billed multiple government agencies at the same time she was drawing a full‑time DHS paycheck. The court accepted her plea and set sentencing for Jan. 20, 2027 — a reminder […] More

President Donald Trump’s push for a federal film-and-television production incentive has drawn an unusual round of praise from Hollywood labor leaders — including SAG‑AFTRA President Sean Astin. The union’s joint statement with its national executive director hailed the president’s “vocal and determined leadership,” and other major unions and industry trade groups quickly lined up behind […] More

The U.S. military has struck two Iranian state-linked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as part of a wider campaign to blunt Tehran’s attacks on commercial shipping — an action U.S. officials say fits a newly described “tanker for tanker” posture reportedly approved by President Trump. CENTCOM released footage of strikes and other targets, while […] More

Rescuers are in a desperate race to reach roughly 900 hydropower workers believed to be trapped in buried tunnels after a violent flash flood ripped through the Nepal–Tibet border. The scenes are brutal: boulders the size of houses, rivers that changed course, and underground passages full of mud and water. This is about saving lives […] More

Governor Kathy Hochul rolled out a new State Liquor Authority policy and — because nothing says serious governance like celebrity cameos — she brought Kevin Bacon to town to headline the announcement. The move officially removes the question on liquor license applications that asked whether patrons would be allowed to dance. It’s a change framed […] More

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social this week to blast rising violence in Chicago and publicly offered federal help — telling Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson to “CALL.” He warned bluntly that “the city will die” if Washington is not invited in. The post followed a grim weekend in which local reporters […] More

Good news for Republicans: the respected Harvard CAPS / Harris poll this week shows the GOP ahead on the generic congressional ballot among likely midterm voters. That 51–49 edge isn’t a landslide, but it is the first time this poll has shown the Republican side leading in the current 2026 cycle. For conservatives watching turnout […] More

Senator John Fetterman didn’t tiptoe around the Democratic Socialists of America on Greta Van Susteren’s Newsmax show. He called out their leaders and allies with plain talk that the mainstream media likes to call “controversial,” but most voters would call honest. If you’re tired of politicians who preach while living differently, you’ll applaud his bluntness. […] More