NYC Mayor Mamdani refuses to walk back Israel ‘genocide’ claim after October 7 backlash
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood by his charge that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza and refused to revise his October 7 remarks despite bipartisan anger and Jewish community outrage. Fox News reported that Mamdani doubled down Thursday while speaking to reporters at an unrelated event, repeatedly declining to say he would change […]
Minnesota seeks proof as Trump freezes Medicaid funds over fraud
Minnesota officials are demanding specific fraud evidence from the Trump administration while hundreds of millions in frozen Medicaid payments face permanent cancellation, a standoff that puts years of weak state oversight under federal pressure. Minnesota’s temporary human services commissioner and state Medicaid director John Connolly warned that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could […]
Delta wingtip clips Air Canada jet on LAX taxiway
A Delta Air Lines plane clipped an Air Canada jet on a taxiway at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday morning, with no injuries reported as federal investigators open a probe into the ground collision. Delta Flight 7 was taxiing for departure around 10:30 a.m. PT on Oct. 6 when its left wingtip struck the horizontal […]
Spanish woman, 87, dies after eviction that fueled housing protests and a snap election
Spain’s 87-year-old housing protest symbol has died in hospital after her eviction, as Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez heads into a snap election his failed rent measures forced. Associated Press reported that María del Carmen Abascal, known as Maricarmen, died Wednesday while hospitalized. She was 87. Her lawyer, Beatriz Duro, confirmed the death and did not […]
Trump says he held back from targeting Clinton, Biden and Obama
President Trump said he could have done “very bad things” to Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Barack Obama but held back out of respect for the office, while warning Democrats will impeach him again if they retake Congress. Trump made the comments to reporters when asked what Democrats would impeach him for if they win […]
Televangelist Jim Bakker, PTL Club founder felled by 1980s scandal, dies at 86
Televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a Christian television empire with The PTL Club before a sex scandal and fraud conviction sent him to prison, has died at 86. Fox News reported that Bakker’s second wife, Lori, said he passed away on Monday. The cause of death was unclear. Bakker had suffered a stroke in 2020. […]
Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ posts a rare weak opening as Warner Bros. takes a hit
Tom Cruise’s “Digger” opened to just $8 million at the domestic box office, a rare misfire for the star that left Warner Bros. with a costly weekend and fresh questions about big-budget bets that miss mainstream audiences. The film took in $8 million in the United States and $12 million overseas over the past weekend, […]
