Con Edison cuts power to Bronx's Riverdale during heat wave as Mamdani's 78-degree rule falls apart

Residents of the Riverdale section of the Bronx lost electricity during a dangerous summer heat wave after Con Edison shut off power to reduce strain on New York City's electrical grid, leaving families in a neighborhood home to a large Jewish community without air conditioning while Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged everyone else to turn their […]

Biden's FBI wired a Gavin Newsom associate long before Trump took office

A Democratic insider embedded in Gov. Gavin Newsom's political orbit began secretly recording conversations for the FBI in June 2024, more than six months before Donald Trump returned to the White House, undercutting Newsom's public claim that the federal investigation targeting his circle is a Trump-directed vendetta. The timeline is not ambiguous. Alexis Podesta, a […]

LeRoy Irvin, two-time All-Pro cornerback and Rams great, dies at 68 after cancer battle

LeRoy Irvin, the hard-nosed cornerback who spent a decade locking down receivers for the Los Angeles Rams, has died at age 68. Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, Irvin's former teammate, announced the death on Instagram, calling himself "devastated" by the loss. Los Angeles-based journalist Eric Geller, who said he had worked with Irvin […]

Secret Service operator was Googling shooter's rooftop as gunfire erupted at Butler rally, inspector general finds

A Secret Service counter drone operator was searching the internet to find the building where Thomas Crooks had been spotted, and was still searching when Crooks opened fire on President Donald Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, 2024. That detail, buried in a 64-page Department of Homeland Security inspector general report released […]

New York Medicaid fraud unit loses federal funding after criminal enforcement collapses under Letitia James

The Trump administration froze federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit on July 1, citing what federal investigators called the worst criminal enforcement record among large state units in the country, a record that built up entirely during Attorney General Letitia James' tenure. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General denied […]

Walz and Minnesota Board of Pardons clear convicted child sex offender facing deportation

Minnesota's Board of Pardons, led by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, granted a pardon to a 42-year-old Laos national convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl, a decision that came just one week before the man was scheduled to be deported, Fox News Digital reported. Tou Lue Vang pleaded guilty in 2006 to first-degree criminal […]

Supreme Court coordinated spending ruling hands GOP a financial weapon Democrats can't match

The Supreme Court struck down federal limits on coordinated spending between political parties and their candidates on Tuesday, delivering a 6-3 ruling that could reshape the financial landscape of the 2026 midterms and neutralize the grassroots fundraising advantages Democrats had built in key Senate races in Texas and Maine. The decision in NRSC v. Federal […]

Former Democrat and Afghanistan veteran launches Republican bid to flip Massachusetts congressional seat

For the first time in nearly half a century, Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District has no incumbent on the ballot. Micah Jones, an Afghanistan veteran turned attorney who left the Democratic Party over its leftward drift, wants to seize the opening, and he thinks the conditions have never been better for a Republican to win in […]

Gorsuch flags FCC chairman's pressure on Kimmel in Supreme Court opinion on presidential firing power

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch used a landmark ruling on presidential authority to spotlight something unusual: a federal regulator's public campaign against a late-night television host. In an opinion issued this week as part of a 6-3 decision expanding the president's power to fire heads of independent agencies, Gorsuch cited FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's efforts […]

NYC Mayor Mamdani drops costly campaign pledges in last-minute budget deal with City Council

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialists of America, backed mayor who swept into office on promises of free bus rides and sweeping housing subsidies, reached a handshake budget agreement with City Council Speaker Julie Menin just hours before the fiscal year deadline, a deal that quietly shelves some of his most expensive […]