Appeals court clears the way for Mamdani's pied-à-terre surcharge after lower court blocked it

A New York appeals court judge lifted a temporary restraining order that had halted Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre surcharge rollout, reviving a tax fight that has already ensnared roughly 17,000 homeowners in a bureaucratic mess of the city's own making. Associate Justice Philip Hom of the Brooklyn Appellate Division stayed the lower court's order on […]

Perez Hilton's sister describes finding him during suicide attempt at his home

Barbara Lavandeira broke her silence about discovering her brother Perez Hilton mid-suicide attempt on August 4, describing a scene of severe self-harm that left the celebrity blogger covered in blood and barely conscious. Lavandeira, who gave her account to Page Six on Wednesday, said she found Hilton, whose legal name is Mario Lavandeira, standing naked […]

Klobuchar captures Minnesota Democratic gubernatorial nomination as $9 billion fraud scandal shadows the race

Sen. Amy Klobuchar cruised to the Minnesota Democratic gubernatorial nomination Tuesday, pledging to clean up a fraud scandal that federal prosecutors say could cost taxpayers more than $9 billion, a mess that built on her own party's watch. Klobuchar, who failed to gain traction in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary before dropping out and endorsing […]

DOJ tells D.C. Council it has 'no power' to demand National Guard withdrawal from the capital

The Justice Department fired back at the D.C. Council's attempt to force National Guard troops out of Washington, calling the effort "impotent theatrics" and telling the council it lacks any authority to make such demands. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald sent a letter to the Council of the District of Columbia on Wednesday rebuking the […]

Justice Department arrests former SPLC official Heidi Beirich in widening donor fraud case

Federal agents arrested former Southern Poverty Law Center executive Heidi Beirich in California on fraud and money laundering charges, the first individual arrest in the Justice Department's expanding case against the left-wing nonprofit. A 26-page second superseding indictment, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, charges Beirich with three counts: wire […]

Five 17-year-old boys killed after car plunges off cliff in Grand Junction, Colorado

Five teenage boys are dead after their vehicle veered off a residential road and plunged down a steep hillside in Grand Junction, Colorado, a loss that has left a tight-knit western Colorado community reeling. The crash happened late Saturday night on Lookout Lane, a road that runs along a steep incline overlooking railroad tracks and […]

Justice Alito confirms he will stay on the Supreme Court, and Trump calls him 'one of the greatest of all time'

Justice Samuel Alito has shut down retirement speculation by confirming he will remain on the Supreme Court for another term, and President Trump wasted no time celebrating the news as a win for the country. Trump took to Truth Social on Monday night to praise the 76-year-old justice after Alito told The Wall Street Journal […]

Warren backs Trump's push to restrict defense contractor stock buybacks

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is offering rare praise for President Trump's crackdown on defense contractor payouts, joining a Republican senator to push legislation that would make the restrictions permanent. Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who has spent years railing against corporate excess, co-authored a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, […]

Wisconsin woman sues fertility doctor, alleging he fathered her child instead of using promised donor

A 71-year-old Wisconsin woman and her 43-year-old son have filed a lawsuit against a retired fertility doctor, claiming a DNA test revealed he secretly used his own sperm during a 1982 artificial insemination, a betrayal of trust that went undetected for decades. Mary Ellen Lukezich sought help from Dr. Frederick Dettmann more than 40 years […]

McCormick credits Fetterman for breaking with his own party's progressive drift

Pennsylvania's Republican senator praised his Democratic counterpart for standing against his party's leftward lurch, a lurch now visible in primary upsets from Michigan to New York City. Sen. Dave McCormick went on WABC 770 AM's "The Cats Roundtable" on Sunday and did something unusual for a Republican: he spoke well of the Democrat who holds […]