Gov. Kathy Hochul has built a virtual war room to prepare for Trump’s next move New York is quietly preparing for a Donald Trump takeover of the country’s largest city. A wide range of New York’s most prominent civic leaders have for weeks been meeting behind the scenes to plan for the possibility of Trump … Read more
President Donald Trump has repeatedly named Vance and Rubio as his two most likely successors. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is privately telling confidants that JD Vance is the frontrunner for the 2028 Republican nomination and that he’d support the vice president if he chose to run, according to two people close to the administration. … Read more
A scheduled Friday vote to move ahead on a government funding deal comes as Democrats are still uncertain about how to move a health care deal forward. A deal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies is looking more uncertain as Senate Republicans push to make headway Friday on ending the longest-ever government shutdown. Senate Majority … Read more
U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell Jr. ordered the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits by Friday. The Trump administration raced to an appeals court to block a federal judge’s order directing the Agriculture Department to use emergency funding to pay full food stamp benefits for November. The move comes after U.S. District Judge … Read more
“Completely untrue,” insists Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, as chatter builds about the veteran foreign minister. A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that media reports about Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov falling out of favor “are completely untrue.” Veteran diplomat Lavrov remains in his role, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov insisted during a briefing to … Read more
The president has spared several high-profile Republicans from prison time since returning to the White House in January. President Donald Trump has pardoned former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada, who was handed a 36-month sentence in September for fraud, money laundering and conspiracy charges tied to a scheme involving constituent mailer services. Trump also pardoned … Read more
The deal would restore federal grants frozen by the administration in April over antisemitic incidents on the Ivy League school’s campus. Cornell University agreed to pay $30 million to the Trump administration to immediately restore millions in federal funding and settle ongoing federal investigations into the Ivy League school’s response to antisemitic incidents on campus. … Read more
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future Solomon Morris Makau checks the fallen tree for snakes before he wraps a tape measure around the trunk. The early morning sun is overwhelming in the … Read more
Singer-songwriter says curriculum changes reflect points raised in open letter to PM organised by his foundation Ed Sheeran has taken partial credit for the government’s move to overhaul the teaching of music in England’s state schools shortly after being mentioned by the education secretary in parliament. The Department for Education (DfE) said it wanted to … Read more
Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists Six environmental protesters were convicted after they were denied the ability to put a “reasonable excuse” defence or climate facts before the jury, despite these being afforded to other activists acquitted for taking part … Read more