New York City socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani cruised to victory on Tuesday night, defying the laundry list of critics who railed against him over several high-profile controversial stances and statements. Communist label Mamdani dismissed the ‘communist’ label throughout the campaign, maintaining that he is a democratic socialist. His past comments promoting the abolition of private property, seizing the means of ...
Senate Democrats are trying to figure out their exit strategy from the ongoing government shutdown as lawmakers on both sides remain cautiously optimistic that the end is near. At hand are offers Senate Republicans have made since nearly the beginning of the shutdown, which crept into record-breaking territory Tuesday night. Among the options Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and ...
The most consequential moments of the Trump–Xi summit last week did not occur at South Korea’s Gimhae International Airport. Statements about ‘stabilizing relations’ and ‘reducing tensions’ were predictable, almost perfunctory. The real story unfolded in the weeks leading up to the summit – in the choreography, the pageantry and the unmistakable assertion of American power across the Indo-Pacific. By the time Xi Jinping sat across from Donald Trump, he was meeting a U.S. president who had already recommitted to America’s military preeminence in the region, reaffirmed its ...
: The House GOP’s campaign arm is wasting no time in linking New York City’s democratic socialist mayor-elect to congressional Democrats facing challenging re-elections in next year’s midterm elections. Hours after Zohran Mamdani’s election victory in New York City’s mayoral election, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) on Wednesday launched a digital ad spotlighting him, which is running in nearly ...
Dominik Lett This month, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council will release a report aimed at improving federal disaster response. Over the last decade, FEMA’s annual spending has grown from $19 billion in 2016 to $32 billion in 2025 (adjusted for inflation). The FEMA Review Council’s recommendations should be informed by the ballooning costs of federal disaster programs, ...
Calculus Capital, the London-based growth investor specialising in technology, healthcare, and creative sectors, has completed the sale of its stake in Mo (Thanksbox Limited), the award-winning employee engagement and recognition platform, following its acquisition by US software group UKG. Calculus first backed Mo in 2020 through its EIS and VCT funds, alongside existing investor Mercia Ventures. The company’s proprietary platform ...
U.S. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Tuesday lauded South Korea’s plans to boost its military spending and take on a larger role in defending itself from North Korea’s aggression. The U.S. has wanted South Korea to increase its conventional defense capabilities so that Washington can center its attention on China. Hegseth spoke to reporters after annual security talks with South ...
Iranian hackers taunted former National Security Advisor John Bolton about files allegedly obtained from his email account that they said were classified, wishing ‘good luck’ to ‘Mr. Mustache’ as they threatened to leak the materials, an unsealed search warrant affidavit reviewed by Fox News Digital revealed. Bolton pleaded not guilty in October to eight counts of transmission of national defense ...
President Donald Trump has nominated Elon Musk ally Jared Isaacman to serve as NASA administrator again, after yanking his nomination for the role earlier in 2025. Trump originally tapped Isaacman, a commercial astronaut and founder and CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments, for the post, but Trump rescinded his nomination in May amid tension between the president and Musk. ...
Walter Olson The Trump administration is in court regularly with motions seeking injunctions as well as other discretionary court relief, such as stays of rulings against it. Two leading legal scholars, Will Baude and Sam Bray, argue in a forthcoming piece that courts should rebuff some of these moves by applying the famous equitable doctrine of “unclean hands.” (Equity is ...