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NYC comptroller asks Mayor Eric Adams to prove he can govern or else he will seek to remove him from office

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D) on Monday called on Mayor Eric Adams to prove he can still govern the city amid calls for his resignation after the Justice Department dropped bribery charges against him and four deputy mayors submitted their intent to resign.  In a letter to Adams, Lander said the potential resignations […]

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What the bleep?

“Profanity is the parlance of the fool.” — President Teddy Roosevelt  “Be on time. Never criticize a teammate. Never use profanity.” — UCLA 10-time NCAA Basketball Champion Head Coach John Wooden  “I’ve been accused of vulgarity. I say that’s bulls—.” – Filmmaker Mel Brooks  Do members of Congress curse? GOP REP WHO RETURNED TO CONGRESS

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‘Big Sunday Show’ hosts tell companies to ‘read the room’ when it comes to their DEI policies

Fox News contributor Joe Concha sounded off on Disney’s “woke” warning on classic films, as “The Big Weekend Show” co-hosts listed other companies nationwide rolling back their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “We absolutely do not need [the warnings],” Concha argued. “A lot of these classics from Disney were made in the ‘60s, the ‘70s,

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NATO secretary general says European countries have to do ‘much, much more’ to increase defense spending

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said European countries in the military alliance have agreed to step up their defense spending in the wake of President Donald Trump’s request that they increase the number to 5% of GDP. “Right now, we are spending $700 billion more on the European side of NATO than before President Trump

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Crews rescue teen from 50-foot-deep California mineshaft: Watch

A teenager was rescued from a California mineshaft after he and his friends decided to explore the cave using household rope, officials said. The Placer County Fire Department said crews, with the help of the Auburn City Fire Department, responded to a medical rescue on Feb. 10, for a 16-year-old boy who was stuck in

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Tourist loses both hands while snorkeling in Turks and Caicos after shark attacks during failed photo op

A Canadian tourist had both her hands amputated after being attacked by a shark while snorkeling on vacation in Turks and Caicos when she attempted to get a photo with the creature. The incident happened on Feb. 7, when officials with the Turks and Caicos Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR) said the 55-year-old

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Convicted NYC drug dealer who ran Times Square operation out of prison after Biden commutation

A convicted drug dealer arrested in connection with an “around-the-clock,” open-air crack cocaine operation in New York City’s Times Square is back on the streets after his federal prison sentence was commuted in January by then-President Joe Biden.  Johnny “Ghost” Perez, 32, was handed down an eight-year sentence following his 2021 arrest and was one

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DOGE says it found nearly untraceable budget line item responsible for $4.7T in payments

The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) discovered an identification code linking U.S. Treasury payments to a budget line item, which accounts for nearly $4.7 trillion in payments which was oftentimes left blank. “The Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) is an identification code linking a Treasury payment to a budget line item (standard financial process),”

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Dem strategist says Trump is popular because he ‘sounds like the Democrats’ from 1989

Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha argued that President Trump’s popularity can be explained by the fact he embraces the policies Democrats once stood for. Many Democrats, still reeling from Trump’s victory in November, are still trying to figure out how their party lost to somebody as controversial as Trump.  CNN’s “Laura Coates Live” featured a segment

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Fiery multi-car pileup inside quarter-mile mountain tunnel leaves at least 2 dead, several injured

A fiery pileup inside a tunnel on Interstate 80 in Wyoming left at least two dead with five others injured late Friday morning.  Fire and smoke billowed from the tunnel as people ran for safety.  Several outlets reported that its structural integrity had been threatened.  WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE VICTIMS OF THE PHILADELPHIA CRASH

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