Ted Turner died Wednesday at his home near Tallahassee at the age of eighty-seven, after a long battle with Lewy body dementia. The headlines settled on the obvious: founder of CNN. They are not wrong, but that's only part of the story. Turner was a…
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch told ABC News he intends to stay "independent" and "fearless" on the bench, a pointed response to weeks of personal attacks from President Donald Trump, who called the justice he appointed a "disgrace" and "disloyal" after Gorsuch sided against the…
President Trump announced Tuesday night that he was pausing a U.S. military operation to break Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, just one day after it launched, citing progress toward a negotiated agreement with Tehran and requests from Pakistan and other countries to stand…
Former President Bill Clinton, 79, made a rare public appearance Wednesday morning in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, attending the groundbreaking ceremony for an $18 million expansion of the Anchor House Men's Addiction Rehabilitation Facility. The New York Post reported that Clinton looked frail and unsteady as…
An 83-year-old American tourist died in an apparent drowning Sunday afternoon while snorkeling off Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian Cruise Line's private island in the Bahamas, the Royal Bahamas Police Force confirmed. The man's son told police the two had been in the water together before…
Ken Griffin told CNBC on Tuesday that his hedge fund Citadel will add "far more jobs in Miami over the next decade", and he placed the blame squarely on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The billionaire financier said a recent Mamdani social media video,…
Nicole Saphier, President Trump's third pick for U.S. surgeon general, deleted a string of social media posts in which she openly questioned administration healthcare guidance, pushed back on Trump's Tylenol warning to pregnant women, and called new vaccine advisory committee appointments lacking in expertise, The…
Hakeem Jeffries faces no serious challenger for the speaker's gavel inside the House Democratic Caucus. The only obstacle between the New York Democrat and the most powerful seat in the chamber is the American voter, and that obstacle is considerable. Punchbowl News reported this week…
Park rangers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park discovered 33 dead black vultures dumped alongside the Foothills Parkway on April 6, and a month later, investigators still have no public suspect. The National Park Service is now asking anyone who traveled between Chilhowee and Walland…
World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency venture founded by Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Barron Trump, and brothers Alex and Zach Witkoff, filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Chinese-born billionaire Justin Sun, escalating a legal fight that has turned one of crypto's most high-profile partnerships into…
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit this week against the city of Denver, challenging its decades-old ban on semiautomatic rifles, and a top DOJ official predicted the Supreme Court will eventually strike down such restrictions nationwide. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon told Just the News…
A 22-year-old East Harlem man died Saturday after showing signs of an apparent overdose, after, police say, an ambulance never arrived at his building for more than an hour. The New York Post reported that a 911 call came in at 5:13 p.m. from a…
A Federal Aviation Administration contractor in New Hampshire has been charged after prosecutors said he threatened to kill President Trump and drew scrutiny for searches on a work computer about assassination attempts and how to bring a gun into a federal facility. The Hill reported…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth argued Tuesday morning that the United States has stripped Iran of a key bargaining chip by gaining control of the Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. Hegseth’s comments matter for one basic reason: the strait is not just a map feature.…
