Politics

Tropical Storm Alvin strengthens off Mexico’s coast in Eastern Pacific
Tropical Storm Alvin formed in the Eastern Pacific south of Mexico on Thursday, becoming the first named storm of the 2025 hurricane season. A tropical storm has maximum sustained winds between 39 and 73 mph, an upgrade...
Asian shares mostly decline as uncertainty grows about what’s next with Trump’s tariffs
Asian shares were mostly lower Friday as uncertainty grew about what will happen next after a US court blocked many of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.1%...
Bernard Kerik remembered as ‘fearless’ NYPD leader who helped guide NYC through 9/11
Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik was remembered as a “fearless” leader who helped New Yorkers get through the darkest days of the 9/11 terror attacks before his death Thursday....
Liberty felt Jonquel Jones’ absence in key area during win over Valkyries
The Liberty’s 82-77 win over the Valkyries on Thursday put a spotlight on the importance of Jonquel Jones. Jones, the Liberty’s iron woman, was sidelined for the victory for...
FBI probes strange texts asking for cash, pardon advice from person impersonating White House chief of staff Susie Wiles: report 
The imposter has reportedly fired off text messages and placed phone calls to Republican lawmakers, governors and business executives in recent weeks pretending to be Wiles, the WSJ reported. ...
Knicks’ stifling defense makes Tyrese Haliburton all but disappear
At first, the box score didn’t look right. Tyrese Haliburton’s numbers were so dramatically different from what they were two nights prior.  He entered halftime of the Pacers’ 111-94...
Pacers’ T.J. McConnell taunts Timothee Chalamet, Kylie Jenner and Ben Stiller in surreal moment
T.J. McConnell gave the star-studded celebrity row at Madison Square Garden a little taunting after hitting a 3 in the first half of Game 5 between the Knicks and...
All the Celebrities at Knicks vs. Pacers Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals
Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, and more stars attend Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals to watch the New York Knicks vs the Indiana Pacers on May 29,...
‘Class act’ Audra McDonald skillfully hits back at Broadway rival Patti LuPone’s brutal diss
Audra McDonald gracefully clapped back after Patti LuPone claimed they weren’t friends. “If there’s a rift between us, I don’t know what it is,” the “Good Fight” actress said...
MLB Memorial Day superlatives: Biggest surprises, disappointments and more
Memorial Day is when gentlemen start their engines and the rest start evaluating baseball teams. So here goes: Biggest AL Disappointment Orioles. They averaged 96 wins in 2023-24 and...
How Savannah Chrisley buddied up with the Trumps and helped secure freedom for her parents
Shortly after Julie and Todd Chrisley were sent to federal prison in Nov. 2022, their daughter Savannah took a gamble. She “came out” as a Republican and started to...
Exclusive | Private equity bigwig shocks courtroom with Alzheimer’s diagnosis during bombshell NYC divorce trial: ‘I’m a lowly business man’
A private equity CEO wrapped in a bruising divorce battle shocked a Manhattan courtroom this week when he suddenly announced he has Alzheimer’s disease — potentially opening him up...