Polls reveal that voters aren’t buying Trump’s portrayal of the economy. The FAA will cut flights at 40 airports and reduce capacity.Here’s what to know today. And, how scammers are using videos of stunning apartments to lure victims on social media. Trump’s portrait of the economy isn’t what voters see Ahead of Tuesday’s elections, President Donald…
The power had just gone off and the ground was shaking at Grade A Auto Parts when the owner received a panicked video call from his chief financial officer. On his screen, CEO Sean Garber watched a “huge fireball” engulf the Louisville, Kentucky, auto-part and recycling facility he has owned for decades as his colleague…
Nov 6 (Reuters) — U.S. airlines were scrambling on Thursday to rejig schedules and fielding a flood of customer queries after the U.S. ordered flight cuts at some of the nation’s busiest airports, the latest travel disruption from the prolonged government shutdown. On Wednesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he would order steep cuts citing air traffic…
NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo’s political career is ending where it began — with a failed mayoral race. Nearly 50 years ago, Cuomo served as an informal adviser to his father’s unsuccessful City Hall bid. Decades later, he is once again on the losing side. While 1977 was only the start of Mario Cuomo’s storied…
Zohran Mamdani, who ran his campaign on tackling the cost of living through policies like city-run groceries, free public transit, and universal childcare, was declared the next mayor of the U.S.’ largest city on Tuesday. And some of the billionaires who previously opposed him are changing their tune. The Associated Press declared Mamdani’s win at…
New York — Sen. Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and one of the most powerful Jewish politicians in the United States, did not endorse Zohran Mamdani and would not say who he voted for in New York City’s mayoral election. But on Wednesday morning, he said he called the mayor-elect to offer his congratulations. “We…
California voters on Nov. 4 passed Proposition 50, a constitutional amendment that allows a redrawing of the state’s congressional district boundaries, a major win for Democrats. The measure, which was pushed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, permits California’s Democratic state lawmakers to temporarily redraw the state’s U.S. congressional districts to increase their party’s chances of…
What you need to know • Historic shutdown: We are now in the longest government shutdown in history, at 36 days. It surpasses the previous record set during President Donald Trump’s first term. • Stalemate in Congress: Roughly a dozen Senate Democrats have privately signaled they are willing to support a stopgap funding deal in exchange for a future vote on health…
The Supreme Court will weigh the legality of President Donald Trump ‘s use of an emergency law to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on most U.S. trading partners on Wednesday — a blockbuster case, and one that experts say stretches far beyond matters of economic policy. At issue before the court is whether the president can use the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Zohran Mamdani wasted little time as mayor-elect of New York City before making clear that he sees part of his new role as standing up to the president of the United States, who had threatened not only to defund the city if he won but also to arrest and deport him. Mamdani, a…