March 29, 2024

Shots fired inside NYC Times Square subway station after man approaches panhandler arguing with woman

Gunfire rang out inside a Big Apple subway station Tuesday when a man intervened during a dispute between a 40-year-old woman and a panhandler, police said. The alleged shooter pulled the trigger after he approached the panhandler who was arguing with the woman at the 49th Street subway station in Times Square around 9:15 p.m., […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom Declares State of Emergency as Hurricane Hilary Approaches California

JOHN G. MABANGLO / POOL / AFP California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency Saturday for much of Southern California as Hurricane Hilary approaches the Golden State.  Hurricane Hilary developed in the eastern Pacific Ocean and was initially “declared a Category 4 storm, but it was downgraded on Saturday to a Category

Hurricane Lee explodes into Category 5 storm as it approaches the Caribbean

Hurricane Lee continued churning over the Atlantic Ocean early Friday, barreling toward the northeast Caribbean islands as a “dangerous” Category 5 storm — but no longer expected to wallop New York.  The first Category 5 hurricane of the Atlantic season was located early Friday about 550 miles from the Lesser Antilles, with ferocious winds of […]

Tropical Storm Bret approaches eastern Caribbean, prompting preparations for heavy rains

Tropical Storm Bret chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as the region prepared itself for an unusually early storm and the torrential rains that are forecast. Bret had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving across the Atlantic Ocean at 21 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, which warned […]

Biden taps new legislative affairs head as spending fight approaches

Shuwanza Goff, left, started her Hill career in the office of Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in 2srcsrc8, eventually rising to become his floor director when he was in Democratic leadership. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo President Joe Biden on Monday named longtime Hill aide Shuwanza Goff as his director of legislative affairs, just in time for

Debt ceiling talks break down and attacks escalate as deadline approaches

With the deadline for a potential default less than two weeks away, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said talks would likely not resume until President Joe Biden returned from Asia late Sunday night. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Debt ceiling negotiations deteriorated after Republican negotiators rejected a White House offer to limit spending on both defense and a

Newsom Responds to Recall Attempt as Campaign Deadline Approaches 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has responded to a recall campaign against him after avoiding the subject for months. During a radio interview with KQED on March 12, he said the recall has more to do with his political opponents than with his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. His opponents have more concern with his broad progressive agenda, he said. “It’s about immigration,”…

President Trump Unloads As Caravan Approaches: “Obama Made Changes That Basically Created NO BORDER” (VIDEO)

President Donald Trump unloaded on Obama Tuesday, lamenting his predecessor enacted laws that “basically created no border.” .@POTUS: "President Obama made changes that basically created no border." pic.twitter.com/WfiFPruchO — FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) April 3, 2018 TRUMP: “It’s like we have no border because we have Obama make changes that basically created no border. It’s called catch […]

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