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The real catastrophe in DC Saturday had nothing to do with a gunman
My first thought after I found out there had been gunshots at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday was quite possibly the same as yours and can be summed up in a single word: staged. The fact that enough information about the shooting suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, has emerged to mostly tamp down the
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California drone maker to spend billions of dollars as it expands manufacturing in the state
A Californian drone manufacturer plans to pour billions of dollars into the defense technology industry, which is booming in the state. The San Mateo-based company, Skydio, will invest $3.5 billion in domestic manufacturing over the next five years, the company announced Friday. Defense technology operations, along with aerospace and artificial intelligence, have flocked to California,
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I ate at Noma LA for $1,500. Was it worth it?
“Didn’t the roe taste like Fritos?” asked Ryan Phang. The 24-year-old student next to me considered a leaf piled with spot prawn roe, like tiny orange pearls. We chewed on the sea eggs from off the coast of California, and I searched for any note of Fritos chips. “Maybe,” I replied. I tasted a hint
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Trump accused of act of ‘desperation’ as he clings to Jimmy Kimmel ‘distraction’
Donald Trump’s fresh attack on late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel over a joke he made about the age disparity between the 79-year-old president and his 56-year-old wife Melania did not get a sympathetic ear on “Morning Joe.” During a roast last Thursday, Kimmel joked about the first lady, calling her an “expectant widow,” which the White
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He wants to bring his kids on our first date — how do I say no without wrecking everything?
Gail Rudnick and Kim Murstein — the no-nonsense hosts of hit podcast series “Excuse My Grandma” — are The Post’s brand-new advice columnists. From family feuds to friendship fallouts, money, marriage and sex, there’s no topic too taboo to tackle, and the native New Yorkers will hash out each issue from their differing perspectives to tell the
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Why New York City Spends So Much on Its Mediocre Schools
New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, will soon confront an ordeal that might finally knock that trademark smile off his face: balancing the budget. The city is projected to have a $5 billion deficit this year and is required by law to make up for that shortfall by raising revenue, cutting spending, or both.
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Supreme Court will hear Trump’s bid to end legal protection for up to 1.3 million immigrants
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over whether the Trump administration may revoke temporary protected status for about 350,000 Haitian and 6,100 Syrian immigrants. TPS allows people who are already in the United States to legally reside and work here if they are unable to safely return to their home country because of
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‘Standoff’ between Johnson and Thune has become ‘increasingly embarrassing’ for GOP: Hill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson are locked in an escalating dispute over a stalled Homeland Security funding bill, with Saturday’s assassination attempt against President Trump at the Washington Hilton adding new pressure to resolve the impasse. GOP senators are urging the House to immediately pass a bill the Senate unanimously
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Jimmy Kimmel defends Melania Trump ‘widow’ joke after WHCD shooting: monologue
Jimmy Kimmel defended his “very light roast” on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Monday evening’s monologue. The comedian told “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” viewers about waking up to Melania Trump “putting out a statement that [he] be fired from his job” over a joke about the first lady having the “glow of an expectant widow.”
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JB Pritzker May Be Running for More Than Governor
The Governor at his Chicago offices on April 8. —Kevin Serna for TIME It’s St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, and JB Pritzker is on a boat cruising down the city’s green-dyed river. An icy breeze whips beer cans across the deck as the Illinois governor takes a swig of Redbreast whiskey from a flask offered