Former top Harris adviser ignites backlash over ‘political props’ comment targeting USA men’s hockey team

Symone Sanders, who formerly served as a top adviser to then-Vice President Kamala Harris and the 2020 Biden campaign, complained during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night that the Olympic Gold-winning U.S. men’s hockey team “allowed themselves to be used as political props.” “They should not be used as political props … Read more

Trump’s ‘war on fraud’ draws range of reactions during SOTU speech

As President Donald Trump vowed to wage a “war on fraud” during his State of the Union address Tuesday, a panel of voters across the political spectrum had mixed reactions. The panel, assembled by polling group Maslansky + Partners and comprising 29 Democrats, 30 independents and 41 Republicans, gave real-time reactions as Trump spoke. The … Read more

Mamdani names social services chief amid scrutiny over deaths of homeless New Yorkers

Department commissioner will be Erin Dalton, who conducted outreach in Pennsylvania among unhoused communities Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor, has hired Erin Dalton as a new commissioner of the city’s department of social services. The hire comes as the new mayor has faced scrutiny over the city’s handling of its unhoused population following the deaths … Read more

Death Valley erupts in wildflowers in sign of developing superbloom

Record rainfall in famously arid California park has caused a wildflower eruption nearing levels of a superbloom Death Valley and parts of southern California have erupted in wildflowers thanks to record rain that helped deliver spectacular blooms. In the famously arid national park, the rare display has covered miles of the landscape in vibrant shades … Read more

Florida launches probe after Cuba kills 4 aboard US-flagged speedboat near Keys

The State of Florida launched a full investigation into an announcement from the Cuban government that it killed several people aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat operating close to the Communist island’s north shore on Tuesday. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., first said the Cuban Interior Ministry reported confronting a speedboat with a Florida license number and claimed … Read more

DOJ has not released some Epstein files related to a woman who made an allegation against Trump

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has not released summaries and notes from three separate interviews the FBI conducted with a South Carolina woman who alleged she was a sexual assault victim of Jeffrey Epstein and also made sexual abuse allegations against President Donald Trump, according to an NBC News analysis of the Epstein files … Read more