Politics

President Donald Trump claimed today that he was unaware of social media rumors speculating about his supposed death or rapidly declining health that went viral over Labor Day weekend. The rumors were, as most pieces of unfounded viral gossip are, sparked by a collection of likely coincidental tidbits that were …

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and onetime lawyer for Donald Trump, was injured in a car crash in New Hampshire on Saturday and was taken to the hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries,” according to a statement from officials. The crash, which took place just before 10 p.m. on Saturday …

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to send hundreds of unaccompanied Guatemalan children in the U.S. to Guatemala after lawyers for the children made a pre-dawn emergency appeal for 10 of the minors, who were already boarded on airplanes. Shortly after 1 a.m. ET on Sunday, …

Following his National Guard takeover of Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump has declared the capital “crime free.” In a new post on Truth Social, Trump praised Mayor Muriel Bowser for working with him to “eliminate” violent crime. “Her statements and actions were positive, instead of others like Pritzker, Wes Moore, …

Extremely rich New Yorkers are having what The New York Times is calling a “freakout” over the New York City mayoral race. “The Hamptons is basically in group therapy about the mayoral race,” Robert Zimmerman, a political fundraiser, told the Times. At the root of this panic is Zohran Mamdani, …

A judge tossed a case, finding no probable cause on Saturday after Florida police arrested a man as part of an ongoing standoff over art at a crosswalk memorializing the 2016 mass shooting at the LGBTQ Pulse nightclub in Orlando, WESH reported. The man has been released from jail. Florida …

Social media websites were ablaze Friday night with baseless wishcasting about how President Donald Trump may have quietly died, after the president had a relatively quiet few days and had nothing listed on his planned schedule for the weekend. On Saturday morning, a photo was released showing Trump getting ready …

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday endorsed political outsider Graham Platner, the populist oyster farmer running to oust Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins. While national Democrats have been eyeing Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) for the Senate race, Platner arrived as an unexpected progressive contender, pitching himself to those frustrated …

Earlier this week, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received a message from the higher-ups, vaguely informing them of an “obscene” placard and some “vandalism” on government property. “We received a report of vandalism on Roybal Building 18, where an obscene sign was placed in the window,” …

Earlier this week, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received a message from the higher-ups, vaguely informing them of an “obscene” placard and some “vandalism” on government property. “We received a report of vandalism on Roybal Building 18, where an obscene sign was placed in the window,” …