Disgraced ex-NYC COVID czar committed perjury to push vax mandates: critics
New York City's disgraced former coronavirus czar, Dr. Jay Varma, may have repeatedly perjured his testimony under oath that vaccination was the only way to stop the spread of the coronavirus, critics said. Varma served as senior health adviser to former Mayor Bill de Blasio during the height of the pandemic. Recently released hidden camera […]
How Kamala Harris' Tie-Breaking Vote Could Push Up Medicare Costs in 2025 – Newsweek
In 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a tie-breaking vote on the Inflation Control Act, which could raise Medicare costs for some seniors next year. The Senate vote was split 51-50 along party lines, with Harris casting the final vote on the bill that would make major changes to Medicare prices starting in 2025. “From […]
WeightWatchers CEO suddenly quits after push to embrace weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy
Weight Watchers CEO Sima Sistani abruptly resigned on Friday after a two-year tenure that included controversial adoption of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wigovy. Sistani pushed the 61-year-old company, known for its in-person meetings and portion control, to buy a telemedicine platform that connects patients with doctors who can prescribe popular obesity drugs. But […]
Adams’ lawyers mounted 11th-hour push to quash historic criminal charges
Lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams waged a frantic 11-hour effort to dismiss criminal charges against him, arguing to federal authorities that his historic prosecution would be ruinous for the city. The Sept. 12 behind-the-scenes letter, obtained exclusively by the Post, was sent by Adams' defense team to Manhattan prosecutors before the historic federal indictment against […]
Dems Launch Long Shot Push To Hold On To Senate By Winning Over Deep Red States
Axios reported Friday that Democrats are setting their sights on three deep-red Senate seats as a goal to maintain their Senate majority. With Senate races in Montana and Ohio increasingly out of party control, Democrats are setting their sights on: targeting Republican incumbents in Texas, Florida, and Nebraska less than 40 days from the election; […]
GOP rift opens over Social Security bill push
Provided by NFIB — A bipartisan effort to force a vote on legislation including Social Security reform is exposing fissures in the House Republican conference. {beacon} business and economy business and economy Full text Harris supports mineral stockpiling, embraces reforms and climate-friendly tax credits Vice President Harris laid out economic policy this week, supporting […]
Armed services Republicans, White House push back against claims that Zelenskyy’s PA visit was ‘political’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to a U.S. military ammunition factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Sunday has been criticized by some Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson, as partisan. “This tour was clearly a partisan campaign event aimed at supporting the Democratic Party…” Johnson wrote in a letter to Zelensky. Zelensky asked about China's 'real interests' […]
Keir Starmer to meet Donald Trump in New York in push for good relationship | Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer is meeting with Donald Trump in New York as part of an effort to build a good relationship with the Republican presidential candidate. The prime minister, who is on a trip to the United Nations General Assembly, was unable to schedule a meeting with Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in Washington. But he was […]
‘Thumb on the scale’: Consumer watchdog slams Dem push to codify law SCOTUS struck down
First appeared on FOX: Consumer watchdogs are warning senators to drop plans to codify a doctrine that the Supreme Court struck down earlier this year. This summer, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of fishermen who challenged federal agencies, arguing that decades-old legal doctrines gave the administrative state excessive power over fishing. […]
France and US push for 21-day Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire in Lebanon as UN chief warns ‘hell is breaking loose’ | Lebanon
The United States and France called for a 21-day ceasefire to pave the way for broader negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told a UN Security Council meeting that “hell is breaking loose” in Lebanon. Israel's top commander said he was preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon after three […]