“What do they want me to do? Give up my firstborn child?” Taya Thomas recalled Cockrill saying in apparent frustration over the stalled talks.
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Reuters/David Dee DelgadoNEW YORK — House Speaker (R-LA) Mike Johnson trekked to Columbia University’s New York City campus on Wednesday—and was immediately greeted with a chorus of boos.The crowd loudly heckled and booed Johnson as he approached a podium and launched into his speech, railing against “antisemites” who “gnash their teeth and demand to wipe the State of Israel off the map and attack our innocent Jewish students.”Moments after making that declaration, a loud chant broke out of “we
But a majority of state constitutions declare that every citizen -- not necessarily only a citizen -- is an eligible voter.
In a recent turn of events, the internet sensation Adin Ross has garnered attention yet again, this time for extending a heartfelt apology to Twitch and pleading for the reversal of his suspension. Ever since his indefinite ban from the Amazon-owned platform in February 2023 for “hateful conduct,” Ross has navigated through a series of […]
After his latest Fox News appearance sparked outrage for seemingly defending Donald Trump comparing himself to the plight of Black Americans, Stephen A. Smith apologized. “I’m fully aware that I’ve been in the news the last few days, paraded all over social media as well, after comments I made on my appearance on Fox News’s
House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly apologized to President Joe Biden for rolling his eyes at the president's angry SOTU address in March.
Shadow health secretary accuses MP of double standards after criticism of health plans
Anyone who reads The Washington Post regularly knows that, in its view, the LGBTQ community can do no wrong, that there’s no wretched excess that Read More
On a recent afternoon, sneakered tourists streamed out of the various hotels located along a quiet stretch of Jamaica, Queens. The Radisson, a Hampton Inn, a Residence Inn by Marriott, and erstwhile JFK Hilton, just a stone's throw from JFK Airport, represent the future of affordable housing in the city, as well as what is perhaps a missed opportunity. Months of interior demolition work is concluding at the 350-room Hilton property on 135th Avenue, just east of the Van Wyck Expressway. A...
Rendering of the interior garden planned for the former JFK Hilton, near the airport in Queens. It's being converted into affordable housing. The former JFK Hilton is being transformed into affordable housing; project admirers wish there were more projects like it. [ more › ]
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