Transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — A transcript of President Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, May 4, 2025, as transcribed by The Associated Press: ...
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his address to Congress
THE FACTS: Trump is banking on the idea that taxing imports is the road to riches for the United States. Most economists say Trump’s tariffs would hurt the country, as they’re tax increases that could ...
The Democratic response: Read Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s rebuttal to President Trump
The Democratic rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s speech before Congress came from Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a first-term senator from Michigan. She spoke for about 11 minutes. Here is a transcript of ...
Elissa Slotkin warns of potential recession as Democrats respond to Trump’s speech
The first-term Michigan senator told Americans that Trump’s policies would make them pay ‘in every part of your life.’ ...
Suspect in Kabul airport bombing during Afghanistan pullout is caught and heading to US, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) — A suspected senior planner in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 American service members during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been taken into ...
Increase FDNY funds to save more lives
When New York City faces Code Blue weather — those bone-chilling days when temperatures drop below freezing — everything gets ...
Opinion
Backing sanctuary NYC, even if the mayor won’t
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing this morning on sanctuary cities is nothing more than an attempt to vilify immigrants and further a political agenda of fear and ...
Andrew Ansbro
When New York City faces Code Blue weather — those bone-chilling days when temperatures drop below freezing — everything gets slower, harder, and more dangerous for both firefighters and civilians.
Trump’s address to Congress showed the country’s stark partisan divide
In a stunning breach of protocol and a measure of the fractious politics, one Democrat, Rep. Al Green of Texas, stood up and ...
Trump’s disastrous tariffs: American consumers will suffer
President Trump says he is opposed to war, but he has started an unwinnable trade war that will make losers of the American ...
Opinion
What sanctuary means: Mayor Adams must defend a sound policy from GOP attacks
The congressional hearing this morning with Mayor Adams and the mayors of Boston, Chicago and Denver is a partisan Republican display designed to show that the four Democratic mayors are coddling ...
Opinion
Readers sound off on Israel’s health care prisoners, disrespect to Zelenskyy and ‘Conclave’
The recent testimony of Dr. Khaled Alser, a renowned Palestinian surgeon at Nasser Hospital in Gaza, sheds light on the brutal conditions faced by Palestinian medical workers in ...