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President Biden vowed Friday that former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts would lapse next year if he's re-elected and "stay expired" — meaning higher taxes for middle class and low-income Americans — prompting a hasty walk-back…

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Man sets himself on fire outside Trump's 'hush money' trial in NYC

Trump rips 'unfair' gag order in NY hush money trial as all alternate jurors get picked: 'I have to be released'

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This is the moment CNN anchors watched man set himself on fire outside Trump trial

April 19, 2024 | 2:36pm

"We can smell the air, I can smell the burning of some sort of flesh," CNN's Laura Coates said.

NYC lawmaker pushes council to back Albany's proposed ban on migrant shelter stay limits

April 19, 2024 | 2:20pm

Manhattan Dem Gale Brewer proposed a resolution Thursday that would have the City Council back a state bill that would do away with caps on shelter stays, allowing asylum seekers...

Third House Republican backs move to oust Johnson, leaving speaker needing Dem support

April 19, 2024 | 2:18pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will need Democratic votes to save his job after a third Republican lawmaker came forward on Friday and threatened to oust him.

Conjoined twin Abby Hensel's husband's paternity results revealed at dramatic court hearing

April 19, 2024 | 1:09pm

Former army medic Joshua Bowling, 34, was recently revealed to have married Hensel — who shares a body with twin sister Brittany — in 2021, but almost two years later...

Rep. Claudia Tenney unveils bill to defund 'partisan propaganda machine' NPR

April 19, 2024 | 1:05pm

Rep. Claudia Tenney unveiled legislation Friday to prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio in the wake of a veteran business editor resigning over complaints alleging liberal bias at the...

Republicans eye ex-DNC chair, Biden adviser Tom Perez over 'unprecedented' Floyd Bennett Field migrant camp

April 19, 2024 | 12:39pm

Former Democratic National Committee chairman and current White House senior adviser Tom Perez took an "integral role" in settling thousands of migrants at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field, according to House...

NYC teen stabbed to death by neighbor over parking spot: police sources

April 19, 2024 | 12:08pm

A 19-year-old Bronx man was stabbed to death by his neighbor over a parking spot, authorities said. Dominic Cruz Aguilera was inside his Morris Heights home when neighbor Vladimir Lopez...

Environmentalist ex-colleagues demand RFK Jr. drop out of 2024 race to 'honor our planet' -- fear he'll help Trump win

April 19, 2024 | 11:29am

Dozens of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s former colleagues at an environmental advocacy group have demanded he drop out of the 2024 race to "honor our planet" --...

Dr. Phil speechless after real estate agent says squatting is justified by colonization : 'Take that land back'

April 19, 2024 | 11:22am

A landlord rejected the idea that 'colonization' can be used to justify squatting on large territories, 'We're not in 1776, we're in 2024'

House readies Saturday vote on $95B in Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan aid

April 19, 2024 | 11:19am

The House teed up a weekend vote on $95 billion in US military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as other humanitarian funding, after Democrats helped Republicans overcome...

Female college student fights back against armed robber and yanks magazine from gun -- as man watches just feet away

April 19, 2024 | 10:41am

Madelyn, a 21-year-old senior studying economics, was walking back from class on the Hyde Park campus when a masked man cornered her.

AOC, Rashida Tlaib call out 'appalling' arrest of 'Squad' member Ilhan Omar's daughter at anti-Israel protest

April 19, 2024 | 10:32am

The two progressive members of Congress chimed in after scores of students were cuffed and hauled away from the Ivy League campus on Thursday after the NYPD were brought in...

Columbia students rebuild anti-Israel solidarity camp less than 24 hours after mass arrests

April 19, 2024 | 10:14am

Dozens of students sat with blankets and Palestinian flags on the identical lawn opposite the one where hundreds were arrested.

Controversial Seattle teacher placed on leave for comments about Hamas attack

April 19, 2024 | 9:34am

A Seattle high school teacher previously accused of berating a student for describing himself as "straight" has been suspended for making pro-Hamas comments - including that the terror attack on...

Dognapper caught on video stealing 74-year-old woman's beloved pet from her NYC home

April 19, 2024 | 9:32am

A thief is being sought for stealing a woman's dog from her front yard after being captured on video approaching the excited pup before they both disappear.

Suspended anti-Israel protester moans about being kicked out of dorm after she was arrested

April 19, 2024 | 9:26am

"I was forced to stand outside the Barnard gates for an entire hour waiting for someone to let me in," said Maryam Iqbal, who was told she had just 15...

Pot inmates call out Biden for saying he'd free them ahead of another 4/20 in prison

April 19, 2024 | 9:21am

WASHINGTON — Federal marijuana prisoners are calling out President Biden ahead of the annual 4/20 cannabis holiday for not yet honoring his campaign promise to free "everyone" behind bars for...

4 of 'God's Misfits' denied bond for killing 2 Kansas moms

April 19, 2024 | 8:46am

An Oklahoma judge ordered public defenders to represent four members of an anti-government group who appeared in court Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and killing two Kansas women.

I rescued a tiger from an NYC apartment — and other animal tales from Bronx Zoo honcho's 50 years on the job

April 19, 2024 | 8:38am

Jim Breheny has been at the Bronx Zoo for 51 years, starting with a role at the children's zoo when he was 14 in the early 1970s. "No, I never...

Remains of Brooklyn airman shot down in Europe during WWII will finally return to family after 80 years

April 19, 2024 | 8:21am

"To think that 80 years later he's going to come home and he's going to get the honor he deserves it brings tears to my eyes," LaPorta said.