Politics – Latest US Political News & Headlines | New York Post https://nypost.com Your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:21:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 163456144 Emotional Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht says Trump is a ‘man of his word’ in first remarks since pardon: ‘Amazing blessing’  https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht-says-trump-is-a-man-of-his-word-in-first-remarks-since-pardon/#respond Fri, 24 Jan 2025 01:23:19 -0500 2025-01-24T01:23:28-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht-says-trump-is-a-man-of-his-word-in-first-remarks-since-pardon/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34679811 0 34679811 Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht speaks during a video following his release from jail after President Donald Trump's pardon. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House after signing executive orders on Jan. 23, 2025. An artist rendering of Ulbricht appearing in court in New York on Feb. 7, 2014. Ulbricht carries a small potted plant after his release from prison following the pardon oof his life sentence. Trump says he can strike deals that would keep China out of Taiwan and make ‘absolutely certain’ Iran doesn’t get nukes https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-says-he-can-strike-deals-that-would-keep-china-out-of-taiwan-and-make-absolutely-certain-iran-doesnt-get-nukes/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 23:16:52 -0500 2025-01-23T23:55:55-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-says-he-can-strike-deals-that-would-keep-china-out-of-taiwan-and-make-absolutely-certain-iran-doesnt-get-nukes/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34678218 0 34678218 Donald Trump Xi Jinping Ayatollah ALI KHAMENEI Kamala Harris consulted Hillary Clinton over how to deal with brutal loss to Trump: report https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/kamala-harris-consulted-hillary-clinton-over-how-to-deal-with-defeat-against-trump-report/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:55:45 -0500 2025-01-23T22:28:12-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/kamala-harris-consulted-hillary-clinton-over-how-to-deal-with-defeat-against-trump-report/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34673948 0 34673948 Kamala Harris Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff Doug Emhoff, Kamala Harris Hillary Clinton Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and UFC CEO Dana White at the 2025 Inauguration of Donald Trump. President Trump NJ Gov. Murphy worried Hochul’s $9 congestion toll will cut Port Authority’s revenue — if drivers stay off roads https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/nj-worried-hochuls-congestion-toll-is-turning-port-authority-into-poor-authority/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:33:29 -0500 2025-01-23T19:54:41-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/nj-worried-hochuls-congestion-toll-is-turning-port-authority-into-poor-authority/ Carl Campanile https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34674665 0 34674665 Commuters wait to drive through the Holland Tunnel into New York City during morning rush hour traffic, in Jersey City, N.J., March 8, 2023. Manhattan congestion-pricing zone graph Tolls to enter Congestion Zone graph Acting Trump agency chiefs warn against disguising banned DEI programs — could face ‘adverse consequences’ https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/acting-trump-agency-chiefs-warn-against-disguising-banned-dei-programs/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:23:13 -0500 2025-01-23T19:35:38-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/acting-trump-agency-chiefs-warn-against-disguising-banned-dei-programs/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34675174 0 34675174 Donald Trump Donald Trump Lisa Boykin Trump shakes up globalists at Davos summit — instilling fear and relief while showing Sleepy Joe’s no longer at the wheel https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-shakes-up-globalists-at-davos-summit-instilling-fear-and-relief-while-showing-sleepy-joes-no-longer-at-the-wheel/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:08:09 -0500 2025-01-24T07:21:31-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-shakes-up-globalists-at-davos-summit-instilling-fear-and-relief-while-showing-sleepy-joes-no-longer-at-the-wheel/ Charles Gasparino https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34671598 0 34671598 Donald Trump is seen on a large screen at Davos. Audience members listening to Trump. Trump on videoscreen making making speech at Davos. NY has 670K residents who are illegal migrants — including 42,300 undocumented restaurant workers https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ny-has-670k-residents-who-are-illegal-migrants-including-42300-undocumented-restaurant-workers/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:35:27 -0500 2025-01-23T18:35:43-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ny-has-670k-residents-who-are-illegal-migrants-including-42300-undocumented-restaurant-workers/ Carl Campanile https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34670596 0 34670596 President Donald Trump talks as he signs an executive order giving federal recognition to the Limbee Tribe of North Carolina, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington. Trump crackdown could impact 670,00 illegal NYS residents, 1.8 million 'non-citizens' Migrant families, men and women stand in line at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan with documents in hand to see if they can stay in the United States. Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff spotted grocery shopping as ex-VP transitions back to civilian life https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/kamala-harris-doug-emhoff-use-plastic-bags-for-post-vp-grocery-run-in-la/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 18:11:32 -0500 2025-01-23T19:21:03-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/kamala-harris-doug-emhoff-use-plastic-bags-for-post-vp-grocery-run-in-la/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34675199 0 34675199 Former Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff grocery shopping at 99 Ranch Market Asian Grocery store in Westwood, Ca on January 23, 2025 Former Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff grocery shopping at 99 Ranch Market Asian Grocery store in Westwood, California, on January 23, 2025 Former Vice President Kamala Harris and husband Doug Emhoff grocery shopping at 99 Ranch Market Asian Grocery store in Westwood, California on January 23, 2025 Republican Sen. Jim Justice looks forward to overtaking China’s energy production in second Trump term: ‘Power of the world’ https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/gop-sen-jim-justice-looks-forward-to-overtaking-chinas-energy-production-in-second-trump-term/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:51:00 -0500 2025-01-23T17:51:11-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/gop-sen-jim-justice-looks-forward-to-overtaking-chinas-energy-production-in-second-trump-term/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34633496 0 34633496 Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) (L) speaks as Sen. David McCornick (R-PA) (R) listens during a confirmation hearing for former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trumpâs nominee for Secretary of the Interior, before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 16, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Turbines from the Mount Storm Wind Farm stand in the distance August 22, 2022 in Mount Storm, West Virginia. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks at a press conference during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan November 15, 2024. President Joe Biden, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting on Nov. 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru. Conveyor belts carry bituminous coal from the Road Fork 52 coal mine owned by Alpha Metallurgical Resources August 29, 2022 in Pineville, West Virginia. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman looks on during a group photo together with other heads of state participating in the One Water Summit in the capital Riyadh on December 3, 2024. Trump pardons ‘peaceful’ pro-lifers imprisoned for protesting outside abortion clinics https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-issues-pardons-to-pro-lifers-imprisoned-under-face-act/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:38:14 -0500 2025-01-23T18:26:53-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-issues-pardons-to-pro-lifers-imprisoned-under-face-act/ Diana Glebova https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34671884 0 34671884 Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2025. Trump holds up an Executive Grant of Clemency that pardons 23 anti-abortion protestors he just signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2025. Anit-abortion activists hold signs outside the US Supreme Court after overturning of Roe Vs. Wade, in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022. Pro-life supporters take part in a "Rally for Life" march and celebration outside the Texas State Capitol on January 27, 2024, in Austin, Texas. Anti-abortion activists representing their Catholic belief pray with other parishioners and protesters while they shout at patients arriving outside of the Bread and Roses Woman's Health Center, a clinic that provides abortions in Clearwater, Florida, U.S. February 11, 2023. Karine Jean-Pierre says she kept her mom’s cancer diagnosis a secret because ‘society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work’ https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ex-biden-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-reveals-moms-cancer-diagnosis-and-why-she-kept-it-secret/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:29:54 -0500 2025-01-23T20:34:45-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ex-biden-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-reveals-moms-cancer-diagnosis-and-why-she-kept-it-secret/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34673529 0 34673529 Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaking at her final news conference on Jan. 15, 2025. Jean-Pierre with former Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a farewell ceremony for former President Joe Bide at Joint Base Andrews on Jan. 20, 2025. Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki watching Jean-Pierre's final news conference on Jan. 15, 2025. This is President Trump’s boldest move so far — even Reagan chickened out on it https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/opinion/president-trumps-boldest-move-so-far-even-reagan-chickened-out-on-it-repealing-affirmative-action/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:22:14 -0500 2025-01-23T17:46:23-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/opinion/president-trumps-boldest-move-so-far-even-reagan-chickened-out-on-it-repealing-affirmative-action/ Steven F. Hayward https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34672761 0 34672761 U.S. President Donald Trump signing documents and issuing executive orders in the Oval Office on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy addressing civil rights demonstrators with a hand amplifier from a makeshift platform in front of the Justice Department Vice President-elect Hubert Humphrey shaking hands with Dr. Martin Luther King at a rally, while Mrs. Coretta Scott King watches, Harlem, New York City, 1964 Ronald Reagan giving a hand gesture during his electoral campaign DC judges reluctantly OK dropping Jan. 6 cases after Trump clemency: ‘No pardon can change the tragic truth of what happened’ https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/dc-judges-reluctantly-ok-dropping-jan-6-cases-after-trump-clemency/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:21:20 -0500 2025-01-23T17:21:30-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/dc-judges-reluctantly-ok-dropping-jan-6-cases-after-trump-clemency/ Priscilla DeGregory https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34668985 0 34668985 Donald Trump Capitol Riot protesters John Banuelos Judge Beryl Howell Ex-Politico reporters reveal ‘cowardly editors’ buried bombshell Hunter Biden laptop stories – fueled ‘misinformation’ narrative involving ex-prez https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ex-politico-reporters-reveal-cowardly-editors-buried-bombshell-hunter-biden-laptop-stories-other-scoops/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:31:14 -0500 2025-01-23T16:48:24-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/ex-politico-reporters-reveal-cowardly-editors-buried-bombshell-hunter-biden-laptop-stories-other-scoops/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34668892 0 34668892 Former POLITICO reporter Marc Caputo discusses how the publication stopped him from reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop and how he had to hold another damaging story about the family. Former POLITICO reporter Marc Caputo discusses how the publication stopped him from reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop and how he had to hold another damaging story about the family. New York Post cover for Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Hunter Biden Former POLITICO reporter Marc Caputo discusses how the publication stopped him from reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop and how he had to hold another damaging story about the family. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Hunter Biden and Beau Jr., walks out of a bookstore in downtown Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 29, 2024. Trump rips Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan over conservative ‘debanking’ scandal https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-rips-bank-of-america-ceo-brian-moynihan-over-conservative-debanking-scandal/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:15:42 -0500 2025-01-23T16:32:52-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/business/trump-rips-bank-of-america-ceo-brian-moynihan-over-conservative-debanking-scandal/ James Franey https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34667717 0 34667717 Donald Trump Bank of America Chair and CEO Brian Moynihan Trump orders release of long-secret final files on JFK, RFK, MLK assassinations https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-orders-release-of-final-files-on-jfk-rfk-mlk-assassinations/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:41:25 -0500 2025-01-23T17:09:24-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-orders-release-of-final-files-on-jfk-rfk-mlk-assassinations/ Steven Nelson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34672021 0 34672021 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963 in Dallas. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated. Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House, as he signs executive orders, in Washington, on Jan. 23, 2025. US President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally smiling at crowds from their motorcade in Dallas, 1963 Detective Jim Leavelle escorting Lee Harvey Oswald moments before being fatally shot by Jack Ruby at Dallas Police Headquarters in 1963 Senator Robert F. Kennedy lying on the floor after being shot at the Ambassador Hotel, surrounded by people James Earl Ray being escorted to his cell by Tennessee Highway Patrol Capt. Richard Dawson and Safety Commissioner Greg O'Rear, 1969 Putin growing concerned by Russia’s economy, as Trump pushes for Ukraine deal: report https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/world-news/putin-growing-concerned-by-russias-economy-as-trump-pushes-for-ukraine-deal/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:12:18 -0500 2025-01-23T15:12:56-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/world-news/putin-growing-concerned-by-russias-economy-as-trump-pushes-for-ukraine-deal/ Reuters https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34666844 0 34666844 Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. Senate confirms China hawk John Ratcliffe as Trump’s CIA director https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/senate-confirms-china-hawk-john-ratcliffe-as-trumps-cia-director/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:07:42 -0500 2025-01-23T15:07:51-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/senate-confirms-china-hawk-john-ratcliffe-as-trumps-cia-director/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34666683 0 34666683 CIA Director designee John Ratcliffe arrives for a Senate Intelligence confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Pete Hegseth nomination clears key Senate hurdle as two Republicans signal opposition https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/pete-hegseth-nomination-clears-key-senate-hurdle-as-two-republicans-signal-opposition/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:04:04 -0500 2025-01-23T19:11:28-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/pete-hegseth-nomination-clears-key-senate-hurdle-as-two-republicans-signal-opposition/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34671264 0 34671264 Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary, testifying at his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing. Senator Susan Collins addressing the press after Senate Judiciary Committee meeting in Washington, DC. U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski heading to the Senate Chamber carrying files and a folder for a vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, January 22, 2025 Mitch McConnell, US Republican Senator from Kentucky, at the US Capitol for confirmation hearings on Cabinet nominees, 13 January 2025 U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune heading to the Senate Chamber to vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in Washington, DC, January 22, 2025 Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Defense Secretary, at his Senate confirmation hearing alongside Rep. Michael Waltz and former Sen. Norm Coleman President Trump's nominees, including Lee Zeldin, Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, and Linda McMahon, departing inauguration ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC Trump revokes security detail for Mike Pompeo, years after Iran threatened to kill the then-secretary of State https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-revokes-security-detail-for-mike-pompeo-years-after-iran-threatened-to-kill-then-secretary-of-state/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:55:39 -0500 2025-01-23T18:17:40-05:00 https://nypost.com/2025/01/23/us-news/trump-revokes-security-detail-for-mike-pompeo-years-after-iran-threatened-to-kill-then-secretary-of-state/ Diana Glebova https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=34668634 0 34668634 Donald Trump speaks about the economy, inflation, and manufacturing during a campaign event at Alro Steel on August 29, 2024 in Potterville, Michigan. Maryam Rajavi, the President-Elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran Meets with Secretary Mike Pompeo, former U.S. Secretary of State, during the Free Iran 2024 World Summit. Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of State on November 18, 2019 in Washington, DC.