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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo personally altered a state review that lowballed the nursing home COVID-19 death count, emails detailed in a new report show – a revelation that directly contradicts his claims he had nothing to do with it. Emails and congressional documents undercut Cuomo’s defiant assertion during a summer congressional grilling that he never saw or even had any memory of the state Health Department report, the New York Times first reported. “Governor’s edits are attached for your review,” Cuomo’s assistant wrote to the then-governor’s senior staff in June 2020, the Times report states. Cuomo wasn’t sworn in under...

We are less than 50 days from Election Day and with thousands of New Yorkers packing out Nassau Coliseum on Long Island on Wednesday to see Donald Trump speak, all eyes are on New York. Why New York? Weak, corrupt, incompetent and inept leaders have passed law after law that have made life less safe and affordable. New York continues to lead the nation in out-migration because pro-criminal, high-tax and sanctuary policies have forced countless New Yorkers to seek refuge in other states. Many have reached their breaking point but have found hope in the New Yorker running at the...

Joe Germanotta — the father of Lady Gaga and a prominent New York City restauranteur — has publicly endorsed former President Donald Trump, saying he supports Trump’s policies regarding the economy, the border, and policing. In an appearance on Fox & Friends on Thursday, Joe Germanotta also slammed Kamala Harris, saying she will “say whatever she needs to say to get elected.” He also blasted Harris for the “invasion” of illegal immigrants that has occurred under her watch. Germanotta is the owner of the restaurant Joanne Trattoria, located on New York’s Upper West Side not far from Lincoln Center. Since...

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution Wednesday that effectively bars Israel from self-defense in any of the territory it captured in a defensive war in 1967, including in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. The resolution refers to a ruling earlier this year by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) — led by a judge from Lebanon, which is in a state of war with Israel — in which it declared Israel’s presence in Gaza, Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), and eastern Jerusalem to be illegal under international law. (Israel angrily rejected the ruling, with Prime Minister...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday she believes the U.S. economy is making the “soft landing” that she predicted two years ago, when inflation soared after the pandemic. In a live interview during the Atlantic Festival 2024, journalist Ron Brownstein recalled their interview in 2022, when, he said, “there was a great deal of apprehension about the economy, about the Biden administration’s management of the economy.” “Well, here we are now, two years later: unemployment 4.2, inflation under 3 percent, Fed finally, cutting interest rates,” he said. “I know Taylor Swift has been in the news a lot lately, so...

Wild video shows an 8-year-old Ohio girl swerving her family’s SUV across lanes on a 25-minute joyride to go shopping in Target. Dashcam footage released Wednesday shows alarmed motorist Justin Kimery calling 911 on Sunday, assuming it was an adult driving dangerously in a 2020 Nissan Rogue, WSAZ reported. “There’s a guy in a car, he’s like right behind me. He’s swerving all over, he’s swerving everywhere like in all the lanes,” Kimery said — not realizing at first it was a young girl behind the wheel. Kimery keeps up with the swerving SUV for several minutes, at one point...

Former President Donald Trump’s edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in four critical swing states would translate to an electoral college victory if the presidential election were held today, according to an Emerson College/Nexstar Media poll. The poll, published Thursday, finds that Trump has the advantage over Harris in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, while Harris is slightly ahead in Michigan and North Carolina. They are in a dead heat in Nevada. Arizona: Trump: 49 percent Harris: 48 percent Someone else: 2 Undecided: 1 Georgia: Trump: 50 percent Harris: 47 percent Someone else: 2 percent Undecided: 2 percent Pennsylvania: Trump:...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that former President Donald Trump “was enjoying” watching the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Clinton said, “I came back in to my house, I didn’t have any knowledge of anything going on, and, you know, Chelsea and her husband, Mark and the kids were living with us during COVID, and Bill was at our breakfast table and Chelsea was standing next to him, and they had the television on and I didn’t even know what they were watching.” She continued, “There were these images...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on “CBS Sunday Morning” that she was open to “anything” when asked if she would take an official position in a potential Harris-Walz administration. Clinton said, “Well, certainly, unofficially I want to be as helpful as I can, and would do anything I was asked to be helpful. We have so much to do that it really should be all hands on deck. And anybody who can help in any capacity should be willing to do so.” She continued, “I am such an optimist about our country, despite how difficult the times are....

The stage is set for what has been referred to as the “Oscars of Spirit Competitions.” Back in April, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition convened for its annual multi-day judging. Since then, we’ve seen a steady rollout of all the Double Gold winners minted during that time. To receive the honor, multiple judges must score an expression 90-or-higher out of 100. There have been hundreds of examples across a dozen spirit categories. But now it’s time to get down to the nitty-gritty. We’ve been waiting patiently for the “Best In Show,” the absolute top title amongst all 2024 spirits...

A majority of Black voters in battleground states support Vice President Harris over former President Trump, according to new polling. A new Howard Initiative on Public Opinion survey found that 78 percent of registered Black voters across Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin said they would vote for Harris over Trump if the election were held today. That number increased to 82 percent among likely voters. Only 12 percent of likely voters said they would vote for Trump in November. An overwhelming 96 percent of likely voters said there was a slight to no chance they would...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the nation’s unemployment rate is being raised by Alejandro Mayorkas’ huge inflow of migrants. The statement acknowledges the extraordinary political power accumulated by the Cuban-born Secretary of Homeland Security. Mayorkas’ ability to raise and lower the migration rate makes him the nation’s de facto “Labor Czar” and gives him extraordinary influence over Americans’ employment rates, wages and housing, and even their interest rates. Mayorkas insists he has the legal power to set blue-collar and white-collar immigration rates as he sees fit, regardless of migration numbers set by Congress in 1990, or the wishes of...

A Mississippi teen who sat in her kitchen alongside her two dogs moments after she allegedly killed her mother is accused of texting her friend that she had an “emergency” and trying to lure her stepfather back to the home. Carly Gregg, 15, is accused of murdering her mom, high school teacher Ashley Smylie, inside their Brandon, Miss., home March 19 when Smylie discovered her daughter’s “secret life.” Gregg, wearing a Nirvana band shirt, awkwardly shuffled around the house holding something behind her back, later identified as a .357 Magnum handgun, and facing the camera so it could not detect...

Radio shock jock Howard Stern once again shared his disdain for Trump supporters this week when admitted to hating those who voted for the former president. Stern went off about Trump when discussing the former president’s “I hate Taylor Swift” post on Truth Social last weekend. “This whole idea of you like me, you are good, and if you don’t, you are bad… I’ve been the victim of this,” he said on Sirius XM show. “I don’t agree with Trump politically, I don’t think he should be anywhere near the White House. I don’t hate the guy. I hate the...

Britain’s top diplomat has claimed that climate change represents a greater threat than terrorism or Russia to the national security of the United Kingdom. In his first major address since the left-wing Labour Party won the general election in July, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Tuesday that the supposed climate crisis will be “central” to his remit, despite holders of his office traditionally focussing on international relations and foreign affairs. “While I am foreign secretary, action on the climate and nature crisis will be central to all the Foreign Office does. This is critical given the scale of the threat,...

Former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) have done more than ten times the interviews their opponents, Vice President Kamala Harris and vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have done, according to a report. Axios compiled the numbers of interviews that both sides have given, which show a stark contrast in their willingness to explain to the American public what their policies and stances are. In fact, the Harris-Walz campaign is on pace to do fewer interviews and press conferences than “any major party’s presidential pairing in modern history,” Axios reported.

The National Health Service in England, founded in 1948 to deliver health care directly to all in need following World War II, is in trouble. Not only is it broke, but it is also broken, as the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer just pointed out in response to a recent government study. The waiting lines for care are prohibitive. A recent study revealed that 8 million people in the United Kingdom are waiting for their care, with 40 percent waiting for more than 18 weeks. An incredible 14,000 people died just last year while waiting for care in England’s...

ROME — The Church is much more “alive” outside of the Western world, and pastors need to become less “Eurocentric” in their vision of Christianity, Pope Francis said Wednesday. Reflecting upon his recently completed apostolic visit to Asia and Oceania, the pope expressed his concern that “in thinking of the Church, we are still too Eurocentric, or as they say, ‘Western.’” In reality, “the Church is much bigger, much bigger than Rome and Europe, much bigger!” he said, addressing the crowds gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for his weekly general audience.

New Yorkers really are tough — to please! Gov. Kathy Hochul’s favorability rating has sunk lower than President Donald Trump’s among likely Empire State voters, a newly released Siena College poll shows. Only 34% of likely New York voters said they had a favorable opinion of the Democratic governor, compared with 39% Trump. The poll conducted last week also had Hochul’s unfavorability rating at 54%, its highest ever, putting her net favorability at -20%. Trump’s net favorability sits at -18%. “To repeat, Kathy Hochul has a lower net favorability rating in New York than Donald Trump,” Siena poll spokesperson Steve...

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd stated that 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has given “a lot of vagueness” on the economy because “you put too much paper out there, and suddenly, you’re the center, and she wants to make Trump the story and everything about that.” And that “We know” what her Republican counterpart, former President Donald Trump is “going to try to do on day one,” but not Harris. Todd began by saying that the campaigns have been promising nice-sounding economic policies while avoiding any discussion of...