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Lefty billionaire Stephen Cloobeck dramatically cut ties with Eric Swalwell and revealed he has kicked him out of his mansion — hours before the congressman dropped his run for California governor. “I am no longer supporting Eric,” Cloobeck told The Post in an exclusive interview. “F—ing tell everyone I’m a libertarian. F— you, Democrat Party. I’m a libertarian now.” The ugly break-up between the timeshare mogul and Bay Area congressman — who pulled out of the governor’s race late Sunday — marks yet another stunning point in Swalwell’s cratering political career. Following public allegations Friday of rape, sexual assault and...

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s political career is collapsing at a shocking speed. Within 24 hours, the Bay Area congressman went from Democratic frontrunner for California governor to facing pressure to not only end his campaign but resign from Congress — while now being the subject of a criminal sexual assault investigation into allegations by a former staffer she was raped while drunk at an April 2024 charity gala. Three other women have made claims about sexual misconduct ranging from inappropriate messages or unwanted contact. The women have claimed they have documented visits to the hospital and contemporaneous messages with friends and...

The two terror suspects accused of trying to bomb a protest outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence last month, in what authorities have described as an ISIS-inspired attack, were indicted on Tuesday, according to federal prosecutors. Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18, are accused of throwing live explosive devices into a protest outside Mamdani's Gracie Mansion residence on March 7, after driving from Pennsylvania. The bombs failed to detonate and nobody was injured. Both were charged with eight counts: conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, provision and attempted provision of material...

Roughly 800 teenagers took over a $4.8 million Texas mansion rented on Airbnb – sparking brawls and gunshots that turned the quiet getaway into a chaotic, pop-up frenzy. Property owner Kishore Karlapudi claimed he was duped by the rowdy youngsters who booked the multi-million dollar home under the guise of a small gathering before advertising the party across social media on Saturday night in Celina, Texas. “Somebody booked it, saying they needed the property for a party of seven people,” owner Kishore Karlapudi told KDFW. Karlapudi claimed the teens destroyed furniture and appliances inside the home, moving everything into the...

Disturbing details about Cesar Chavez’s creepy California lair are emerging where the disgraced union titan allegedly raped girls and women while living like a king. Chavez has been accused of sexually abusing multiple young girls and women, according to a shocking investigation from the New York Times. Multiple women, two of whom said they were children, detailed accounts of when Chavez allegedly began sexually abusing them. The allegations have surfaced more than thirty years since the co-founder of the United Farm Workers labor union died in 1993. Ana Murguia claimed the abuse started when she was just 13, while Debra...

A Maryland squatter posed online as a financial adviser, but was actually living off food stamps and sending her 16-year-old daughter out to work instead of school, while hiding out in a $2.3 million mansion, according to a report. Tameika Goode, 40, who recently returned to the ritzy, 7,500-square-foot home in the suburbs of Washington, DC, presented herself as a bankruptcy expert, flogging $800 courses online and sharing social media posts of her Porsche. In reality, however, she was a squatter, living on a total monthly income of $946, which included $538 in child support and $408 in food stamps,...

Democrats are growing increasingly irritated with former Vice President Kamala Harris’ retreat from public life — as she holes up in an $8 million oceanfront Malibu mansion with a taxpayer-funded security detail. Harris — who had vowed that she would not “go quietly into the night” — following her embarrassing 2024 election loss to President Trump has since adopted a withdrawn lifestyle, keeping mostly out of the public eye. “She’s not someone who likes being out and about. She doesn’t really want to engage with people in a way that isn’t already orchestrated,” a Democratic consultant in her circle told...

This home is locked, loaded — and listed. Luxury homes often come with pools, spas or screening rooms. This $8.95 million estate in Warren Township, New Jersey, comes with all of that — and a 75-foot indoor shooting range. The 26-room residence at 4 Mason Hill, completed in 2020 on a 7-acre parcel, was custom-built by its current owners, who are now relocating out of state, according to NJ.com. Designed by architect Jeffrey A. Beer, the 11,000-square-foot home combines contemporary architecture with resort-style amenities, from dual outdoor kitchens to a multimillion-dollar movie theater. But it’s that one quirky amenity that...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A once-notorious mansion and local landmark in Todt Hill appears to be off the market after nearly a year. After being listed with a price tag of $18 million, 177 Benedict Rd. — also known as the “White House” — is no longer listed for sale as of Oct. 2, according to Zillow. Once home to Paul Castellano, a boss of the Gambino Crime family, the Todt Hill residence features eight ensuite bedrooms, a 13-car showroom, both indoor and outdoor Olympic-sized pools, plus a custom pergola adorned with Italian fountains. The neo-classical mansion spans an impressive...

The Los Angeles Police Department has pulled its cops from a security detail at Kamala Harris’ Brentwood, California home after outrage that crime-fighting units were being diverted to guard the former vice president. A dozen Metro Division officers had been stationed outside Harris’ mansion after President Trump revoked her Secret Service protection last week, ending an extension through which had been quietly granted by President Biden. By Saturday, the backup was gone, sources told the Los Angeles Times. The short-lived detail drew fury inside the department after LAPD officers were pulled from crime suppression in the San Fernando Valley to...

Former Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and his wife Megan Kerrigan Byron’s neighbors find his alleged infidelity “disgusting” but believe the family deserves “privacy” as they navigate overnight fame and heartbreak. Those who live in the pair’s Kennebunk, Maine, neighborhood told the Daily Mail Thursday — just over a week after Andy’s alleged affair with an employee was exposed at a Coldplay concert — that “everyone has seen” the viral “kiss cam” video. “The family do not want to talk about it,” one angry local explained before asking the outlet to leave the exclusive street next to the Webhannet Golf Club....

The gorgeous Martha's Vineyard getaway where Barack and Michelle Obama used to spend their summers has found a buyer - just six weeks after it was put on the market for $39 million. Known as Blue Heron Farm, the sprawling Massachusetts property played host to the Obamas for three consecutive summers starting in 2009, with reports at the time suggesting that the family paid a staggering $50,000 a week to rent the abode. But the family was forced to find an alternative summer sanctuary when the Chilmark, MA, home was sold to a new owner—who carried out extensive renovations on...

The largest pre-Civil War mansion in all of the American South burned to the ground as a devastating fire ripped through the historic wooden structure built nearly 200 years ago. Flames broke out at Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana, just after 2 p.m. Thursday, drawing engines from 10 local fire departments who were helpless to stop the fire from burning up all 53,000 square feet of the iconic building. Officials reported no injuries, though one Louisiana fire marshal said it was “the biggest fire” they’d seen in their entire career, ABC reported. Local politicians in the Pelican State’s Iberville...

Mark Zuckerberg is the latest billionaire to shell out tens of millions of dollars for a pricey outpost in Donald Trump’s gilded capital.For a month, neighbors in Washington’s upscale Woodland Normanstone neighborhood have speculated about the unidentified buyer who paid $23 million in cash for a 15,000-square-foot mansion. The sale was the third-most expensive in city history and was shrouded in secrecy, with real estate agents muzzled by non-disclosure agreements. Soon after the deal went through in early March, images of the house became pixelated on Google Maps.But on Monday, the same day flight-tracking web sites revealed that the Meta...

Pro-Luigi Mangione vandals defaced the exterior of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s former Upper East Side mansion this week with the three words the accused United Healthcare CEO murderer scratched on to the bullets he used to kill his target: “Deny, defend, depose.” Red spray paint was used to deface the East 71st Street home’s gilded façade with the phrases “Free Luigi” and “They Fear The People.” A photo showing the graffiti Friday on Jeffrey Epstein's former NYC townhouse. Across the front door, the goons scribbled the three words now synonymous with Mangione’s name: “Deny, defend, depose.” The graffiti did not last...

Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on charges connected to a federal probe that has shaken his administration, sources told The Post. The historic indictment is expected to be unsealed Thursday by US Attorney Damian Williams, according to the sources Adams will surrender to authorities early next week, sources said. Mayor Eric Adams attended a gala Metropolitan Museum of Art with President Joe Biden in attendance — just hours before news broke of his impending indictment. Adams was spotted at the reception just after 6 p.m. along with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, NSC Coordinator for...

After years of trying to unload his Florida mansion, Billy Joel has finally struck a deal. The Piano Man has found a buyer for his sprawling pad after a six-year saga of price changes and market re-listings, The Post has learned. Joel snagged the oceanfront Manalapan property for $22.1 million in 2015. But the price tag saw major fluctuations in value — first hitting the market for $33 million in 2018, reemerging in 2022 at a whopping $64.9 million and falling by $10 million by January 2024. The final listing settled at $49.9 million. The purchase price? Still under wraps,...

A Lake Michigan mansion and its eight-figure asking price may set a new record for the region. The 22-room home nicknamed "Windsor House" and the 2.3 acres that accompany it in Winnetka, Illinois, scored the title of the "highest-priced residential listing in the Chicago metro area" as it hit the market, Christie’s International Real Estate said last week. Its asking price has been set at $35 million.

Is it all downhill from here? Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro’s West Hollywood manse was narrowly missed by a landslide this week, aerial images showed — as the crumbling hillside buried half a neighboring home in dirt. Castro’s $25.5 million sprawl was just feet away from the landslide that crashed through the tony Hollywood Hills neighborhood following this week’s storm, according to images obtained by the US Sun.

Snippets: During the first two months of this year, builders in California pulled 35% more permits for single-family homes than during the same period a year earlier, according to census data. Permits for multifamily continued to decline — dropping 33%. Though it’s known as the “mansion tax,” except for rare exceptions it applies to all properties sold for more than $5 million, no matter if they are gas stations, strip malls, apartment buildings or actual mansions. Under the measure, a seller is charged 4% of the sales price for properties sold above $5 million and below $10 million. “ULA is...