https://nypost.com Your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Fri, 17 May 2024 07:49:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 https://nypost.com/2024/05/17/us-news/house-hearing-on-garland-devolves-into-chaos-involving-mtg-aoc-amp-crockett/#respond Fri, 17 May 2024 00:29:38 -0400 2024-05-17T03:49:36-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/17/us-news/house-hearing-on-garland-devolves-into-chaos-involving-mtg-aoc-amp-crockett/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32104434 0 A House Oversight Committee hearing on whether to move forward with a contempt resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland spiraled out of control after lawmakers traded barbs with eachother. Chaos began when Marjorie Taylor Greene brought up the daughter of the Manhattan judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial and then commented on the physical appearances of Crockett. Jasmine Crockett demanded that Greene explain “what that has to do with Merrick Garland,” and asked the Republican firebrand, “Do you know what we’re here for?” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene seated at a desk with a microphone, having a heated exchange with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jasmine Crockett during a House Oversight Committee hearing. Earlier in the day the committee advanced a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. Democratic ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) interjected, as the chairman of the panel, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), repeatedly slammed his gavel and called for order.  https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/republican-congressman-files-for-divorce-amid-rumored-relationship-with-fellow-house-gop-colleague/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 21:08:39 -0400 2024-05-17T02:16:04-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/republican-congressman-files-for-divorce-amid-rumored-relationship-with-fellow-house-gop-colleague/ Victor Nava, Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32102713 0 Rich McCormick and Debra Miller One source told The Post that McCormick and Van Duyne have been an item for over a year. A spokesperson for McCormick said that he has been separated from his wife for "quite some time." Rep. Rich McCormick shares seven children with Debra Miller, who he was married to for 12 years. Congressman Rich McCormick represents Georgia’s 6th District. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/queens-lawmakers-demand-more-mta-bus-service-to-manhattan-before-15-congestion-toll-begins/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 20:07:56 -0400 2024-05-16T20:12:25-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/queens-lawmakers-demand-more-mta-bus-service-to-manhattan-before-15-congestion-toll-begins/ Carl Campanile https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32099327 0 MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber in a suit and tie sitting in front of a microphone during the first public hearing on the congestion pricing plan at MTA headquarters People, bicycles, and cars congesting 6th Ave in Herald Square, New York, indicative of congestion pricing policy Toll readers above 2nd Avenue in New York City during a traffic jam, marking the entry of the congestion pricing zone, with many Queens residents expressing discontent with the new tolls. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/speaker-adams-said-no-to-israel-gaza-signs-because-of-damage-to-historic-desks/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 19:52:16 -0400 2024-05-16T19:52:31-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/speaker-adams-said-no-to-israel-gaza-signs-because-of-damage-to-historic-desks/ Haley Brown, Craig McCarthy https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32099341 0 013024nypdstopsact71MATT 013024nypdstopsact71MATT City council members Yusef Salaam and Adrienne Adams discussing the 'Stop and Ask' bill at a meeting, with signs about peace in the Gaza Strip around them Demonstrators holding signs at a rally outside the defence ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/biden-speeds-up-asylum-process-for-migrants-headed-to-nyc-la-chicago-atlanta-boston/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 18:39:57 -0400 2024-05-16T18:58:57-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/biden-speeds-up-asylum-process-for-migrants-headed-to-nyc-la-chicago-atlanta-boston/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32099829 0 President Joe Biden delivers remarks while meeting with the Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room of the White House May 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. Pedestrians in front of the Row Hotel, currently a migrant shelter, in the Times Square neighborhood of New York City on Friday, May 10, 2024. Migrants walk around the border fence and into the United States in Jacumba Hot Springs, where they are detained by Border Patrol and prepared for processed for immigration intake. Students leave the Row Hotel, currently a migrant shelter, in the Times Square neighborhood of New York City on Friday, May 10, 2024. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2025 for the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on resources and authorities requested to protect and secure the homeland. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/fani-willis-investigated-by-gop-senators/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 18:04:57 -0400 2024-05-16T18:47:29-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/fani-willis-investigated-by-gop-senators/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32098765 0 Fani Willis Chuck Grassley Ron Johnson https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/nyc-squatters-would-be-tracked-and-mapped-under-new-city-council-bill-that-would-also-criminalize-freeloading/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 17:25:02 -0400 2024-05-16T17:39:26-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/nyc-squatters-would-be-tracked-and-mapped-under-new-city-council-bill-that-would-also-criminalize-freeloading/ Haley Brown https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32097708 0 Door chained shut. Police cars parked outside South Shore High School in Brooklyn after shots were fired police walk out squatter. Police officer performing his duties on the streets of Manhattan, New York City, walking next to a car https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/nyc-neighbors-oppose-times-square-casino-over-crime-traffic-fears/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 17:15:44 -0400 2024-05-16T20:19:11-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/nyc-neighbors-oppose-times-square-casino-over-crime-traffic-fears/ Carl Campanile https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32093198 0 According to a new survey, 71% of voters near who live in or near Times Square are against a proposed casino in the neighborhood. The survey found that 80% of respondents believe a casino may attract more crime to the area. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/house-passes-bill-forcing-us-supplied-weapons-to-israel-despite-bidens-veto-threat/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 17:06:05 -0400 2024-05-16T17:15:48-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/house-passes-bill-forcing-us-supplied-weapons-to-israel-despite-bidens-veto-threat/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32091671 0 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) (L) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) (R) call on the Senate to take up the Israel Security Assistance Support Act during a news conference on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on May 16, 2024 in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, announcing plans to impose major new tariffs on electric vehicles, semiconductors, solar equipment and medical supplies imported from China. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a ceremony on the eve of the Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2024. An employee checks 155 mm caliber shells after the manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/republican-larry-hogan-wants-codification-of-roe-v-wade/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 16:16:32 -0400 2024-05-16T16:16:46-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/republican-larry-hogan-wants-codification-of-roe-v-wade/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32094798 0 Larry Hogan Abortion Larry Hogan Angela Alsobrooks https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/biden-omits-free-vacations-from-ethics-forms-despite-clarence-thomas-outcry/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 16:08:49 -0400 2024-05-16T19:37:38-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/biden-omits-free-vacations-from-ethics-forms-despite-clarence-thomas-outcry/ Steven Nelson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32091826 0 President Biden failed to include his free vacations at the homes of rich patrons in his annual ethics forms. Biden and first lady Jill Biden out shopping in Nantucket on Nov. 24, 2023. The Bidens arriving in Reno, Nevada for a vacation in Lake Tahoe on Aug. 22, 2023. The Bidens stayed at a home of billionaire climate investor Tom Steyer during their Lake Tahoe trip. Biden failed to make the disclosures the same week that ProPublica won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas not disclosing trips he recieved. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/1-7-million-gotaways-have-sneaked-into-us-under-biden-data/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 15:50:05 -0400 2024-05-16T17:13:26-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/1-7-million-gotaways-have-sneaked-into-us-under-biden-data/ Olivia Land https://nypost.com/?p=32087540&post_type=article&preview_id=32087540 0 A migrant caught on camera illegally crossing the Northern border President Biden is planning to take an executive action that would allow him to shut down the US border once migrant crossings reach 4,000 per day, a source close to the White House told The Post. Texas National Guard pushed back a large group of almost 60 migrants who crossed the border illegally and breached the concertina wire barriers set up along the US side of the Rio Grande river. The migrants had made it to the actual border wall but were forced back across the razor wire defenses by soldiers telling them to enter the US at a legal point of entry to claim asylum, pointing to the Zaragoza bridge above them. Texas officials beefed up security at the border in El Paso by deploying additional National Guard troops, State Troopers, and other law enforcement after migrants waiting in this area stormed the border fence yesterday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a Republican policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following a Senate Democrat party policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Building on May 08, 2024 in Washington, DC. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/house-panel-advances-garland-contempt-after-white-house-blocks-access-to-biden-special-counsel-tape/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 15:27:29 -0400 2024-05-16T17:49:32-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/house-panel-advances-garland-contempt-after-white-house-blocks-access-to-biden-special-counsel-tape/ Victor Nava https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32096741 0 U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in a suit and tie at the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, U.S., May 15, 2024 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/nih-director-admits-taxpayers-funded-gain-of-function-research-in-wuhan-four-years-after-covid-pandemic-began/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 15:11:36 -0400 2024-05-16T15:38:37-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/nih-director-admits-taxpayers-funded-gain-of-function-research-in-wuhan-four-years-after-covid-pandemic-began/ Josh Christenson https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32091713 0 The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Hearing: Overseeing the Overseers: A Hearing with NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak. Researchers working in a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2017. Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in Washington. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Hearing: Overseeing the Overseers: A Hearing with NIH Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak. Dr. Anthony Fauci attends the 31st Annual White House Correspondents' Garden Brunch at Beall-Washington House on April 27, 2024 in Washington, DC. NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins holds up a model of the coronavirus as he testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee looking into the budget estimates for National Institute of Health (NIH) and the state of medical research, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under former President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 08, 2023 in Washington, DC. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/pro-trump-artist-releases-penis-shaped-balloons-with-alvin-bragg-judge-merchans-faces-on-them/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 14:50:49 -0400 2024-05-16T16:08:39-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/pro-trump-artist-releases-penis-shaped-balloons-with-alvin-bragg-judge-merchans-faces-on-them/ David Spector https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32093344 0 Controversial activist Scott Lobaido released 100 pink, penis-shaped balloons featuring the faces of Donald Trump foes like Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Thursday outside the courthouse. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/trump-says-biden-does-not-want-to-debate-sharper-and-far-more-intelligent-rfk-jr/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 14:17:18 -0400 2024-05-16T14:42:00-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/trump-says-biden-does-not-want-to-debate-sharper-and-far-more-intelligent-rfk-jr/ Diana Glebova https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32092178 0 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks at a campaign rally at Brazos Hall Monday May 13, 2024. Former President Donald Trump returns after a break in his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Former US President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 16, 2024. Trump's defense team Thursday continues the questioning of Michael Cohen, the key witness in the criminal trial of the former president. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/jimmy-carter-enjoying-peanut-butter-ice-cream-in-hospice-care-ally-says/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 13:44:33 -0400 2024-05-16T14:30:16-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/jimmy-carter-enjoying-peanut-butter-ice-cream-in-hospice-care-ally-says/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32092455 0 Jimmy Carter Hospice Anniversary Jimmy Carter Hospice Anniversary Jimmy Carter Jason Carter The Bidens visit the Carters Jimmy Carter https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/james-comer-claims-to-have-unearthed-new-biden-bank-accounts-issues-subpoena/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 13:10:57 -0400 2024-05-16T13:47:51-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/james-comer-claims-to-have-unearthed-new-biden-bank-accounts-issues-subpoena/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32091394 0 Joe Biden, Hunter Biden James Comer President Biden https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/biden-camp-pitches-july-23-aug-13-for-vp-debate-after-trump-team-demands-more-presidential-showdowns/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 12:45:54 -0400 2024-05-16T12:52:49-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/biden-camp-pitches-july-23-aug-13-for-vp-debate-after-trump-team-demands-more-presidential-showdowns/ Diana Glebova https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32091189 0 President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio. Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a rally on April 02, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. US President Joe Biden speaks at the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 15, 2024. https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/supreme-court-turns-back-conservative-challenge-to-cfpb/#respond Thu, 16 May 2024 11:45:33 -0400 2024-05-16T12:54:59-04:00 https://nypost.com/2024/05/16/us-news/supreme-court-turns-back-conservative-challenge-to-cfpb/ Ryan King https://nypost.com/?post_type=article&p=32089591 0 USA-TRUMP/IMMUNITY-SUBVERSION USA-TRUMP/IMMUNITY-SUBVERSION Diagram illustrating the upheld financial structure for CFPB by the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Clarence Thomas posing for a photo at the Supreme Court building in Washington, wearing a black robe Group portrait of Supreme Court Justices, including newly added Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, sitting in the Supreme Court building in Washington.