WASHINGTON — President Trump is putting a half-billion dollars in the mail — and making sure Americans know who to thank for it. About 950,000 Obamacare enrollees in 30 states will receive $500 checks as early as this week — premised on the Biden administration’s alleged overcharging of user fees to health insurance companies, which in turn charged consumers higher rates. “I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare,” Trump says in the letter mailed…
Novig, a sports-focused prediction market, has reportedly quadrupled its valuation to $2 billion after it targeted young men with racy ads featuring actress Sydney Sweeney posing fully nude with strategically placed sports gear. The prediction market – a smaller competitor to platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, which rival traditional sportsbooks…
Don’t get teste. Women — and the people who love them — are mostly familiar with the mood swings associated with PMS. But it turns out, men have their own mood issues tied to changing hormones, which one expert has dubbed “irritable male syndrome,” or IMS. Even if it’s not…
Arizona State men’s hockey coach Greg Powers was placed on paid leave Wednesday after sophomore Matthew Mayich was placed on life support last month following a team workout. Assistant coach Mike Corbett will temporarily replace Powers, and he will coach the team in their first two games of the season…
Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba addressed Britt Stewart and Taylor Hanson‘s shocking elimination from season 35. Inaba, 58, replied to a TikTok edit on Tuesday, September 29, that showed multiple instances Stewart, 37, was voted off throughout her time on DWTS, writing, “This hurt. Britt is so…
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The New York Islanders get their season started against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night. The two franchises are an interesting juxtaposition of…
Dancing With the Stars is bringing the turf to the ballroom with its first-ever Super Bowl Night. The theme was announced during Good Morning America on Wednesday, September 30, with ABC revealing that the ballroom dance competition will host a night of legendary proportions honoring the “music, spectacle and unforgettable…
WASHINGTON — President Trump will announce a $54 billion overseas investment in the battleground state of Alaska later Wednesday, part of a slew of manufacturing and jobs plans the White House is unveiling ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election. The money from South Korea will build a liquified natural…
The US Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation requiring state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users, including data centers, should bear the incremental costs of power infrastructure built to serve them and thus ease the burden on households. Senators voted 57-43 to advance the Ratepayer Protection Act, with only…
Edward Gillen, 59, woke up one May morning last year and noticed a speck in his eye. The Massachusetts dad of four and beloved softball coach was just about the retire. Meanwhile, his sight was getting worse by the day. He desperately tried to nail down the cause quickly, but…
Packers wide receiver Jayden Reed will miss the rest of the season after a scary neck injury in Green Bay’s Week 2 win over the Jets. Reed will undergo season-ending surgery, head coach Matt LaFleur said Wednesday. “It will be a season-ending [injury],” LaFleur said. “He’ll be out, unfortunately. He…
Netflix is getting its spook on in October. The popular streamer is adding a slew of scary films like Dracula, Psycho, The Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis and more to prepare you for Halloween at the end of the month. But that’s not all Netflix is offering. Watch With Us…
WASHINGTON — President Trump hailed the final withdrawal of US troops from Iraq Wednesday — telling guests at the White House that “we’re getting the hell out of there” and insisting his war with Iran won’t drag on for more than two decades like the invasion that toppled dictator Saddam…
OpenAI leaders reportedly cooked up “insane” ideas like selling future tools to Russia and China and offering Kanye West early access to an unreleased model, horrifying top staffers. The proposals, detailed Wednesday in The Atlantic, made Dario Amodei – who was OpenAI’s Vice President of Research at the time –…
Researchers have discovered an exoplanet that travels around its small, red star backward, much like a rubber duck spinning against the current in a whirlpool. The discovery could give insight about how exoplanets form around the most common types of stars in our galaxy.It’s a mystery why the alien world,…
A woman who was prescribed antibiotics for tonsillitis after getting a sore throat ended up learning she had a rare form of leukemia. Rowan Bland, 28, began feeling run down and developed a sore throat in February 2025, which was diagnosed as tonsillitis. But antibiotics didn’t work, and she began…
Better.com founder Vishal Garg says he has finally secured enough shareholder votes to oust the board members who pushed him out — potentially handing him control of the embattled mortgage lender less than two months after his stunning defenestration. Garg’s investor group announced Wednesday that shareholders representing more than 51%…
A powerful “Kelvin wave,” triggered by this year’s super El Niño, is creeping up the Pacific coast of Central and North America and will soon reach California’s shores, where it could raise sea levels by up to 1 foot (30 centimeters) for months, researchers warn.Kelvin waves are a well-known, planetary-scale…
New research shows that U.S. alcohol use has declined for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, but drinking remains above pre-pandemic levels — with one particular group showing a sharp increase in heavy intake. A study led by the University of Southern California/Keck Medicine found that among adults ages…
NBA star Dillon Brooks has been charged with DUI stemming from the run-in he had with cops in Arizona in March. Scottsdale prosecutors formally hit the Phoenix Suns forward with one count of DUI liquor/drugs/vapors/combo, a Class 1 misdemeanor, on Monday, according to court records. He’s now due for arraignment…
Rob Lowe and wife Sheryl Berkoff’s two sons have taken on the family business over the years. After first meeting on a blind date in 1983, the 9-1-1: Lone Star actor and his future wife crossed paths again when she worked as a makeup artist on the set of his…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against 10 foreign nationals accused of illegally registering to vote and then casting ballots in Minnesota. Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters that illegal aliens from Brazil, Ghana and Liberia falsely claimed US citizenship to vote in the 2022 midterm elections, the…
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge in August came in cooler than expected — likely delaying another interest-rate hike until December. The core PCE price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.2% over the month at a 3% annual rate, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday.…
A camera drone operator captured footage of a humpback whale giving birth off the north coast of New South Wales in what is thought to be a world first.Alexander Forrest, a commercial drone pilot for the Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA), was conducting aerial…
The nation’s largest food distributor has immediately stopped carrying the nation’s scariest plant. Well, sort of. Sysco, the world’s largest broadline food distributor, has announced it will no longer buy iceberg lettuce from Mexico after the now-deadly cyclosporiasis outbreak. The Houston-based company’s CEO Kevin Hourican recently told Reuters it is…
The Pirates are shaking things up in their lineup. Marcell Ozuna, whom Pittsburgh signed last February to a one-year, $12 million contract, was released by the team Wednesday it looks to keep pace in a challenging NL Wild Card race. Pittsburgh is 3 1/2 back of the last Wild Card…
Influencer Jen Hamilton is seeking to give new meaning to her would-be 14th wedding anniversary date amid her ongoing and messy separation. “Today is my 14th wedding anniversary, and this is me 14 years ago, so excited about my future,” Hamilton, 35, said in a Tuesday, August 4, video shared…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why air traffic controllers at Washington’s Reagan National Airport did not stop flights Tuesday when President Trump’s helicopter, Marine One, took off from the nearby White House lawn, as required by safety protocols. The airport is located fewer than five miles as…
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani will bring “disaster” to the Big Apple if he succeeds in implementing his far-left economic agenda, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman warned in a new interview. Ackman, whose outspoken criticism of progressive politics has made him one of Wall Street’s most prominent conservative voices,…
An illustration of an ichthyosaur eating a pterosaur, while a pliosaur lurks beneath. (Image credit: Peter Trusler)An ichthyosaur fossil found in Australia’s outback may preserve a rare snapshot of a prehistoric food chain. Around 100 million years ago, the enormous marine reptile swallowed a flying pterosaur before being attacked by…
An unapproved weight loss drug is about to become available to more patients. Retatrutide — also known as “reta” — has been shown to produce dramatically greater weight loss than blockbuster drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro. The experimental drug delivers a triple whammy by mimicking three hormones involved in appetite…
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Of all the lightbulb moments Benjamin Franklin had in his lifetime, this idea is sneakily everlasting: Nothing can be said to be certain except…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Whiter teeth can quickly change how you feel and present yourself, but a shinier smile seems like a luxury reserved for those who can spend a lot of money. Snow…
WASHINGTON — The FBI opened an investigation into whether President Trump was “wittingly or unwittingly” acting as a Russian agent when he fired then-Director James Comey in 2017, according to bombshell documents released by the White House Wednesday. The probe, called Oxferd Comma, grew out of Crossfire Hurricane, the bureau’s…
Times Square is getting a new Rosa Mexicano restaurant that is slated to open in September. It will be the beloved hotspot’s 10th location and its fourth in the Big Apple — and will include a new taqueria concept within its doors: The Pink Door by Rosa Mexicano. The upcoming launch…
In the past 20 years, an increasing number of bacterial infections caught by children have been resistant to antibiotics, a new study finds.The research, published in July in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, looked back at the past two decades, as well as looked forward, to predict how resistance rates might…
A social media influencer who used sunbeds without sun cream as a teen ended up looking “like Frankenstein” with 60 stitches across her cheek – after being diagnosed with skin cancer two decades later. Anna Papalia, 48, noticed a spot on the side of her nose five years ago which…
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s lawyer is not letting Aaron Rodgers’ COVID-19 rant go unanswered. During Monday’s “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers attacked Dr. Fauci for being an “absolute criminal” and “absolute coward.” Rodgers also brought up a conspiracy theory that Fauci’s wife’s sister is Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted child sex trafficker.…
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DETROIT, Mich. — Rep. Shri Thanedar was taken down Tuesday by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed state Rep. Donavan McKinney in the latest primary victory for the progressive left. Thanedar, a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, was seeking a third term representing Michigan’s 13th District, which includes part of…
SpaceX shares tanked nearly 10% Wednesday after it revealed a massive jump in spending on AI investments – adding to Wall Street jitters over a possible “AI bubble” in the market. In its first earnings report as a public company Tuesday, Elon Musk’s rocket-launch firm said its capital expenditures jumped…
Lions running back Sione Vaki was the subject of a freak injury at training camp this week. Head coach Dan Campbell told reporters Tuesday that the third-year running back broke his nose and got poked in the eye during Monday’s practice and will miss some time. “We’re hopeful, vision should…
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