Wall Street is on track for a record-shattering $90 billion year — and massive bonuses to go with it, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office said Tuesday. The securities industry posted $45.9 billion in profits just in the first half of this year, up 51.3% from the same time frame in 2025, according to a new report from the Empire State’s official bean counter. The blockbuster figure puts Wall Streeters on track to rake in $90 billion by New Year’s Eve, the comptroller forecast — up nearly 40% from 2025’s total profits of $65.1 billion. DiNapoli expected Wall Street’s…
WASHINGTON — The White House ripped former special counsel Jack Smith as a “partisan attack rat” Monday after he was photographed and videoed wearing a “No Kings” T-shirt at a Maryland concert over the weekend. “Jack Smith is a scumbag who was the partisan attack rat for Democrats who weaponized…
Steve Gleason was the star of the show on Monday as the Saints revisited one of the most celebrated moments in franchise history. The former safety led a second line through downtown New Orleans ahead of a “Domecoming” celebration marking 20 years after the Saints returned to the Superdome after…
Aubrey O’Day is speaking out after reports claimed that Sean “Diddy” Combs was living a pampered prison lifestyle. “He is enjoying it, huh,” O’Day, 42, quipped during a Monday, October 5, interview with TMZ. The Danity Kane singer claimed that Diddy, 56, is “not going to need for much” once…
The threat of a possible Iranian drone attack triggered the US to remove a fleet of American B-1 bombers from a UK air base over the weekend, according to multiple reports. The plot was cooked up by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and aimed to destroy US aircraft and…
Los Angeles schools face federal enforcement — and the possible loss of federal funding — over policies the Trump administration says improperly hide sensitive student information from parents. The action also revives the explosive controversy over the Biden administration’s response to angry parents at school-board meetings, after the National School…
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. Week 4 was an absolute gauntlet for fantasy football rosters. High-profile stars were dropping across every single stadium nationwide. Lamar Jackson exited early with…
Us has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! We’re going to say it: Despite being super functional, crossbody bags are a little dated. But Katie Holmes found an elevated alternative that’s just as practical yet looks ten times more…
Border czar Tom Homan accused a CBS journalist of asking a “loaded question” in a Friday interview about how ICE treats detained illegal migrants, asking him whether he gathered statistics about migrant deaths under the Biden administration. CBS News’ immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez asked Homan about deaths in ICE custody…
Both the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres continue to troll one another. While the Brewers were practicing on the field at Petco Park on Monday, the stadium had the cool, calm sound of elevator music blasting from the speakers. Back Milwaukee, when the Padres were taking batting practice on…
Us has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Karlie Kloss gave Us another reason to lean into old money style this fall. Her latest accessory is structured, understated and the kind of rich-looking piece that can make even a simple…
President Trump signed an executive order Monday waiving restrictions on the use of tax-exempt red-dye diesel, which he said will ease the pain at the pump for truckers and lower the cost of groceries nationwide. The president described the order — which he inked midway through a raucous midterm election…
After it was all said and done, following the San Diego Padres’ questionable decision to have Mason Miller come out and pitch in the eighth and ninth innings, speculation arose that he was tipping his pitches. For the Padres, who find themselves in a 2-0 hole against the Milwaukee Brewers,…
Kim Kardashian and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton’s longtime friendship has turned romantic. Speculation began swirling earlier this year about Kardashian and Hamilton’s relationship status after the pair were spotted together at the luxury hotel and country club Estelle Manor in Oxfordshire, England. In February, a source confirmed exclusively to Us…
WASHINGTON — Top Justice Department lawyers balked at the Biden administration’s attempts to prosecute parents who protested mask mandates and critical race theory at school board meetings as potential domestic terrorists in the fall of 2021, ripping senior officials’ push for the criminal probes as “ridiculous” and highly “political,” according to…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When the division series makes its way to The Bronx, Max Fried will get the ball first for the Yankees. The club plans to start Fried for Wednesday’s Game 3 followed by Carlos Rodón for Thursday’s Game 4, manager Aaron Boone said Monday, before the Yankees…
Hooters has lost its last restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, marking the latest longtime location to disappear as closures continue following the chain’s bankruptcy restructuring. The Hooters on San Jose Boulevard was permanently closed after operating in Jacksonville for four decades, according to local reports. The restaurant, which opened in 1986,…
SACRAMENTO — Adou Thiero is going to have an opportunity with the Lakers he didn’t have this time last year. And he’s cherishing it. The Lakers uber-athletic forward is healthy and available for the team’s preseason slate, starting with Monday’s opener against the Kings at Golden 1 Center. It’s a…
Lori Loughlin is ready for everything life has to offer as she embraces her next chapter as an empty nester and single woman — and her style reflects that. “I would say that I’m feeling maybe even a bit more adventurous and playful in the way that I’m dressing now,”…
President Trump has approved the use of a firing squad to execute convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hassan, the Pentagon announced Monday. “Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan,…
Whole Foods shoppers are overpaying for the swanky grocer’s “365” private-label chicken – most of which comes from plants that also service Walmart, Target and Kroger and which have dangerous levels of salmonella contamination, according to a report. The upscale grocery chain owned by Amazon purchases its private label chicken…
A shocking clip of a senior Democratic lawmaker admitting he’s clueless about AI – declaring, “I didn’t know what that was till about a week ago” – is resurfacing as the debate on artificial intelligence heats up across the country. The stunning admission from Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina…
On the day after a 23-12 beatdown at the hands of the Bears, Jets coach Aaron Glenn spent Monday morning trying to emphasize the positive. That may sound crazy for Jets fans who watched their team play one of the worst games in franchise history — and that’s saying something.…
New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office ranks among the worst in the country for criminally prosecuting Medicaid fraud, according to a new analysis. The Empire Center for Public Policy calculated, using federal data, that during James’ term as AG from 2019 to 2025, the state ranked 49th for criminal…
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, economist Raj Chetty and former Bank of England governor Mervyn King are among a slate of names released by the Federal Reserve Thursday that will help develop recommended changes to the central bank’s operations. They are among the co-leaders of five different task forces announced by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh last…
At least 20 people across 17 states have been hospitalized due to severe gastrointestinal illness as more than 1,000 cases of the parasitic infection cyclosporiasis have been reported across the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are…
Six hundred and thirty-nine days. That’s how long it had been since Sean Manaea last stayed in a game for seven innings. He’s gone six innings once and five several times since then, but hadn’t reached the seventh-inning stretch since Oct. 8, 2024, in an NLDS win over the Phillies. …
After Taylor Parker’s crimes were broken down in Netflix’s Maternal Instinct, director Jessica Dimmock revealed why she believes the killer was able to successfully trick people around her into believing she was pregnant with Wade Griffin’s child for so long. After her alleged due date of September 22, 2020, came…
WASHINGTON — Democrats are growing anxious that the Graham Platner fiasco has left them with just under four months to throw a campaign together for a new candidate and to get the oyster farmer’s base of loyal followers to “cool off” from his implosion. While many Dem strategists argue that Platner’s…
Two new California taxes next year described as “the largest tax increase in state history” have sparked outrage among businesses and other critics furious with elected officials for jacking up the state’s already-high cost of living. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers recently enacted a state budget that would raise health…
A metal detectorist in Norway dismissed a rare 900-year-old silver coin as a button, before researchers realized it was a one-of-a-kind piece linked to Magnus Barefoot (also known as Magnus Berrføtt), the warrior ruler often called Norway’s last Viking king.The coin, found in a field near Utstein Monastery in southwest…
The Golden State Warriors’ Plan B may already have a name. As the franchise waits to see whether LeBron James becomes a realistic option, DeMar DeRozan has emerged as a veteran fallback worth watching. According to ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel, Golden State is expected to have internal conversations about…
The Valley star Janet Caperna shared an honest message with Bravo fans after revealing her past experience with sexual assault. “I want to be really transparent because today it really hit me that what I shared is going to be out in the world to be judged, talked about and…
WASHINGTON — A top adviser to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed hard for Maine Democrat Graham Platner in the 2026 Senate race with an eye on a Democratic presidential ticket by 2032, sources told The Post. Morris Katz hyped up Platner as a Bernie Sanders successor who could…
Wall Street investors are reportedly flooding back into tobacco stocks, erasing years of ethical boycotts as the industry’s aggressive pivot toward smoke-free products blurs old moral lines. For nearly a decade, pension funds and major endowments blacklisted cigarette makers under strict mandates. But that taboo is quickly going up in…
A years-long malaria control campaign in the Brazilian Amazon nearly eliminated the disease from a city — but then cases rebounded. Now, scientists think they’ve uncovered why.The campaign took place in northern Brazil during the construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Xingu River, one of the largest hydroelectric…
It’s time to hand out some midseason awards. NL MVP Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers. Who else? In the human division, Pete Crow-Armstrong is doing it all (but not pitching). NL LVP (Least Valuable) Kyle Tucker. The Mets may have dodged a $60M-a-year bullet. AL MVP Yordan Alvarez, Astros. His torrid hitting…
Nearly six years after Taylor Parker killed pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her daughter Braxlynn Sage, the victim’s mother insisted that the killer is “evil” and not “crazy.” While speaking to NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo, Simmons-Hancock’s mother, Jessica Brookes, and her sister, Emily Shirley, looked back on their loved one’s horrific…
Chiffon? In this economy? This week’s Paris Haute Couture shows swapped the usual piles of handmade lace and crystal-coated leather for materials often on shelves at the Dollar Store — or even better yet, Home Depot, like latex balloons, crumpled chicken wire, ripped denim, and clumps of very photogenic hay.…
Not so fast on the “rapid bus routes!” Bronx politicians blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s news $800 million plan to speed up city bus routes on Thursday — saying it could make the affected streets more dangerous for pedestrians. The elected officials groaned that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has already torn…
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs has barred employees from trading on prediction-market contracts linked to financial markets and political events, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A memo was issued some time back in which the policy prohibits staff from participating in event-based contracts that could create real or…
For the first time, physicists have built a working version of quantum mechanics without complex numbers — numbers that have been considered essential to the theory for nearly a century.Complex numbers combine a regular “real” number with an “imaginary” one — a multiple of the square root of -1, represented…
ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania shared a strange “wrinkle” regarding the LeBron James free agency sweepstakes during a July 9 appearance on ESPN. “All of the information has funneled through agent Rich Paul with LeBron James. So [interested teams] have been in the process of gathering information. One interesting wrinkle…
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