WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged Sunday that Walmart, the largest US retailer, may pass along some of the costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to its shoppers through higher prices. Bessent described his call with the company’s CEO a day after Trump warned Walmart to avoid raising prices from the tariffs at all and vowed to keep a close watch on what it does. As doubts persist about Trump’s economic leadership, Bessent pushed back against inflation concerns, praised the uncertainty caused by Trump as a negotiating tactic for trade talks and dismissed the downgrade Friday of US government debt by…
NATO ally Turkey is once again in turmoil as President Erdoğan escalates his crackdown on political opposition ahead of the 2028 presidential election, but the geopolitical alliance has few options to punish the drift toward authoritarianism or marginalize the Eurasian nation from the democracy-protecting pact it joined over 70 years…
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was caught on resurfaced video leading “BDS” chants in a push to boycott Israel while blasting officials for traveling to the Jewish State on taxpayers’ dime. The demcratic socialist candidate led the chants in favor of the “boycott, divestment and sanctions” movement during a May 11,…
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., on Sunday said “it was a mistake” for Democrats to allow Joe Biden to remain in the 2024 presidential race for as long as he did, echoing recent comments from other Democrats as the party reckons with fallout from new reporting on the then-president’s mental acuity.“By…
Five years on, New York City office building foot traffic has all but recovered from the “work from home” losses caused by the pandemic — and here’s the proof. Visits to office buildings in April were a mere 5.5% below April 2019 levels, authoritative Placer.ai platform found, making the Big Apple the nation’s clear…
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Some of the U.S.’s most prominent tech companies may be about to face a new challenge, one that they likely didn’t see coming. When President Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, many tech stocks surged. His history of favoring policies that eased regulation on big…
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino delivered a scathing rebuke of the bureau’s former director James Comey over his cryptic “86 47” message made in seashells that he posted on Instagram Friday. Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and conservative talk radio host, blasted Comey as an example of failed leadership at…
Kamala Harris might beat Donald Trump in the popular vote if the 2024 presidential election was held today, a new poll suggests.The Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, conducted May 1 to 6, found 47 percent of respondents who would vote in a hypothetical do-over backed Democrat Harris, compared to 42 percent…
Global insurance and investment firm Starr is expanding into Silverstein Properties’ 1177 Sixth Ave. The new, 49,264 square-foot lease is in addition to Starr’s current space at 399 Park Ave., where it will remain. Sources said the asking rent was in the $80s per square foot. Starr will have the…
The WNBA is investigating alleged racial comments from a fan or multiple fans directed toward Angel Reese during the Sky’s game against the Fever on Saturday, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Post. “The WNBA strongly condemns racism, hate, and discrimination in all forms — they have…
Law & Order: SVU is going through some cast changes yet again — but what does that mean for season 27? The series, which premiered in 1999, follows detectives from the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit as they investigate and prosecute sexually-based crimes. The legal drama stars Mariska Hargitay, Ice T,…
Poland will hold the first round of voting in its presidential election on Sunday. This is a hotly contested race between two main candidates – one from Civic Platform, the lead party in the ruling Civic Coalition, and the other an independent backed by the main opposition party, Law and…
GOP former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday bashed the Republican lawmakers who blocked a bid to advance President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” last week. McCarthy accused the fiscal-hawk pols of prioritizing their own interests and warned that it was a “real misstep” as the rest of the…
Ree Drummond’s daughter Paige is getting married on Saturday, May 17Paige and fiancé David Andersen will tie the knot on the family’s Pawhuska, Okla., ranchIn an Instagram Stories post, Ree wrote, “Our second baby is getting married here in 2 days”Ree Drummond and her husband Ladd are getting ready for…
Some day, and that day may never come, real-estate media will discover that tenant departures and loan expirations at any particular office building don’t portend doom for the building. Take 568 Broadway, the 12-story, century-old Soho beauty that Eric Hadar of Allied Partners and Bobby Cayre of Aurora Capital have owned…
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The win-now Phillies were just dealt a significant blow to their World Series hopes. Left-handed reliever Jose Alvarado has been suspended 80 games and is ineligible for the playoffs after testing positive for a substance that is banned under MLB’s PED policy, the league announced. Alvarado, Philadelphia’s best reliever so…
At the height of her popularity, Anna Kournikova was the most Googled female athlete in the world. In fact, Kournikova, now 43, trailed only David Beckham as the most searched athlete overall in 2002, a year before her retirement from professional tennis at the young age of 21. Hailing originally…
In March 2024, I wrote a column about President Biden’s State of the Union speech with a confident headline that made perfect sense to me at the time: “Chill out, my fellow Americans. Your president isn’t cognitively impaired.”Boy was I wrong. For months, critics and supporters had been raising pointed…
Several liberals have dismissed the release of audio from former special counsel Robert Hur’s 2023 interview with then-President Joe Biden—highlighting moments of confusion and potential concern—as a political “distraction” from Donald Trump’s presidency, pointing instead to Moody’s Ratings recent downgrade of the U.S. government’s credit outlook.Newsweek has reached out to…
House Speaker Mike Johnson teased plans to bump up the timeline for implementing work requirements on Medicaid to help win over support from fiscal hawks on the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that got shot down in committee on Friday. Five Republicans had voted against advancing President Trump’s marquee legislation from…
A fan who heckled Brooks Koepka at the PGA Championship on Friday unsurprisingly didn’t actually want the smoke. Koepka, who missed the cut at Quail Hollow by shooting 9-over across the first two rounds, challenged a man who yelled “guaranteed money does that Brooks,” referencing Koepka leaving the PGA Tour…
Eleven candidates are running to replace the term-limited Phil Murphy as governor of New Jersey. The Garden State is one of only two gubernatorial races happening in 2025, and the off-year election will be many New Jerseyans’ first chance to vote since the contentious 2024 presidential race. The other state…
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The far-Right front-runner in Romania’s elections labelled Vladimir Putin a war criminal and dictator on the eve of Sunday’s vote, rejecting concerns that his leadership could align his country with Russia.George Simion, who swept to victory in the first round of Romania’s presidential election re-run on May 4, is banned…
Rep. Jim Clyburn, who is widely credited with rescuing former President Joe Biden’s then-flailing presidential bid in 2020, acknowledged that concerns Democrats tried to cover up the 46th president’s condition could be harming their standing with the public. CNN host Jake Tapper asked Clyburn, 84, whether the Democrats’ “incredibly low…
Remember presidential immunity? Well, get ready for judicial immunity.In moving to dismiss her new federal indictment, Judge Hannah Dugan cited last year’s Supreme Court ruling in Donald Trump’s favor.“The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial…
A recent TikTok video showing a woman “scrolling” on a transparent phone has people scratching their heads. A woman named Cat (@askcatgpt) shared a TikTok video — which has now garnered over 50 million views — of herself standing in line at a boba tea shop holding what appears to…
Precious moon samples brought back to Earth by China’s Chang’e 5 mission in 2020 have finally been shared with international researchers — but the law has made it difficult for U.S.-based scientists to receive any of the material.Earlier in May, British planetary scientist Mahesh Anand of the Open University in…
Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo made an eyebrow-raising admission during a late-night Q&A on X. The former NBA MVP and one-time NBA champion was responding to fan questions on the social media platform as Saturday turned to Sunday, and at one point, was asked about his “favorite city to play…
Kamala Harris might beat Donald Trump in the popular vote if the 2024 presidential election was held today, a new poll suggests.The Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll, conducted May 1 to 6, found 47 percent of respondents who would vote in a hypothetical do-over backed Democrat Harris, compared to 42 percent…
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Poland will hold the first round of voting in its presidential election on Sunday. This is a hotly contested race between two main candidates – one from Civic Platform, the lead party in the ruling Civic Coalition, and the other an independent backed by the main opposition party, Law and…
A co-owner of a luxury car dealership in Florida is reportedly resigning after he allegedly made an antisemitic remark in a text to a customer. “I had my Porsche rep contact the factory to secure a spot at the paint to sample line for a special color before I had someone contact…
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Jordyn Woods is all about the “good vibes” as boyfriend Karl-Anthony Towns and the Knicks continue their epic playoff run. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, the model and influencer recapped what’s been an exciting few weeks in New York as the Knicks prepare to face the Pacers in their first…
Sony Pictures In “Bullet Train,” a cadre of rough-and-tumble types come together for different reasons on the titular mode of transportation. Ladybug (Brad Pitt) just wants an easy job to get himself back into the swing of things, and his…
The death of Joel (Pedro Pascal) has hung like a dark cloud over The Last of Us season 2. Ellie (Bella Ramsey) may have a new reason to live now that she’s found love with Dina (Isabela Merced), but Ellie can’t let go of her desire for revenge. Abby (Kaitlyn…
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Russian hackers attacked the websites of parties in his ruling coalition on Friday, two days before a presidential election.The frontrunner in Sunday’s election is a high-ranking member of Tusk’s Civic Platform party, Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski. “Two days before…
In March 2024, I wrote a column about President Biden’s State of the Union speech with a confident headline that made perfect sense to me at the time: “Chill out, my fellow Americans. Your president isn’t cognitively impaired.”Boy was I wrong. For months, critics and supporters had been raising pointed…
Vice President JD Vance shook hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in their first public encounter since their infamous Oval Office blow-up. Vance and Zelensky briefly crossed paths Sunday while attending the first formal mass by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Basilica, smiling as they greeted each other. Second…
In the 2024 presidential election, President Trump swept all seven swing states, won the popular vote, defied the polls and shocked Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats with his decisive victory. In the days that followed, I heard from several high-level Democratic operatives who shared essentially the same message: We…
“People see me now, and they just assume, ‘oh, she had it easy,'” she says, but Rose Ferreira has had it anything but easy. The trajectory of her life has been so turbulent, in fact, that NASA, her previous employer, published a feature article about her determination on its website.…
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