New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent plea for wealthy former New Yorkers to “come back” and replenish the state’s coffers was less a plan and more a confession of failure. Speaking at Politico’s New York Agenda forum, she openly admitted the state’s “tax base has been eroded” and even suggested supporters “go down to Palm More

The cheerleaders who promised a once-in-a-generation World Cup windfall for American hotels are waking up to a harsher reality: the big bump may never come. Industry analytics firm CoStar says optimism is fading as hotels in major host cities report softer bookings and muddled expectations, a slap in the face to local officials who counted More

A new investigative report published this week documents what should alarm every taxpayer: reporters found undocumented migrants living in California homeless shelters who say they have accessed Medi‑Cal-funded gender‑affirming care, including hormone treatments and even breast augmentation. The piece, based on on‑the‑ground interviews at city‑funded shelters in San Francisco, names facilities and recounts residents’ claims More

It was refreshing — and frankly necessary — to watch White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stand up to the media circus and call out the avalanche of misleading Iran-war narratives that have drained our nation of calm and clarity. At a recent briefing she forcefully rejected inaccurate reports and pushed back against anonymous leaks More

Prince Harry’s tearful performance in a London courtroom in January — where he told the judge that the tabloid press had made his wife’s life “an absolute misery” — gave the world another look at a man who has made public grievance his stock in trade. What was billed as a serious privacy case quickly More

Watching a pile of liberal dating TikToks and laughing at the theatrical awkwardness is easy, but the real story is darker: these clips are the public face of a cultural movement that celebrates self-segregation and moral exhibitionism. What plays as harmless cringe on your phone is actually a recruitment and reinforcement tool for a new More