Author: Andi Shae Napier

Phillip Banks III, New York City’s deputy mayor and lieutenant to Mayor Eric Adams, is the latest aide to step down since the mayor’s federal indictment and investigation. Adams was charged with bribery and wire fraud last month, prompting many of his officials to resign despite him pleading not guilty and denying any wrongdoing. Banks,…

Hurricane Milton grew to a Category 5 hurricane Monday while over the southern Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast later this week. Life-threatening storm surges are predicted to hit an already damaged Florida, which saw areas devastated by Hurricane Helene just days ago. Milton’s strength On Sunday morning,…

The CIA is releasing instructions in Korean, Farsi, and Mandarin for informants in authoritarian regimes looking to communicate with the CIA in a safe way. “People are trying to reach out to us from around the world and we are offering them instructions for how to do that safely,” the CIA wrote in a statement…

A federal judge blocked an artificial intelligence deepfake law Wednesday that protects against political disinformation just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) signed it into law. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit filed by Chris Kohls, known as “Mr Reagan” on X. Kohls is the original poster of an AI video that…

President Joe Biden will receive an operational briefing in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The briefing will be on Hurricane Helene’s damage to the southeast and will be held in Raleigh’s emergency operations center. It will be followed by an…

The Washington Teachers’ Union reached a tentative deal with the District of Columbia Public Schools on Monday night after a year of talks. The deal would secure pay raises, better working conditions, and other benefits for the union’s 5,000 public school staff. The teachers advocating the deal have worked under an expired contract for the…

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE BY THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Vice President Kamala Harris is holding a press briefing in Augusta, Georgia, on Wednesday at 4 p.m. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The briefing will cover the recovery efforts in the southeastern U.S. areas damaged by Hurricane Helene. (function(){ var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.async = true; script.type =…

A chemical gas leak from a rail tanker in a Cincinnati suburb has caused officials to issue evacuation orders within a 1/2-mile radius of the site for fear of an explosion. The evacuation was for 210 homes in Whitewater Township, Ohio, 22 miles northwest of Cincinnati near the Kentucky state line. Residents outside of the…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is speaking at a press conference right after a federal interest rate meeting. The Fed decided to lower interest rates by half a percentage point, the larger cut of the two options. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Powell is scheduled to begin his…