Politics

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams bragged in 2019 about being a better cop than his “cracker” colleagues in the NYPD. “Every day in the Police Department, I kicked those crackers’ ass,” Adams says in the video. “Man, I was unbelievable with 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement,” he continued, referring to a police advocacy group he co-founded in …

Raleigh’s NBC News affiliate reports: The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday night voted to strike down new voting maps Republicans passed in November. The high court issued a 4-3 decision split along ideological lines. The voting maps passed in November strongly favored the GOP, with the party slated to win 10 or 11 of the 14 U.S. House seats …

The Washington Post reports: “This week, our former president said I had the right to ‘overturn the election. President Trump is wrong,” Pence said Friday. “I had no right to overturn the election.” Pence dismissed Trump’s statement during a keynote speech given Friday during a conference hosted by the Federalist Society, an organization for conservative and libertarian lawyers, in Florida …

The New York Daily News reports: Gov. Hochul signed New York’s new congressional and legislative maps into law on Thursday, capping a chaotic process and two days of bitter feuding in Albany, where the ruling Democrats drew new district lines over Republican opposition. Hochul inked her signature to bills codifying the maps after lawmakers approved legislative redistricting earlier in the …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Videos of Apopka police officers pulling a Black man from his car before hitting and stunning him in his driveway in November 2019 resurfaced on social media this week, soon after the man filed a lawsuit against the city. The officer who used a Taser on the man and wrote his arrest report, Nathaniel Tuck, resigned …

The New York Daily News reports: Bill de Blasio may have found his new calling. In recent days, the former mayor has told political allies and labor leaders that he’s mulling a run for Congress in light of the state legislature approving a new House district map, according to two people familiar with the matter. De Blasio, who announced a …

The CBC reports: A majority of Conservative MPs today voted to remove Erin O’Toole as party leader, paving the way for another leadership race only 18 months after the party finished the last one. The result wasn’t particularly close: 73 of the 118 MPs on hand — the party’s caucus chair, Scott Reid, did not cast a ballot — voted …

The Associated Press reports: Justice Neil Gorsuch is speaking this weekend to the conservative legal group that boosted his Supreme Court candidacy, in a session at a Florida resort that is closed to news coverage. Gorsuch is billed as the banquet speaker Friday at the Florida chapter of the Federalist Society’s annual meeting, which is being held at the Walt …

“Well, I can speak for myself. The election of 2020 was decided December the 14th of 2020 when the Electoral College certified the winner of the election. “What we saw here on January 6th was an effort to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to another, which had never happened before in our country. “165 people have …

Politico reports: Former President George W. Bush contributed to Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) reelection campaigns at the end of 2021, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday, backing up two of the most prominent Republicans who supported impeaching Donald Trump a year ago. Bush donated a maximum individual contribution of $5,800 to Cheney last October. …

The New York Post reports: An upstate district attorney’s office is dropping its criminal investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo — shutting down the last of five criminal cases involving the disgraced ex-governor. But Oswego DA Gregory Oakes told The Post on Monday that while there’s not “sufficient legal basis” to bring charges based on allegations of unwanted …

The New York Times reports: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada has tested positive for the coronavirus after an exposure last week. He said on Twitter that he was not feeling ill. He said later in an online news conference that two of his three children had also tested positive. Mr. Trudeau has been isolating since last Thursday, when he …

Fox News reports: Donald Trump’s presidency is one and done, according to a pair of Republican governors, who have said the 45th president is not the future of the GOP. The stakes are simply too high to risk another Trump presidency, Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Maryland, told Fox News on Sunday. “With America on the wrong path, the stakes are too …

The Washington Post reports: Democratic state legislators in New York released a congressional redistricting map Sunday that redrew House lines to give Democrats as many as three more seats at a time when the party’s majority is in jeopardy. The New York map is the latest redistricting win for Democrats who had been expected to suffer at the hands of …

The Hill reports: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Sunday that it is “very unlikely” she would support former President Trump should he run for reelection in 2024. “Certainly, it’s not likely, given the many other qualified candidates that we have that have expressed interest in running, so it’s very unlikely,” Collins said on ABC’s “This Week.” “We’re a long …

Politico Europe reports: Russia has sent thousands of troops into Belarus, but the country’s authoritarian leader said Friday there will only be war if “aggression is committed against Belarus” or “our ally Russia.” “If our country faces an aggression, there will be hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers here, who will defend this sacred land together with hundreds of thousands …

“I’m sorry to say this, but many people are saying this—I am not saying this, but many are saying—this sounds like a typical female problem. I’m not saying that! I’m saying this is what people are telling me! “They say the first female vice president comes in there, and every single article is about her feelings.” – Fox News host …

The New York Times reports: When a furor erupted over Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to hire his brother to manage his security detail, the mayor retroactively sought formal guidance from the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board and vowed to abide by its determination. On Thursday, the board made its ruling public: Eric Adams’s brother, Bernard, can in fact …

The Hill reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned President Biden on Thursday not to “outsource” his Supreme Court nominee to the “radical left” following the retirement announcement of Justice Stephen Breyer. “Looking ahead — the American people elected a Senate that is evenly split at 50-50. To the degree that President Biden received a mandate, it was to …

The New York Times reports: President Biden will formally announce the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer on Thursday, White House officials said, a step that will kick off a weekslong political clash on Capitol Hill as Mr. Biden seeks to put his imprint on the Supreme Court. Officials said the president would deliver his remarks at 12:30 p.m., flanked by …