Charles Dolan, HBO and Cablevision founder, dies at 98

Prior to the Wednesday terror attack in New Orleans, Democrats and the media obsessed over "far-right" terrorism while downplaying Islamic extremism.

It's early days yet, and with a two-seat majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson has his work cut out for him. But Friday's re-election is a positive sign for the next two years.

Local and federal authorities said that the back-to-back attacks in Las Vegas and in New Orleans were not connected.

Republicans expressed happiness and relief to have elected Speaker Johnson so quickly on Friday, avoiding the lengthy process to elect Speaker McCarthy in the last Congress.

Lainey Wilson joked about possible future plans to marry boyfriend Devlin "Duck" Hodges in an interview for CMT. Wilson and the former NFL player debuted their relationship in 2023.

NY Post readers discuss the terrorist attack in New Orleans on New Years Day, killing 15 people.

Dodgers win. Again.

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A British 'danger tourist' on a mission to visit every country has become the first tourist to visit several indigenous tribes in Papua New Guinea.

The track athlete is facing two charges after physical incident Thursday night.

Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger claimed his shocking suicide wasn’t a terror attack but a way for the US soldier to cleanse his mind, police revealed.

A new documentary on the “quiet storm” legend invites us to consider Vandross in a fresh, glittery light.

Carolina Panthers linebacker DJ Johnson will miss Sunday's game against the Atlanta Falcons after being involved in a car accident Thursday.

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The New York judge who oversaw President-elect Donald J. Trump’s hush-money trial scheduled his sentencing for Jan. 10. Mr. Trump is expected to appeal his conviction.

Sen. John Thune used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires at least 60 votes to pass Senate legislation.

Republican House Education Committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx suffered a fall on the grand staircases of the U.S. Capitol.

In 2025, WWE will be defined by the John Cena Retirement Tour. Now, it seems we have an answer as to who the Doctor of Thuganomics will face at WrestleMania 41.

There's a strong case to be made for choosing a home equity loan over a HELOC this month. Here's what to consider.

Millions of Americans will see higher Social Security checks now that the windfall elimination provision (WEP) is abolished.

The funds on average missed the S&P 500’s 23% gain in 2024, but most posted double-digit returns.

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Plasket asked the House clerk why she and other delegates were not asked to participate in the House speaker vote.

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Justice Juan Merchan will sentence Trump for his crimes on Jan. 10, a court proceeding that will be unlike any in America's 248 years.

Trump took to social media to rail against the flags being at half-staff on his big day, writing that "nobody wants to see this."

San Bernadino resident Joseph Journell says he lost two beloved cats after they drank raw milk contaminated with bird flu and is threatening to sue Raw Farm LLC owner Mark McAfee.

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Alexander Paffendorf expressed regret for his involvement in court on Friday without explaining his precise role.

The New York Yankees could land a blockbuster trade for a $200 million slugger, but it might cost them their top prospect, Jasson Domínguez.

The lawsuit is part of a growing push among some conservatives to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in corporate America.

A registered nurse in Virginia was arrested in connection with an attack that left a newborn with an "unexplainable fracture" in a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.

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The judge in President-elect Donald Trump's New York criminal hush money case indicated Friday that he intends to sentence Trump to an "unconditional discharge."

Social media users trashed Vice President Kamala Harris after she appeared to get the words to the Pledge of Allegiance wrong during the opening of the 119th Congress.

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New York judge Juan Merchan has called for a Jan. 10 sentencing date in the "hush money" case against President-elect Donald Trump. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman and Jessica Levinson have the latest.

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A judge set Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — 10 days before he’s due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed.

The success of President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda will depend on whether Republicans can close ranks in Congress. They nearly failed on their very first vote.Mike Johnson won re-election as House speaker by the narrowest of margins this afternoon, and only after two Republican holdouts changed their votes at the last minute. Johnson won on the first ballot with exactly the 218 votes he needed to secure the required majority. The effort he expended to keep the speaker’s gavel portends a tough slog for Trump, who endorsed Johnson’s bid.Johnson was well short of a majority after an initial tally in the House, which elects a speaker in a long, televised roll call during which every member’s name is called. Three Republicans—Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, and Keith Self of Texas—voted for other candidates, and another six refused to vote at all in a protest of Johnson’s leadership. The six who initially sat out the roll call cast their votes for Johnson when their names were called a second time. But it took nearly an hour for Johnson to flip Norman and Self. After huddling with Johnson on and off the House floor, the three men walked together to the front of the House chamber, where Norman and Self changed their votes to put Johnson over the top.The tense vote marked the second Congress in a row in which the formal, usually ceremonial opening of the House became highly dramatic. Two years ago, conservative holdouts forced Kevin McCarthy to endure 15 rounds of voting and days of horse-trading before allowing him to become speaker. With help from Democrats, the same group ousted him nine months later, leading to Johnson’s election as his replacement.McCarthy’s chief nemesis was then-Representative Matt Gaetz, who resigned his seat during his brief bid to become Trump’s attorney general (and ahead of a bombshell report from the House Ethics Committee alleging that he had sex with a 17-year-old, among other claims). The Republican playing Gaetz’s role this time was Massie, a seven-term Kentuckian with a libertarian streak who vowed to oppose Johnson even under threat of digital amputation. (“You can start cutting my fingers off,” Massie told Gaetz on Thursday night in his former colleague’s new capacity as a host on One America News Network.)[Read: Not the Life Matt Gaetz Was Planning On]Yet the members opposing Johnson were not as numerous or dug-in as McCarthy’s adversaries. And although Trump backed McCarthy two years ago, he was more politically invested in Johnson’s success today. A drawn-out fight for the speakership could have threatened his legislative agenda and even delayed the certification of his election. (The House cannot function without a speaker, so it would not have been able to formally open and count the Electoral College ballots as required by the Constitution on January 6.)Even with today’s relatively swift resolution, Johnson’s struggle to remain speaker is an ominous sign for the GOP’s ability to enact Trump’s priorities in the first few months of his term. The majority that narrowly elected Johnson will temporarily become slimmer once the Senate confirms two Republican lawmakers to Trump’s Cabinet, creating vacancies pending special elections to replace them. And GOP divisions have already emerged over whether the party should launch its governing trifecta with a push to bolster the Southern border or combine that effort with legislation extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.Republicans have a bigger buffer in the Senate, where they control 53 seats. But in the House, the GOP edge is two seats smaller than it was at the beginning of the last Congress, and just one or two members will have the power to defeat party-line votes without support from Democrats. Johnson’s main critics, including Massie, Norman, and Self, support Trump’s agenda in the abstract, but they are not loyalists of the president-elect. (Neither Massie nor Roy backed him in the GOP primary last year.) They are far more hawkish on spending than Trump, who showed little concern for deficits in his first term and has pushed Republicans to raise or even eliminate the debt ceiling before he takes office—a move that could smooth the passage of costly tax cuts.Minutes before the vote today, Johnson posted to X a list of commitments apparently aimed at mollifying a few of the GOP holdouts. He pledged to create a pair of working groups to audit federal spending and work with Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency to implement “recommended government and spending reforms.” Johnson did not specify any cuts or identify how much money he’d propose trimming from the budget.[Elaina Plott Calabro: The accidental speaker]His pledges weren’t enough, and Johnson reportedly needed Trump’s help to secure the final votes. Afterward, the speaker’s critics made clear that the divisions on display today hadn’t been fully resolved. Leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus released a statement saying they had backed Johnson “despite our sincere reservations” only because they wanted to support Trump’s agenda. One of those members, Representative Chip Roy of Texas, who initially withheld his vote for Johnson, warned the speaker that “there are many members beyond the three who voted for someone else who have reservations.”Johnson’s opponents complained that he has been too quick to strike deals with Democrats—a perennial gripe that House conservatives have with Republican leaders. But their brief revolt today offered a reminder of how much leverage Democrats might retain in Trump’s Washington. Over the past two years. Republicans who nominally controlled the House couldn’t pass any significant legislation without help from Democrats. Their majority is even smaller now.When Johnson addressed the House after accepting the speaker’s gavel this afternoon, he noted that the Democratic minority leader, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, had offered to work with Republicans on one of Trump’s top priorities—securing the border. “I’m counting on it,” Johnson said. If today’s struggle was any indication, the re-elected Republican speaker, along with the re-elected Republican president, might be relying on Democrats more than they’d like.

“Southern Charm’s” Craig Conover stopped by the Page Six Studio to chat with reporter Caroline Blair during the first week of December, almost a month before his break-up with Paige DeSorbo. He opened up about his 5-year plan, including spending time away from Charleston and possibly going back to school. Watch the clip to hear...