All posts tagged "New York"

Online journalists and political analysts are blaming President Donald Trump for a New York quarterback's injury that turns out to be worse than anticipated.

On Tuesday, online commentary reacted to news that New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, the 23-year-old expected to help the team bounce back from a bad season, will be out for a while with a knee injury. The reaction immediately turned to Trump's supposed effect on New York athletes and teams.

Dart left early in the Giants' Monday night game against the Los Angeles Rams, which they ultimately lost 28-6. During the game, Dart stayed on the sideline as Giants GM Joe Schoen told ESPN's Laura Rutledge that Dart is "going to be OK," and initial exams pointed to a sprained MCL. On Tuesday, sports journalist Ian Rapoport reported via a post on X that Dart will be out for "an extended period of time, possibly the season" after an MRI revealed his injury "was worse than anticipated."...

President Donald Trump is again rewriting his 9/11 history with claims that he worked "long and hard" on recovery, a story debunked for years.

Days ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks, Trump told Fox News host Trey Gowdy that he rushed downtown after the towers fell and joined the effort with his own construction crews. Progressive political commentator David Pakman fact-checked the account on a Monday episode of his podcast and called it a lie that Trump "seemingly cannot get away from because he needs it to fuel his massive ego."

In the interview with Gowdy, Trump described watching the attacks unfold from an apartment and insisted he knew it was a plane rather than a "boiler" or a "missile." Trump then claimed he sent workers to the site the following day....

Fears that President Donald Trump could freeze foreign assets are driving billions in gold out of New York's vaults, an economics journalist warned.

In a Thursday article for The Bulwark, economics editor and columnist Catherine Rampell described the gold retreat as a signal of how far U.S. relationships, in particular with its European allies, have deteriorated.

"In a frightening sign of just how much trust has been lost between the United States and its erstwhile allies, billions of dollars of gold reserves are being repatriated or otherwise moved out of Trump's reach," Rampell wrote....

Supporters of President Donald Trump are rejecting his renaming of Lake Ontario and delivered a fiery rebuke when asked about it.

In a Thursday CNN segment, a current Trump supporter shared his thoughts, echoing criticism from a New York mayor who saw no point in renaming it Lake America.

"I've been on his side all the way, right from day one, but I think he's losing it here," the supporter said. "I just assume that it remains Lake Ontario."...

Voters have questions for MAGA Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY) — not about the issues, but his pants.

Lawler was subjected to much ridicule this week after a new campaign ad — meant to focus on his key campaign issue of taxes and President Donald Trump's endorsement — drew a different kind of response, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.

The comments and reactions on social media focused more on Lawler's choice of tight pants and shirt that revealed more than what viewers might have wanted to see....

Brand-new Attorney General Todd Blanche endorsed a MAGA candidate for New York governor, a move that prompted outcry.

Alongside President Donald Trump, Blanche appeared in Garden City, New York, to stump for Bruce Blakeman, the GOP nominee for governor of New York, running against incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Online critics slammed the idea of the country's top law enforcement official endorsing a candidate and suggested it may even violate the Hatch Act, which bars most executive branch employees from partisan political activity....