NYPD ‘headcount’ faces record lows not seen in decades — 200 cops leaving each month : data A total of 566 police officers have hung up their holsters through April, compared to 508 over the first four months of last year, NYPD pension data shows. 05/18/2024 - 2:15 am | View Link
Americans Should Thank a Cop During National Police Week—and the Rest of the Year, Too Without the men and women who take an oath to serve and protect their communities as cops, our world would be unrecognizable—and unsafe. 05/17/2024 - 11:08 am | View Link
Full List of Democrats Who Voted Against Deporting Migrants Who Attack Cops A majority of House Democrats voted against a bill put forth by GOP lawmakers that would require federal law enforcement to detain migrants who have entered the U.S. illegally and face charges for ... 05/15/2024 - 10:03 pm | View Link
Biden touts efforts to boost law enforcement as police unions flock to Trump President Biden on Wednesday tried to appeal to law enforcement officers by listing ways that his administration has helped police in America, even as police unions flock to former President Donald ... 05/15/2024 - 6:31 am | View Link
Chicago Police excessive force complaints bring critics, worry over city's hosting of DNC The crowd control tactics of Chicago police are under scrutiny after accusations of excessive force ahead of the Democratic National Convention. 05/14/2024 - 3:37 pm | View Link
“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, attempting to put political pressure on Republicans, announced Sunday that the chamber will vote this week on a long-negotiated bipartisan border bill that Republicans blocked earlier this year,” CNN reports.
International far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration” three weeks before hard-right parties are expected to see a surge in support in June’s European elections, The Guardian reports.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lists his residence to vote as a tony Westchester County address — which is in foreclosure proceedings for non-payment, court records show,” the New York Post reports.
“The independent candidate claims his voting address is 84 Croton Lake Road In Katonah, though he is not the owner of the million-dollar property-in-arrears, does not show up in resident searches for it, and some longtime neighbors — and even local authorities — were shocked at the notion it’s his home.”
Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH), rumored to be one of Donald Trump’s vice-presidential contenders, told CBS News that the U. S “could learn from” some decisions made by authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, including controversial policies related to dealing with dissidents at universities.
Said Vance: “On the university principle, the idea that taxpayers should have some influence in how their money is spent at these universities, it’s a totally reasonable thing, and I do think that he’s made some smart decisions there that we could learn from in the United States.”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) brushed off the recent polls showing President Biden’s slight lead over former President Trump in his home state of Wisconsin, noting he does not trust early polling, The Hill reports.
Said Johnson: “Well, as somebody who has run statewide three times and seeing polls wildly incorrect, all three times, I just would not trust the early polls.