The No. 2 House Republican in Congress tore into Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday after cold weather left 18 New York City residents dead.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., made the comments in the context of warning that Democrats’ rejection of a bipartisan compromise on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will leave critical offices — like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — with a dire lack of money.
“What is not funded if the Democrats get their way? They will literally shut down funding for disaster relief and FEMA,” Scalise said. “In the middle of a storm that in New York City alone — you want to see what socialism gets you — people now have frozen to death under the leadership of the socialist Mamdani. That’s what Democrat leadership gets you.”
Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, during a Bloomberg Television interview at City Hall in New York, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026.(Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mamdani confirmed on Monday that an 18th person died in New York City during a period of dangerously low temperatures up and down the East Coast.
“Since Friday’s press conference, one additional New Yorker lost their life on the streets of our city as a result of this cold snap. The total lives lost is now 18. Each life lost is a tragedy, and we will continue to hold their families in our thoughts,” Mamdani said during a press conference about a separate issue.
He urged homeless residents to shield themselves from below-freezing temperatures at a shelter, while his administration has also deployed warming vehicles throughout the city.
Republicans, however, have accused Mamdani of not doing enough to expand access to emergency services during the bitter winter.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
It’s not clear what role FEMA currently has in aiding New Yorkers during the city’s cold snap, but its potential cutoff in funding if DHS shuts down at the end of this week is one of Republicans’ main pressure points in forcing Democrats to agree to a deal.
“They want to shut down TSA. So just take Atlanta’s airport, LaGuardia [in New York City]. Those two airports alone having been shut down, if the Democrats get their way, will wreak havoc with tens of millions of Americans who just want to go see their family members, want to travel for a wedding, or whatever the case may be,” he said.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to the media next to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on the day U.S. President Donald Trump met with top congressional leaders just ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 29, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
“Maybe they’re trying to start a small business and want to go to another city to try to create some jobs. They won’t be able to do that because Democrats want to have a tantrum, not to defund ICE, because again, ICE is fully funded, but just because they want to cause chaos in America to get open borders.”
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), whose funding Democrats have taken issue with specifically, got an injection of billions of dollars from President Donald Trump’s big, beautiful bill last year.
Fox News Digital reached out to the New York City mayor’s office for a response to Scalise’s comments.
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IBM services spin-out Kyndryl said it was reviewing its accounting practices after it announced revenue below market expectations and the departure of its CFO.
Investors reacted strongly to the news, sending the share price down more than 55 percent on Monday.
Although the company’s Q3 revenue increased three percent year-over-year to $3.86 billion, this was below analyst forecasts, as was its earnings per share.
In a notification of late filing to the US regulator, Kyndryl said it was “reviewing its cash management practices and related disclosures, regarding its adjusted free cash flow metric and other measures.” “Due to this review, the finalization of the Quarterly Report, including the Company’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting, requires additional time to complete,” it said.
Martin Schroeter, Chairman and CEO, told investors that the move followed the receipt of a voluntary document request from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The review included “cash management practices, related disclosures, the effectiveness of internal control of our financial reporting and certain other matters,” he said.
“We are cooperating with the SEC. We do not expect a restatement or other impact to our financial statements. Due to the ongoing nature of these matters, we will not be able to comment further at this time,” Schroeter said.
The company also announced that David Wyshner was stepping down as CFO and that Edward Sebold was leaving the general counsel position. Vineet Khurana also stepped down as senior vice president and global controller of the Company. Kyndryl appointed Harsh Chugh as interim CFO, Mark Ringes as interim general counsel, and Bhavna Doegar as interim corporate controller.
Kate Hanaghan, chief research officer at TechMarketView, said the episode was jarring in the context of the more positive operational narrative Kyndryl has been communicating in recent quarters. “The firm has been making progress in shifting away from low-margin legacy work [and] improving profitability… Investments in AI capabilities, sovereign and hybrid cloud offerings, and selective acquisitions – such as Solvinity in the Netherlands – have also been central to its repositioning strategy.
“For Kyndryl, restoring confidence will depend not just on completing the accounting review, but on demonstrating that the underlying transformation story remains intact and that financial controls are robust enough to support the next phase of growth,” she said.
Washington, DC – No other world leader has visited the United States in an official capacity over the past year more than Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.
And the Israeli prime minister is set to break his own record when he embarks on yet another trip to the US this week – his sixth since President Donald Trump returned to the White House early in 2025.
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The visit comes at a tense moment for the region.
Israel is tightening its illegal grip over the occupied West Bank; the bombardment and siege of Gaza are continuing despite a US-brokered “ceasefire”; and US and Iranian officials are holding indirect talks to stave off a war that appeared imminent a few weeks ago.
The Iran file is expected to top Netanyahu’s agenda in Washington, DC, as he pushes for a hardline US approach towards Tehran.
Here, we look back at Netanyahu’s previous visits to see Trump and their outcomes.
February 2025: Reaffirming alliance
Almost exactly a year ago, Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to visit Trump after the start of the US president’s second term in office.
The trip aimed to reaffirm the US-Israeli alliance and Netanyahu’s own strong ties to Trump, who had moved Washington’s policy further in favour of Israel during his first term.
“You are the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House,” Netanyahu told Trump at that time.
A Gaza truce that had begun in January 2025 was in effect.
But the US president revealed during that visit a proposal to ethnically cleanse Gaza and turn the Palestinian territory into the “Riviera of the Middle East”, sparking international condemnation.
With that Trump plan, which was vehemently opposed by Arab countries, the ceasefire collapsed, and Israel resumed its genocidal war in Gaza in full force weeks after Netanyahu’s trip to Washington, DC.
April: Signs of a rift?
It wasn’t long before Netanyahu returned to the White House, this time shortly after Trump had spiked US tariffs on goods from countries across the world, including Israel.
The Israeli prime minister had announced measures to boost trade with the US in a push to get a tariff exemption for his country.
But the move did not work. “Don’t forget, we help Israel a lot,” Trump said in the Oval Office next to Netanyahu when asked about tariff relief for Israel. “We give Israel $4bn a year. That’s a lot.”
The other top issue on Netanyahu’s agenda was Iran. The Israeli prime minister had been seeking escalation against Tehran.
But instead of a move towards war, Trump announced at the meeting with Netanyahu that the US and Iran would hold nuclear talks, reiterating his preference for a deal with Iran.
“We have a very big meeting, and we’ll see what can happen. And I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious,” Trump said at that time.
Netanyahu responded by setting out maximalist conditions for US diplomacy with Iran – a complete disarmament of heavy weapons akin to the 2003 Libyan model.
“If it can be done diplomatically in a full way, the way it was done in Libya, I think that would be a good thing,” Netanyahu said. “But whatever happens, we have to make sure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons.”
Iran has repeatedly denied seeking nuclear weapons while Israel is widely believed to have an undeclared nuclear arsenal.
Despite signs of disagreement between Trump and Netanyahu over Iran and trade at that time, the US administration continued to support and fund Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza.
July: Victory lap
Although Trump and Netanyahu did not appear on the same page when it came to Iran weeks earlier, the US joined Israel in bombing Iran in June, hitting three of its key nuclear sites and fulfilling a wish that the Israeli prime minister had been seeking for years.
Netanyahu visited the White House a month later to hail the war and its outcomes, which Trump said “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear programme.
“I think the partnership between Israel and the United States, the partnership between President Trump and me, produced a historic victory. It’s an incredible victory, actually,” Netanyahu said.
“It brought the greatest capabilities of the United States – that are unmatched – with the great capabilities of Israel and the army of Israel, the pilots of Israel, the soldiers of Israel and the Mossad.”
Netanyahu met with Trump on two occasions during that visit as the US was pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza amid international outrage at Israel’s atrocities and a forced starvation campaign against Palestinians.
Some media reports had suggested at the time that Trump may pressure Netanyahu to stop the war, but the Israeli prime minister stressed that he and the US president were in “lockstep” over Gaza.
“President Trump wants a deal, but not at any price,” Netanyahu said. “I want a deal, but not at any price. Israel has security requirements and other requirements, and we’re working together to try to achieve it.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House on, July 7, 2025 [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]
September: The ‘ceasefire’
After a United Nations General Assembly that saw much of the world express outrage at the horrors unfolding in Gaza, Netanyahu travelled to Washington, DC, to meet with Trump for the fourth time in eight months.
Trump had put forward a 20-point plan that would become the basis for the current Gaza “ceasefire”.
With the visit, the US president sought buy-in from Netanyahu for his plan, which he hailed as a new dawn for the region and the world.
“This is a big, big day, a beautiful day, potentially one of the great days ever in civilisation,” Trump said during a news conference with Netanyahu.
“And I’m not just talking about Gaza. Gaza is one thing, but we’re talking about much beyond Gaza. The whole deal, everything getting solved. It’s called peace in the Middle East.”
While Netanyahu said he accepted the Trump proposal, he did so with caveats.
“Israel will retain security responsibility, including a security perimeter, for the foreseeable future,” Netanyahu said.
“Gaza will have a peaceful civilian administration that is run neither by Hamas nor by the Palestinian Authority but by those committed to a genuine peace with Israel.”
The truce would go into effect days later, but more than four months on, Israel has continued to bomb and kill Palestinians in Gaza while restricting the entry of medicine and material for temporary shelters into the territory.
December: Iran again
Netanyahu had proclaimed in July that the joint US-Israeli strikes against Iran set back the country’s nuclear and missile programmes, which he called “two tumours”. Still, the prime minister returned to the US at the end of the year to raise concerns about the same issues.
Even before the two leaders met at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Trump threatened Iran with more bombs.
“Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again, and if they are, we’re going to have to knock them down,” Trump said. “We’ll knock them down. We’ll knock the hell out of them. But hopefully, that’s not happening.”
From there, Trump and Netanyahu heaped praise on one another, dismissing media reports that they were not seeing eye to eye on the future of Gaza and other regional issues.
Trump called Netanyahu a “hero”, arguing that Israel may not have existed without his leadership.
“We’re with you, and we’ll continue to be with you, and a lot of good things are happening in the Middle East,” Trump told Netanyahu.
For his part, the prime minister announced that his country would award Trump the Israel Prize, which is normally given to Israeli citizens.
“I have to say that this reflects the overwhelming sentiment of Israelis across the spectrum,” Netanyahu said.
Days after that meeting, antigovernment protests broke out in Iran, leading Trump to threaten to intervene militarily as he promised demonstrators who faced a security crackdown that “help is on the way”.
That threat never materialised.
With the protest movement in Iran all but faded and renewed US-Iranian diplomacy under way, the Israeli prime minister is likely to lobby for greater pressure on Tehran as he returns to Washington, DC, this week.
What remains to be seen is how the US president – who, like his predecessors has shown reluctance to say “no” to Israeli demands – will respond.
Uttarakhand’s cricket team reached the semi-finals of Ranji Trophy for the first time. Meanwhile, the team also had a golden opportunity to prove the state’s cricket on the national stage. But, the pitch curator of BCCI refused to hold the semi-finals of Ranji Trophy at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.
In fact, when BCCI pitch curator Rakesh Kumar inspected the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, the sight that emerged was shameful. The condition of the pitch was so bad that it became impossible to hold the match here. The result of which was that the hosting of the semi-finals went out of the hands of Uttarakhand and went into the hands of Uttar Pradesh. There is a possibility that the semi-finals of Ranji Trophy will now be played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow or Green Park in Kanpur.
‘The pitch was dangerous for the players’
According to the report of BCCI curator Rakesh Kumar, the surface of the pitch has become so uneven that it can be dangerous for the players. An international level stadium has reached such a condition that leave alone holding high level matches, even ordinary matches have become difficult. Because of this BCCI was left with no option. Saurashtra, Karnataka and Bangalore were also in the race to host this match, but ultimately this opportunity went in the favor of Uttar Pradesh.
Semi-final to be held with Karnataka
Uttarakhand’s next semi-final match is to be with Karnataka. If this match had taken place in Dehradun, the scene would have been different, the stadium would have been packed with spectators. There would have been a lot of activity in the city and Uttarakhand would have created a distinct identity in cricket, but after the report of the pitch curator, all these dreams were put on hold.
Government claims and ground reality
The state government has said many times that Rajiv Gandhi Stadium will be made world class. Sports infrastructure is a priority for the government, although the reality tells something else. The stadium has now become just a venue for corporate league matches, functions, weddings and occasional concerts. In such a situation, no attention is being paid to the maintenance of the stadium.
A teenage boy who murdered 12-year-old Birmingham schoolboy Leo Ross by stabbing him in the stomach in a random attack has been detained for a minimum of 13 years.
The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to murder at a hearing in January.
During sentencing at Birmingham Crown Court, Mr Justice Choudhury told the defendant his actions “indicate quite sophisticated and callous thinking”, including a separate attempt to drown an 82-year-old woman.
“You engaged in a campaign of serious violence against different people, culminating in the fatal stabbing of Leo. The devastation you have caused to so many lives is hard to comprehend,” he added.
Leo died after being taken to hospital from a riverside path in Shire Country Park, Hall Green, Birmingham, on 21 January last year.
Image:Leo Ross
He had been walking home from school when he was stabbed and was described by his family shortly after his death as an “amazing, kind, loving” boy.
His killer was 14 at the time of the attack.
He also admitted to two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent on the 19 and 20 January and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 21 January 2025, in relation to separate attacks on other victims.
Image:A mural dedicated to Leo Ross on Scribers Lane in Birmingham. Pic: PA
The boy also admitted to having a bladed article on the day he killed Leo.
However, he denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm on 22 October 2024 and assault by beating on 29 December 2024 in relation to two further victims – those charges were ordered to lie on file.
Police inquiries established that the knife used to kill Leo was thrown into a nearby river, while the youth had previously hunted down and attacked several women, including an 82-year-old woman who suffered several broken bones.
“The savagery required to inflict such injuries to a defenceless elderly lady is hard to comprehend,” Mr Justice Choudhury told the defendant.
West Midlands Police also found that the killer, who had been riding a bike, had opted to hang around to talk to officers at the murder scene, falsely claiming he had stumbled across Leo lying fatally injured beside the River Cole.
The judge said the defendant’s behaviour of pretending he was an innocent bystander was part of a pattern in which he enjoyed “witnessing the havoc you have created”.
Leo had no connection with his attacker and was subjected to what senior officers believe was a completely random and unprovoked stabbing.
Gangster Rohit Godara’s social media post regarding the ongoing Khejri Bachao Andolan in Bikaner has created a stir. Rohit Godara has written a warning on the social media post that we have promised that if the government does not accept the demands, we will bring a curfew situation in Rajasthan. In this post of gangster Rohit, the government and the police have also been given an open challenge.
Will go to any extent to protect the environment – Rohit Godara
Gangster Rohit Godara has supported the Khejri Bachao Andolan through a Facebook post. The gangster wrote, “Let me tell you that if the Rajasthan government gives us justice and accepts all our demands, then it is fine. Otherwise, our promise to you is that we will impose a curfew situation in Rajasthan. If we have to go to any extent to save the honor of the country’s soil and environment, we will not back down.”
Demonstration continues for last several days regarding Khejri
Let us tell you that at present ‘Khejri Bachao Andolan’ is going on in Bikaner. Where protests have been going on by the local people for the last several days. The protesters are demanding that the bringing of solar plant in this area is leading to cutting of trees, which should be stopped immediately, hence the movement is going on due to non-acceptance of their demands. However, there is also talk of the state government taking legal opinion on this matter and making a law.
Khejri plants are found in large numbers in western Rajasthan. This is a tree that survives even in the harsh conditions of the desert. The largest numbers are found in the Thar Desert districts and Shekhawati region. These trees also grow in such places where the soil is dry and the amount of moisture in it is less. These help in binding the soil. These trees are very beneficial during drought.
Departing for Washington, DC, Israeli prime minister hails his close ties to the US president amid nuclear talks with Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will present Donald Trump with “principles” for negotiating with Iran as he heads to Washington, DC, for his sixth official visit with the US president over the past year.
Netanyahu hailed the “unique closeness” between Israel and the United States and his own warm ties to Trump before leaving Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
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“I will present Trump with principles for negotiations with Iran that are important not only to Israel but to everyone who wants peace and security,” Netanyahu told reporters, according to The Jerusalem Post newspaper.
“In my opinion, these are important principles for everyone who wants peace and security in the Middle East.”
His visit comes days after Washington and Tehran concluded a round of nuclear talks in Oman – the first negotiations since the June 2025 war that saw the US bomb Iran’s main nuclear facilities after waves of Israeli attacks.
Israel is not part of those talks, but Netanyahu has long sought to exert influence over US presidents to shape Washington’s policies in the region.
Netanyahu did not provide details about his “principles” for a potential Iran deal, but he has previously said Tehran should agree to full disarmament of heavy weapons, akin to Libya’s 2003 deal with the West.
Iran has ruled out negotiations over its missile programme, which it views as one of its most important deterrents against Israeli attacks.
When Israel launched its surprise assault against Iran in June of last year – killing several of the country’s top generals and nuclear scientists as well as hundreds of civilians – Tehran relied primarily on its missiles to respond after air defences were taken out.
Iran fired hundreds of missiles at Israel, dozens of which penetrated the country’s multilayered air defences, killing 28 people and causing significant damage.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera on Saturday that Iran’s missile programme is a defence issue that is “never negotiable”.
Israel and the US may also push Iran to end support to its network of allied non-state actors in the region – including the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Palestine, and armed groups in Iraq.
But that alliance, known as the Axis of Resistance, has already been weakened by Israeli assaults over the past two years.
Another sticking issue in the talks is whether Iran would be allowed to enrich uranium domestically.
While Tehran has said it would agree to strict limits and monitoring of its nuclear activities, it has maintained that domestic enrichment is a sovereign national right.
Despite Washington’s talks with Tehran, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee – who is joining Netanyahu on his trip – has stressed Israel and the United States have the same red lines when it comes to Iran.
“I think there’s an extraordinary alignment between Israel and the United States. Everyone would love to see something that would resolve without a war, but it will be up to Iran,” he told reporters.
“If they insist on holding nuclear weaponry and enriched uranium, then I think the president made very clear that this is not acceptable.”
The United States has moved the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, destroyers, and fighter jets to the Middle East to pressure Iran into an agreement. Tehran says it won’t be swayed by threats of war.
An armed gang in southern Italy posed as police and blew up an armoured van in a bid to carry out a raid, in what local media referred to as a scene out of the “wild west”.
Footage from the incident on a motorway in Italy’s region of Puglia shows the group wearing balaclavas and armed with Kalashnikov rifles during the attack on Monday morning.
The heist took place shortly after dawn on the 613 motorway connecting Lecce and Brindisi, when the armed group arrived on the scene in an Alfa Romeo Stelvio, a Jeep Compass and Kia Sportage – all of which had fake emergency lights on, local media reports.
They then set a vehicle on fire, forcing the armoured van to stop.
The gang then used an explosive on the van, resulting in a huge plume of smoke.
According to some reports, the number of armoured vehicles blocked was actually two and they were carrying millions of euros – but this hasn’t been confirmed.
Video taken by witnesses shows at least six masked people, some of whom appeared to be in white suits.
As they later sought to escape, the armed group opened fire against the Carabinieri – Italy’s national law enforcement agency – which had intervened.
The heist, however, appears to have been unsuccessful.
It’s no secret that San Francisco has been rife with homelessness and crime in recent years, but that was tough to imagine during Super Bowl week, according to Pat McAfee.
Granted, the big game was about an hour southeast in Santa Clara, but the Super Bowl fan experience and media row were right in the city at the Moscone Center, and McAfee was impressed with his surroundings.
“I would like to reiterate the fact that San Francisco was good to us out there. It’s a nice city. We’ve been walking around here miles and miles,” McAfee said on his show Monday, adding the city was “good to us.”
Pat McAfee on the Pat McAfee Show set at the Super Bowl LX media center at the Moscone Center.(Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
McAfee admitted he heard from the critics about his rather upscale amenities, from five-star hotels to private security through “the backstage of a convention center,” which could lead to a positive perception automatically.
“I understand that could be my life, and it sounds pretty sick, actually. But…we walked that s–t,” McAfee said. “We were all over that place.”
“Granted, it was just our area. I assume there are s—-y areas. I mean, it is a city. I think that kind of happens in most cities. But the part we were at was very nice,” he continued.
McAfee admitted that he actually expected San Francisco to be a “s—hole,” as he had heard it was once a “dump.”
“I was actually planning on leading off the show… ‘Can’t wait to have to tell the truth about San Francisco if it is not great,'” McAfee added.
49ers stars Christian McCaffrey, Brock Purdy, and Fred Warner praised the city to Fox News Digital during media week.
“It’s a historic city with so much character. The food, the hills, the homes, the water, the bridge, the whole thing. It’s just such a great city, too, and it’s really cool to see it come to life even more than it already is,” McCaffrey said.
NFL fans walk outside the Super Bowl Experience at Moscone Center on Feb. 6, 2026, in San Francisco, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
“Man, I think San Francisco has so much to offer,” the quarterback Purdy added. “Just, obviously, with the restaurants, the experiences, just how pretty it is out here with the Golden Gate Bridge and the ocean. It’s a great city, great people. So to have the Super Bowl out here is really cool.”
Warner revelled in the fact that the city is a “melting pot.”
Just all the different cultures mixing, all the diversity and mixing together,” Warner said. “You can get a little bit of everything that you’re looking for out here, and of course, playing in the greatest stadium in the entire NFL, Levi’s Stadium, you can’t beat it, and so I think it’s gonna be a great Super Bowl Sunday and a great week as well with all the different activities that they got planned for everybody.”
Back in 2023, Buster Posey, the hometown Giants’ president of baseball operations and former catcher, said players and their wives have a negative perception of San Francisco.
“Something I think is noteworthy, something that unfortunately keeps popping up from players and even the players’ wives is there’s a bit of an uneasiness with the city itself, as far as the state of the city, with crime, with drugs,” Posey said to The Athletic in 2023, adding that it affected their pursuit of Shohei Ohtani.
“Whether that’s all completely fair or not, perception is reality. It’s a frustrating cycle, I think, and not just with baseball. Baseball is secondary to life and the important things in life. But as far as a free-agent pursuit goes, I have seen that it does affect things.”
Fans visit Moscone Center for Super Bowl Experience and fun activities in San Francisco, California, United States on Feb. 3, 2026.(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The estimated population of San Francisco is roughly 827,000 people, the 13th-most populous city in the United States. It’s estimated, however, that over 8,000 people are homeless in the city.
