Election results latest: Trump dubs Newsom with hateful new nickname as GOP sues over California redistricting win

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters the Supreme Court hearing Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs went “very well.”

The Court is weighing whether the Trump administration’s use of a 1977 emergency law to impose tariffs without Congressional approval is lawful.

“It went very well. I think the Solicitor General has made a very powerful case,” Bessent said.

When asked what the Trump administration would do if the Court rules against them, Bessent said, “We’re not going to discuss that now.”

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The Federal Aviation Administration has said it will be reducing air traffic by 10 percent across 40 airports beginning Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Transport Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that the action would be taken to at “high-volume” airports in order to maintain safety.

Duffy said the agency was confronting staffing shortages caused by air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid, with some calling out of work during the shutdown, resulting in delays across the country.

“We do not want to see disruptions at the FAA or here at DOT. We don’t want that, but our number one priority is to make sure when you travel you travel safely,” he told reporters.

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Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager and Trump supporter who donated to PACs aimed at defeating Zohran Mamdani, offered the Democratic socialist an olive branch.

After Mamdani clinched the New York City mayoral race, beating GOP candidate Curtis Sliwa and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, Ackman congratulated him.

“Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do,” the billionaire wrote in a social media post Tuesday night.

In a follow-up post Wednesday, Ackman acknowledged that some people were “surprised” by his comments to Mamdani after he poured more than $1 million in donations into pro-Cuomo and anti-Mamdani super PACs.

“Some have been surprised by my conciliatory post to Mamdani. Mamdani won a decisive election. He is going to be our mayor for the next four years. I care enormously about New York City which has been very good to me and my family since we emigrated to NYC in the 1890s,” he wrote.

“While I did not support Mamdani for mayor and have concerns about the unintended and negative consequences of his policies, I want to do everything I can to help NYC regardless of who are mayor is.”

A Florida sheriff has invited NYPD officers and New York residents to abandon the city and move down south, following Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election victory.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood wrote in a Facebook post shortly after Mamdani’s win that anyone unhappy with the results of the election, would be welcome to move 1,000 miles to his county, between Orlando and Jacksonville.

“Let me be the first to invite you into the welcoming arms of Volusia County, FL,” he posted.

In particular, he addressed his “NYPD friends” writing: “If you want to come to work in an organization that is cutting edge, innovating every day, a place where you’re appreciated by the community and supported by the elected officials, then check out the Volusia Sheriff’s Office and take a look at how we’re getting the job done.”

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With just under a year to go until the 2026 midterms that will proceed the start of the 2028 presidential primary season, President Donald Trump is already trying out a new nickname for one potential Democratic White House hopeful: California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Trump, who for some time now has referred to the Golden State chief executive by mispronouncing his name as “Newscum,” was ranting about a long-delayed and infamous California high-speed rail project when he described Newsom as a “slimy one.”

“Maybe that should be his nickname, slimy. Slimy Newscum, right?”