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Former MLB star Noah Syndergaard advised the New York Mets to “stop hanging out with” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in response to their performance this season. In an interview with Outkick’s Tomi Lahren, Syndergaard spoke about the New York Mets, and how the team’s performance this season did not make sense to him, given its “payroll.” Currently, the New York Mets are in fifth place in the National League East and have a 16-25 record. “What advice would you give the New York Mets right now? Looking from your position, you know, it could be better,” Lahren said.…

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith: Mr. Bipartisanship? Speaking at a conference Thursday sponsored by the Tax Council Policy Institute, the reliably partisan tax chieftain struck a conciliatory tone in saying he wants to spend the rest of this year working with Democrats on a number of issues. The Missouri Republican had kind words to say about his panel’s ranking Democrat Rep. Richard Neal (“effective”), Alabama Democratic tax writer Terri Sewell (“a jewel”) and especially Sen. Ron Wyden (Ore.), the top Democrat on the Finance committee. “We’re not from the same cloth, but I love Senator Wyden —…

Washington hopes Beijing will help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the secretary of state has said The US plans to persuade China to pressure Iran into making concessions in the Middle East conflict, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said ahead of a meeting between the two countries’ leaders in Beijing.US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold talks on Thursday, with discussions expected to include the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the issue of Taiwan.“It’s in their interest to resolve this,” Rubio told Fox News host Sean Hannity aboard Air Force One…

Authorities in Mexico arrested a bodybuilding influencer and raided various properties of his in connection with a large-scale cartel-connected fuel theft and smuggling investigation. The influencer was described by authorities as a regional leader of the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas, a criminal organization that is considered a terrorist group by the U.S. government. The raids took place this week in various parts of the Monterrey metropolitan area, where authorities swarmed properties and arrested Jose Antonio Cortez Huerta, better known in the bodybuilding world as Titan. During those raids, authorities seized seven tigers, ten weapons, drugs, 11 cars,…

Businesses increased their inventories of goods 0.9 percent from the prior month to a seasonally adjusted $2.71 trillion, the Commerce Department said Thursday, a sign of confidence that the U.S. economy will continue to grow and households will keep spending. This was the biggest monthly gain in four years. February inventories were revised to show a 0.4 percent increase. Inventories were up 2.0 percent from a year earlier. The inventory build came alongside a larger gain in sales. The combined value of manufacturers’ shipments and trade sales rose 2.1 percent in March to $2.06 trillion and was up 7.1 percent…

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said that people are hurting because they “lost their Affordable Care Act subsidies. I have a family in southern Illinois who said their premiums went from $3,000 a year to $13,000 a year for their Affordable Care Act costs.” Duckworth said, “I’m not surprised that President Trump does not care about the pain that average Americans are feeling. We, after all, have a President who only cares about his grifter of a family, where they are enriching themselves, and, in fact, they claim that they’re going to…

The leaders are meeting amid tensions in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping shook hands ahead of bilateral talks in Beijing on Thursday, marking the first visit by a US president to China since 2017.In his opening remarks, Xi said he had always believed that the two countries “have more common interests than differences.”“A stable bilateral relationship is good for the world. China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. We should be partners, not rivals. We should help each other succeed…

After the graduation celebration comes the hard part: finding a job.Getty ImagesFor college graduates today, landing a first job is difficult—and in some areas more competitive—than it has been in years. Postings for entry-level jobs are declining in many industries, unemployment for recent graduates is rising, and many of the tasks that once served as a stepping stone into the workforce—like administrative work, basic data entry, and basic coding—are increasingly being taken over by AI. In fact, the current unemployment rate for recent graduates between ages 22-27 is 5.6%, while overall unemployment has remained stagnant for months at 4.3%. This…

The Fresno Police got to see their “Drone as First Responder” program go into action in real time as it assisted in catching two accused shoplifters. The alleged incident occurred at a Dick’s Sporting Goods in Northwest Fresno. According to reports, employees witnessed a man allegedly hiding merchandise in his clothes alongside a woman before taking off in a Honda Pilot. However, police got a jump start on the chase, as the department launched a drone already locked onto the suspect’s vehicle. Authorities on the ground eventually stopped the suspects and arrested them. Footage shows the drone following the suspect’s vehicle…

Chinese President Xi Jinping greeted President Donald Trump with a pomp-filled ceremony in Beijing, China, on Thursday. Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time, or 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and the president shook hands with the Chinese leader upon exiting his motorcade. The pair shared about a 12-second handshake before posing for photos. Trump then introduced Xi to the American delegation, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller,…