The Aporia · Ryan King

2026-09-03 · New York Post

House GOP bill would bar food stamp recipients from using their benefits at restaurants

🔮 A bill unveiled Thursday by Gill would end the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP) Restaurant Meals Program (RMP), which lets beneficiaries purchase hot meals at certain eateries. assertive

2026-09-06 · New York Post

Kushner, Witkoff ‘really feel good’ about Ukraine-Russia peace push after Zelensky huddle

🔮 US special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff huddled with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Sunday and said they left optimistic that they could move the peace process forward. assertive

2026-09-09 · New York Post

New York delegation gets shoved in the back at GOP midterm convention in downgrade from prime 2024 and 2016 seats

🔮 “We are honored that Rep. Mike Lawler and one of our House candidates, Mike LiPetri, will be featured speakers. assertive

2026-09-11 · New York Post

Midterms won’t be blue wave or red wave — only ‘knife fights in dark alleys,’ GOP campaign boss says

🔮 Instead, there will only be “knife fights” in “dark alleys” due to the lack of swing districts caused by scorched-earth gerrymandering, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) told The Post. assertive

2026-09-15 · New York Post

Dems grill Patel on sex with animals, drinking on the job, frat boy goals in off-the-rails hearing: ‘Shut up’

🔮 “You have been so drunk that briefings have been rescheduled so you could sleep it off,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) swiped, goading him into taking an alcohol test. assertive

2026-09-16 · New York Post

Congress goes home after just 7 workdays since summer break ended — and won’t be back until after midterms

🔮 The early exit means GOP leadership will avoid a vote on whether to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and ignore a Democratic push to address the firestorm over artificial intelligence. assertive

2026-09-17 · New York Post

Trump ‘I did that’ stickers pop up on gas pumps, four years after Biden got the same treatment

🔮 Wright said Wednesday that he anticipated the pipeline would be back up and running “soon.” assertive

2026-09-17 · New York Post

Lawler and Gottheimer roll out bill targeting rogue AI agents to prevent a ‘Terminator’ sequel

🔮 “There’s no doubt in my mind that they will try to use AI to undermine and attack our systems, which is why the cybersecurity component is so critical, and it’s why understanding what is happening with these rogue AI agents is so critical.” assertive

2026-09-17 · New York Post

White House withdraws nomination of Markwayne Mullin’s ‘good friend’ to lead ICE after Rand Paul stonewalled it

🔮 The DHS boss had stressed his desire to pick someone who could clear the Senate. assertive

2026-09-18 · New York Post

Glenn Youngkin mounts new ad blitz for Trump’s school-choice ‘freedom scholarships’ in battleground states

🔮 The ads — this time targeting highly competitive governor’s races in Georgia, Iowa, and Nevada — will aim to continue to raise awareness about the Education Freedom Tax Credit, or“freedom scholarships,” that help K-12 students pay for private school, as well as cover some tutoring, after-school programs or transportation costs for those in public school. “It basically opens up the opportunity for families and students to make choices about their educational freedom or future,” said Youngkin, who helped design the program, to The Post. assertive

2026-09-20 · New York Post

Obama glosses over his own attempt to block media from White House — as he slams Trump’s CNN ban

🔮 “My imagination could not foresee some of the stuff that is going on right now,” Obama said during a discussion at Colgate University. assertive

2026-09-20 · New York Post

Mamdani to meet with Trump at NYC’s Gracie Mansion this week

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani will welcome President Trump to Gracie Mansion on Monday when the commander in chief visits the Big Apple for the United Nations General Assembly. assertive

2026-09-20 · New York Post

Dems’ polling lead is smaller than it was in 2018 — when blue wave failed to flip Senate

🔮 But the NBC News poll signals that Democrats may not be able to repeat the 41-seat House swing they had during the last blue wave cycle. assertive

2026-09-20 · New York Post

Scott Bessent huddles with Chinese vice premier on trade ahead of Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping

🔮 “I’m looking forward to focused, fulsome and constructive talks today that will set the stage for leaders meeting in Washington later in the week,” Secretary Bessent told reporters ahead of meeting with the Chinese Vice Premier. mixed

2026-09-20 · New York Post

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar warns Trump’s standing with Hispanics is slipping, faults advisers

🔮 “I do know that the United States is in the business of bringing liberty and democracy to our neighbors, and transition will occur. assertive

2026-09-21 · New York Post

Troy Jackson downplays ties to socialists after prior backing from Maine DSA and Hasan Piker

🔮 “[I]f the dem establishment think [sic] that they can risk the senate majority by not replacing platner with an acceptable substitute – we will be risking a loss to susan collins,” Piker declared on X during the frenzy to replace Platner. assertive

2026-09-21 · New York Post

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler picks up shock endorsement from retiring House Democrat Jared Golden

🔮 WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden bucked party lines Monday and urged New Yorkers to back Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler for re-election in an ultra-competitive race that could determine the balance of power in the House. assertive

2026-09-21 · New York Post

Hours-long ground stop at JFK, Newark and LaGuardia airports sparked by circuit failure

🔮 The FAA boss said he anticipated that flights would resume sometime after 1:30 p.m. ET, but added that it would take at least 13 more hours to fix the backup system. assertive

2026-09-22 · New York Post

Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US ends blockade: ‘Golden opportunity’

🔮 “In fact, if you do talk to them, you may at least get insights into who they are and what they’re thinking,” he told “Fox & Friends.” assertive

2026-09-22 · New York Post

Kamala Harris blasts criticism of DEI as ‘an attack on maternal care’ while stumping for El-Sayed in Michigan

🔮 Harris was set to be on Biden’s ticket at the time. assertive

2026-09-23 · New York Post

Marco Rubio begins yanking visas of birth tourism enablers: ‘Sending a clear message’

🔮 The Trump administration has been exploring avenues to stop birth tourism — where foreigns legally enter the US to give birth so that their children get automatic citizenship — ever since the Supreme Court nixed the president’s executive order on it. “By restricting visa issuance of those who both engage in and profit from this fraud, we are sending a clear message: The United States will not allow foreigners to exploit our immigration system and violate the sanctity of U.S. citizenship,” Rubio said in a statement first reported by Fox News. assertive

2026-09-27 · New York Post

Trump asked China’s Xi Jinping if he’d ‘like to buy’ American weapons, US ambassador reveals

🔮 He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some at one point,” Perdue told “Fox News Sunday” in a surprise admission. assertive

2026-09-27 · New York Post

Iran’s economy will have ‘nothing’ left ‘within two weeks,’ Scott Bessent warns

🔮 Iran’s beleaguered economy will soon have “nothing to trade” in about two weeks after it makes its final oil deliveries, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed. assertive

2026-09-28 · New York Post

New map shows how key midterm states hit by US-Canada trade war

🔮 “A trade war with Canada will negatively impact many states, especially those heavily engaging in trade with Canada, including energy- and mineral-rich states, many heavy-industry dependent states, and our agricultural heartlands,” said AAF, which has distributed the analysis to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. assertive

2026-09-28 · New York Post

South Korea fumes at Ukraine after Zelensky dishes on transfer of captured North Korean soldiers

🔮 South Korea had pushed Ukraine not to return the North Koreans to their home country due to the severe persecution they would likely face back home for getting captured alive. assertive

2026-09-28 · New York Post

Trump muses about converting WH press room into indoor pool

🔮 President Trump taunted the press Sunday by suggesting he might convert the White House’s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room back to an indoor swimming pool, as it originally was under former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, amid his feud with the media. assertive

2026-09-28 · New York Post

AOC gets cold shoulder from moderate Dems in tough races: ‘It’s about winning’

🔮 Over the weekend, Ocasio-Cortez began a swing through upstate New York — a region of the state that could prove critical if she were to vie for the Senate in 2028. assertive

2026-09-29 · New York Post

Senate passes Protect College Sports Act to regulate transfers, paying athletes

🔮 Under the Senate bill, co-authored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), athletes will be allowed to transfer between schools once without sitting out a year and will be subject to the NCAA’s five-year eligibility rule, with the clock starting the academic year after they turn 19 or when they first enroll full-time in college, whichever comes first. assertive

2026-09-29 · New York Post

Ex-special counsel Jack Smith accused of ‘corrupt’ probe of Trump and Republican lawmakers

🔮 “If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat. assertive

2026-09-29 · New York Post

Hegseth to slash 20% of general and admiral roles in Pentagon’s anti-bureacracy push

🔮 The Pentagon honcho is expected to unveil those plans during his State of the Force address at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Va., on Wednesday, doubling the 10% reduction he called for last year. assertive

2026-09-30 · New York Post

Pete Hegseth unveils plans for new US military base, touts ‘testosterone testing’ for warriors in Pentagon speech: ‘No wimps, no radicals’

🔮 The new base would host an estimated 15,000 to 25,000 troops, according to Hegseth, an Army veteran, who also promised the troops would get “first-class” barracks. assertive

2026-09-30 · New York Post

Hegseth taps Musk, Luckey, Gingrich to study future of war for US military

🔮 They will identify future technologies that are expected to become pivotal on the battlefield so that America can stay ahead of the competition and then release an unclassified report on their findings for the world to see, alongside a classified annex. assertive

2026-10-01 · New York Post

GOP has shocking slim edge over Dems on affordability with ‘swing’ voters, conservative group finds

🔮 Critically, a past survey from the group found that 37% of respondents were less likely to back a Democratic socialist, compared to 17% who would and 46% who were unsure. assertive

2026-10-01 · New York Post

Supreme Court to take up key Trump immigration case that could restart ‘catch and release’

🔮 The Supreme Court announced it will hear arguments in a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s practice of indefinitely detaining migrants who allegedly crossed the border illegally. assertive

2026-10-04 · New York Post

Ted Cruz fires back at ‘insecure’ JD Vance as the two trade barbs over 2028

🔮 Back in August, Cruz told MS NOW that he would “certainly be part of the discussion” in 2028 and suggested that Vance doesn’t have a lock on the 2028 GOP nod. assertive

2026-10-04 · New York Post

Furious Trump doxes Sen. Tom Cotton, releases personal cell number, over bill to end daylight savings

🔮 President Trump doxed Senate “friend’’ Tom Cotton on Saturday, blasting out the GOPer’s personal cellphone number online in furious retaliation for stopping a bill to make daylight savings time permanent While hailing Cotton as “a friend,” Trump laced into the Arkansas senator for being the main holdout on the proposed Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight savings time permanent for the country. assertive

2026-10-04 · New York Post

Trump reveals new AI czar — and gives him 120 days to report on pros, cons of technology

🔮 Being first will better enable us to address those risks on behalf of the American people.” assertive

2026-10-04 · New York Post

Justice Alito, who authored Dobbs decision, says it was ‘perfectly clear’ Constitution didn’t grant right to abortion

🔮 “And so it is unthinkable that those states would ratify an amendment that rendered their own laws unconstitutional and then continue to have those laws on the books for decades after that.” assertive

2026-10-04 · New York Post

Green Party in UK declares ‘Zionism is racism’ — and backs wiping out Israel

🔮 The far-left socialist group, which started as an environmentalist movement, backed the amendment 1,022 to 813 and voted down another amendment that would have protected members from discipline “based on affiliation with Jewish community institutions” during a party conference in Brighton, UK. assertive

2026-10-05 · New York Post

Sen. Kennedy floats 2028 prez bid if ‘a bunch of goobers run’ — as he goes after Trump

🔮 “My plans right now are to run for re-election, but as I’ve said before, if I don’t think I can be effective in the Senate anymore, I would consider it,” the 74-year-old told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. assertive

2026-10-05 · New York Post

Dems expand effort to flip House seats held by GOP with six more targets

🔮 “At a time when so many families are struggling to pay the bills, Americans deserve representatives who will actually fight to make their lives better.” assertive

2026-10-06 · New York Post

Newsom blasts ‘deranged and dangerous’ Trump for joking that Iran could ‘take out’ LA and San Diego

🔮 Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted President Trump as “deranged” late Monday after he appeared to joke that Iran would be able to “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego if it obtained nuclear weapons. assertive

2026-10-06 · New York Post

AOC privately gushes if El-Sayed pulls off victory in Michigan, lefties will win ‘anywhere’

🔮 El-Sayed described his race as being “for all the marbles” and predicted it would have a significant “ripple effect.” assertive

2026-10-06 · New York Post

Ex-DSA pol William Lawrence stunned in debate when rival brings up his death wish for Joe Manchin

🔮 Self-described democratic socialist congressional hopeful William Lawrence attempted to end his spirited debate on a positive note about bipartisanship Tuesday, but was quickly reminded of his past death wish for Joe Manchin. assertive

2026-10-06 · New York Post

Pro-life group sarcastically applauds Hochul for plan to destroy 150K abortion pills that expired

🔮 Hochul’s team bought in 2023 the stockpile of misoprostol, part of a two-drug medicinal abortion regimen, but the state Department of Health is now set to destroy it because the pills have expired. assertive

2026-10-07 · New York Post

Troy Jackson trashes voter ID requirement, relies on big fat binder of notes in first Maine Senate debate with Susan Collins

🔮 President Trump had made passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act a top legislative priority this year, which would require proof of citizenship to vote, but the measure has stalled in the Senate. Democrats contended that such a requirement would be too burdensome on ordinary voters. assertive

2026-10-07 · New York Post

Sen. Susan Collins nudges Trump to stay away from Maine: ‘I’m not exactly his favorite senator’

🔮 During her first debate of the cycle against Democrat Troy Jackson, Collins (R-Maine) twice dodged a question on whether she would stump with Trump if her were to swing through the Pine Tree State. assertive

2026-10-07 · New York Post

GOP stomachs reality that redistricting math may not save them in midterms

🔮 “One of the most unsettling things you can do in politics is change the voters one is trying to communicate with,” one senior Republican aide told The Post, while stressing that their party’s candidates almost always “under-poll” and it’s “unknown” how redistricting will affect 2026 midterm results. assertive

2026-10-08 · New York Post

Abdul El-Sayed’s long history of trashing Obama resurfaces ahead of rally with former prez

🔮 “The jubilation of his 2008 election will forever live with me,” he wrote. assertive

2026-10-08 · New York Post

Talarico’s influencer army privately frets about his 12-day absence from campaign trail, leaked Slack messages show

🔮 Talarico is set to partake in a CNN town hall on Oct. 14. assertive

2026-10-09 · New York Post

El-Sayed refuses to say whether Iran is more of a threat than Israel in stunning Michigan Senate debate moment

🔮 “He could not bring himself to even acknowledge the pain, the terrorism, the rape, the murders, cutting off of women’s breasts, putting children in ovens and killing them in front of their families.” assertive

2026-10-09 · New York Post

Trump to rip Hochul over immigration at Syracuse rally after NYPD detective stabbing, Bronx ICE shooting

🔮 President Trump is expected to tear into Gov. Kathy Hochul over New York’s “sanctuary” status when he rallies with GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman in Syracuse on Friday following a pair of violent incidents that have outraged both sides of the immigration debate. assertive

2026-10-09 · New York Post

Texas rep ran ad starring cop fired for alleged sexual harassment and stalking

🔮 While the two were in a relationship, Garcia had allegedly studied the cellphone location she shared with him, would ride past her home while on duty, and would call her repeatedly until she had to shut her phone off, according to records obtained by the Hawk’s Eye in August. assertive

2026-10-11 · New York Post

President Trump toys with renaming Atlantic and Pacific ‘Trump Ocean’

🔮 Trump has implied that demolishing the nation’s iconic cultural center may be necessary due to damage at the facility supposedly caused by storms. assertive

2026-10-11 · New York Post

Trump to visit the Philippines next month for ASEAN summit before his second trip to China this year

🔮 Trump will participate in the summit in Manila on Nov. 16 before going to China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, which will take place from Nov. 17-19, the White House said. assertive

2026-10-11 · New York Post

Trump claims ‘days of plunder’ are over in spicy Columbus Day post bashing Dems for statue hysteria

🔮 It was reopened in May after 19 years of being left in disrepair. assertive

2026-10-11 · New York Post

Bessent taunts ‘Pocahontas’ Elizabeth Warren with cheeky clapback: ‘Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day’

🔮 “[I]f you receive a passing grade to the Yale metric, not the Harvard curve, I would be happy to also include a Fixed Income for Dummies,” he said. assertive

2026-10-12 · New York Post

NY rejects 16,000 Trump ICE detainers for illegal migrants accused or convicted in over 52,000 crimes

🔮 “While sanctuary politicians continue to release dangerous criminals onto their streets, our brave law enforcement officers will continue to risk their lives to arrest these heinous criminals and make America safe again. mixed

2026-10-13 · New York Post

Kimberly Guilfoyle quits ambassador post after pressure from White House with a defiant message

🔮 I am proud of what we accomplished together, and I will always be a loyal supporter of President Trump and his mission to Make America Great Again,” Guilfoyle posted on X. “While my time as Ambassador may be coming to an end, my commitment to President Trump, the America First movement, and the country I love will never end.” assertive

2026-10-13 · New York Post

House Dem pushes bill to abolish Homeland Security after Ilhan Omar raid, NYC ICE shooting

🔮 Rep. Delia Ramirez’s “Reimagining Safety Act” would also stop all immigration detentions in the US following last week’s shooting of Oscar Belgal by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the Bronx. assertive

2026-10-14 · New York Post

Abdul El-Sayed’s denial on Muslim Brotherhood ties provides opening for Mike Rogers

🔮 If he wins, El-Sayed would become the first-ever Muslim elected to the US Senate, and his allies are accusing Rogers of trafficking in Islamophobia. “Abdul is a dad and a doctor,” the El-Sayed campaign told The Post. assertive

2026-10-15 · New York Post

Trump announces execution of Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed

🔮 Trump caveated that the immediate family and victims of Hasan’s Nov. 5, 2009 rampage, will be able to watch him die if they choose. mixed

Forward-looking sentences extracted from their articles, oldest first. Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.

👤 Ryan King

About this journalist

What they cover

Leaning

More from this journalist

What they said would happen