Author: Bill Henery
Bill Henery
Bill Henery is a veteran political journalist, author, and respected columnist at The NewYorkBudgets. With a career that began in 1987, Henery has spent decades covering the shifting landscape of American politics. He is best known for his in-depth reporting on major political events, including the highly contested 2000 U.S. Election, and has become a trusted voice in political journalism.
A classified assessment produced by the National Intelligence Council has concluded that even a large-scale U.S. military assault on Iran would be unlikely to topple the Islamic Republic’s deeply entrenched clerical and military establishment, according to three people familiar with the document’s contents.The sobering intelligence analysis, completed roughly one week before the United States and Israel launched their joint military operation on Feb. 28, directly undercuts the Trump administration’s increasingly vocal ambitions to “clean out” Iran’s leadership and install a new ruler acceptable to Washington.The report examined succession scenarios under both a narrowly targeted campaign against senior Iranian figures and…
The United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran early Saturday, with President Donald Trump announcing “major combat operations” and urging regime change after nuclear talks broke down.
The justices debated the limits of executive authority to impose sweeping global tariffs without congressional approval.
Thomas Pritzker has announced his retirement as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after newly released documents detailed communications with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Republicans facing difficult midterm elections are increasingly uncertain about President Donald Trump’s role, as aides and allies describe mixed signals about how actively he plans to engage
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie is entering his most significant confrontation yet with President Donald Trump, defying party expectations as he seeks reelection in deeply conservative Kentucky
European governments are stepping up efforts to curb Russian oil shipments through their waters, a move designed to restrict Moscow’s ability to finance its war as economic pressures inside Russia continue to mount.
The Trump administration plans to finalize a rule that would make it easier to discipline or dismiss senior career officials, potentially affecting nearly 50,000 federal workers by reducing long-standing job protections.
On the eve of Election Day in America’s most dynamic metropolis, President Donald J. Trump delivered a pragmatic gut punch to the radical left’s ambitions, throwing his weight—however grudgingly—behind Andrew Cuomo to stave off what he rightly calls a “communist” takeover of New York City. In a blistering Truth Social post Monday evening, Trump urged voters to rally around the former governor, framing the choice as a no-brainer: Back the battle-tested Democrat or watch socialist Zohran Mamdani dismantle the Empire State from City Hall. “Whether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice. You must vote…
As the Big Apple’s mayoral race barrels toward its November climax, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is surging ahead with a platform that promises to upend the city’s status quo—free buses, rent freezes, and a war on “inequity” that could spell doom for proven educational programs like gifted and talented classes. But while Mamdani’s populist pandering has captivated the outer boroughs’ disaffected youth, it’s sending shockwaves through Manhattan’s elite corridors, where hedge fund titans and real estate moguls are whispering in Pilates studios and over caviar: “How dare he?” The city’s 1% are realizing their once-ironclad influence is slipping away, and…