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Mendoza, a longtime coach with the Yankees before taking the manager job in Queens, knows what happens when the losing doesn’t end soon enough.

The plot thickens!

 The aggressive gerrymandering measure, which could net Democrats four congressional seats, passed in a 50% to 49% vote.

Not every Ranger has been willing to express an unwavering desire to see this retool through. But Braden Schneider sure did Friday.

US Treasury Sanctions 14 Targets For Helping Iran Obtain Weapons

Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times,

The U.S. Treasury Department on April 21 announced that it is imposing sanctions on 14 targets “for their involvement in helping the Iranian regime obtain weapons,” in contravention of international sanctions.

“As the regime attempts to reconstitute its production capacity, the United States will continue to deplete Iran’s ballistic missile inventories,” the Treasury wrote in a post on X.

According to a press release from the Treasury, the targets include 14 “individuals, entities, and aircraft” based in Iran, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, “for their involvement in procuring or transporting weapons or weapons components on behalf of the Iranian regime.”

During the military operations in the region, the United States and Israel have sought to deplete Iran’s weapons reserves, particularly targeting Iranian ballistic missile sites.

Amid these operations, the Treasury said, Iran “is seeking to reconstitute its production capacity.”

The Treasury noted that increasingly, the Persian state is relying on one-way, unmanned drones to target U.S. and allied locations in the Middle East, and indicated that the Treasury would continue to work to prevent Iran from obtaining weapons.

“The Iranian regime must be held accountable for its extortion of global energy markets and indiscriminate targeting of civilians with missiles and drones,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

“Under President [Donald] Trump’s leadership, as part of Economic Fury, Treasury will continue to follow the money and target the Iranian regime’s recklessness and those who enable it,” Bessent added.

Currently, the ceasefire between the United States and Iran is holding. On Tuesday, Trump agreed to extend the ceasefire, but tensions with Iran remain high.

“Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Simultaneously, Trump said the U.S. military will extend the more-than-week-long naval blockade of Iranian ports, saying that it will, “in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other.”

Meanwhile, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed to commercial traffic.

Iran briefly opened the all-important shipping route on April 17 after the initial ceasefire agreement, but again closed the area to commercial shipping the next day, citing the ongoing U.S. blockade of its ports.

Tyler Durden Tue, 04/21/2026 - 20:55

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Why Monday’s meltdown could be defining — for later in the postseason — is the sudden 180 the Knicks have done in the fourth quarter.

What a dope!

You can credit President Donald Trump with taking extreme risks for the sake of a possible peace, but we fear he’s simply putting off the inevitable by giving Tehran another cease-fire extension.

One reporter asked the Patriots coach directly if he still felt that the implication of the photos was “laughable,” as he had said in his initial statement to Page Six.

Lindor's homer gave the fans at a mostly empty Citi Field something to celebrate -- at least one of them hoping for some 2024 luck.

Two people who were supposed to be carrying for a girl with special needs were finally caught out of state, accused in the horrific starvation death of the child.

It’s the charge of the not-so-light brigade. A band of ramshackle Russian forces were recently caught sneaking through Ukrainian lines — but drones quickly caught the crew and eliminated them, shocking footage shows. The troop of mounted soldiers was intercepted on a roadway in the Donetsk region, with Ukrainian soldiers suspecting they were riding horses...

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is accusing the campaign of one of his Democratic opponents Effie Phillips-Staley, of forging dozens of voter signatures on petitions to qualify for the primary ballot in a lawsuit.

Gavin Newsom likes to talk about how California keeps getting richer, as he campaigns around the country.

NewMexit: Secession In The Southwest?

Authored by Stephen Anderson via The Mises Institute,

Lea and Roosevelt counties in the US state of New Mexico (NM) in 2026 are seeking to secede and join the state of Texas.

“There was a state representative or two from New Mexico who were expressing frustration with the government in Santa Fe,” Texas State Representative Carl Tepper said.

“They have expressed an interest in being annexed by Texas, . . .”

Their action is referred to as “NewMexit.”

Ludwig von Mises wrote many times that a group of people in a sovereign nation or province should have the freedom to secede from that place to join another like-minded province or nation or become an independent nation.

These two counties are part of a growing US movement where people in counties tire of their state’s policies and taxation that inhibit economic growth, lessen individual freedom, issue cumbersome regulations interfering with operation of a privately-owned business and family decision-making.

Here is a March 2025 Mises Power and Market article on this topic.

“Republican New Mexico lawmakers have floated the idea of allowing counties to secede from the state to either join another state or create a new state in the United States.”

Former New Mexico Republican state Sen. Cliff R. Pirtle of Chaves, Eddy, and Otero counties introduced Senate Joint Resolution 15 in 2021 to amend the state constitution. The resolution died in committee.

According to one source, “On Jan. 26, 2026, New Mexico Republican state Reps. Randall Pettigrew of Lea County and Jimmy Mason of Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties tried to revive the secession path for the state’s counties. The representatives introduced House Joint Resolution 10.”

But “. . .the resolution died as it was ‘postponed indefinitely’ in the state’s legislature, which gaveled out of session in mid-February.”

The US Census estimated 2025 population for Lea County is about 75,000 and the Roosevelt County estimated 2025 population is about 19,000. The estimated NM state population is about 2.1 million so losing both counties is 4.5 percent of the state’s population.

The NM county map above shows Lea and Roosevelt counties’ location on the Texas border.

Tyler Durden Tue, 04/21/2026 - 20:05

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex has refused to comment on her ex-aide running to replace Nancy Pelosi.

Since dominating his hometown team Red Sox in the AL wild-card series last October, Cam Schlittler has done his best to stoke the flames of the rivalry

This was the first time Vrabel spoke to reporters since Page Six exclusively obtained photos of him and the NFL reporter.

This was the first time Vrabel spoke to reporters since Page Six exclusively obtained photos of him and the NFL reporter.