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The Republican Party on Wednesday clinched a majority in the House of Representatives – giving the GOP control of all three branches of government when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office in January. Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s (R-Ariz.) victory in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District will give the GOP at least 218 House seats in the new Congress, with nine races yet to …

A Long Island detective was charged with a hate crime on Wednesday after he called a phone service worker the n-word and spewed “We don’t want you or your kind in the neighborhood” in a racist tirade, according to officials. Rockville Centre detective John Murphy, 40, allegedly erupted into a hateful rage after spotting a black cellular service subcontractor inside an …

Karen Read appeared in court Wednesday as attorneys from both sides of the aisle requested her re-trial for the alleged murder of her cop boyfriend be delayed until April — with prosecutors arguing they intended to “substantially” reduce the number of witnesses on this go-around. “It will allow me when I evaluate this case, which I’m still in the process …

The New York City Council is scrambling to reassert control in its ongoing power struggle with Mayor Eric Adams after a painful defeat on the November ballot. Lawmakers voted 49-1 to establish their own Charter Revision Commission on Wednesday — after voters backed four out five initiatives “rushed” onto the ballot this year by a Hizzoner-backed temporary panel pols called …

A masked mugger and his baby-faced accomplice robbed Manhattan straphangers in three violent pre-dawn incidents on the rails, cops said Wednesday. The two brutes first targeted a 60-year-old man sitting on a bench on the southbound No. 6 platform at Bleecker Street around around 5 a.m. Oct. 10, authorities said. They punched and kicked the victim in the head before …

A student from the United Kingdom was nabbed trying to sneak more than a dozen meth-encrusted Target T-shirts through Los Angeles International Airport in her luggage earlier this month. Myah Saakwa-Mante, 20, was on her way to meet her boyfriend for the first time in Australia when she decided to stop in LA for a couple of days, according to …

It could be an unhappy ending for a seedy all-male massage parlor that officials say openly offers hands-on sexual satisfaction. The city is suing to close down 28 Men’s Spa on the West Side, claiming in court documents filed Wednesday that the spa’s roster of masseurs offered “manual stimulation of the penis” to three undercover cops during separate incidents last …

President-elect Donald Trump selected Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as his Attorney General Wednesday in a surprising pick. “It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social announcement. The Florida congressman supported Trump at his New York …

Far-right white supremacist Nicholas Fuentes has reportedly found himself at the center of a doxxing incident, following his incendiary rant in the wake of the US election. The 26-year-old triumphantly declared “your body, my choice” to women after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election last week, in an X post that’s since been viewed 91.2 million times and reposted by at …

The Post’s Politics team has the latest news and analysis as President-elect Donald Trump is quickly filling his Cabinet just one week after his historic re-election. On Wednesday, Trump met with former foe President Biden in the Oval Office where they appeared more like friends than enemies while discussing plans for a peaceful transition of power. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans elected …