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This photo combo shows former slugger Alex Rodriguez, left, and former President Donald Trump. Rodriguez, once vilified by Donald Trump as a “druggie” and “joke” unworthy of wearing the pinstripes, is now a key part of an investment group seeking to buy the rights to the ex-president’s marquee Washington, D.C., hotel, people familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Ross D. Franklin)

A-Rod, once scorned by Trump, in group buying his D.C. hotel

By Bernard Condon - Associated Press

Roger Ng arrives to court for jury selection in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. A federal jury in Brooklyn will hear opening statements Monday, Feb. 14 in the corruption trial of the former Goldman Sachs executive charged in the multibillion-dollar ransacking of a Malaysian state investment fund. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Corruption trial opens for ex-Goldman banker in 1MDB scandal

By Jim Mustian - Associated Press

A customer enters a restaurant past a sign posted to the door requiring masks Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Providence, R.I. As the omicron wave of the coronavirus subsides, several U.S. states including New York and Illinois ended mask mandates this week for indoor settings, while others lifted requirements at schools. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

NYC workers face firing for not following vaccine mandate

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

In this file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

AOC to campaign with Democratic challenger Jessica Cisneros in Texas primary

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Jefferson Mays, right, as River City's Mayor George Shinn, and the musical's barbershop quartet kick off the opening week of Broadway's 'The Music Man' outside the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

‘The Music Man’ hopes to lead Broadway out of winter woes

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Stacey Abrams speaks during a church service in Norfolk, Va., Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021. A political organization led by the Democratic titan is branching out into paying off medical debts. Fair Fight Action on Wednesday, Oct. 27 told The Associated Press that it is donating $1.34 million from its political action committee to wipe out debt owed by 108,000 people in Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Caught with their masks down: Democrats’ mandate hypocrisy angers voters, signals end of COVID rules

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to board a helicopter after announcing his resignation on Aug. 10, 2021, in New York. Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah announced Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, she couldn't pursue charges under New York law against Cuomo stemming from allegations from two women that he planted unwanted kisses on their cheeks. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Ethics groups want investigation of free help Cuomo received

By Marina Villeneuve - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. Gun violence that has been rising since the pandemic is spiking anew, and beleaguered cities are struggling with how to manage it. President Joe Biden is heading to one of them, New York, this week. Biden will be meeting with Mayor Eric Adams, a former New York City police captain. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Eric Adams called white NYPD officers ‘crackers’ in 2019 video

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Nate McDonald, General Manager of Curaleaf NY operations, talks about medical marijuana plants during a media tour of the Curaleaf medical cannabis cultivation and processing facility, in Ravena, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2019. While New York's much-anticipated recreational pot shops are still about a year away from opening, the state is making medical marijuana much more available in the meantime. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

NY boosts medical marijuana access as legal pot market looms

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. New York City police Officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora were shot Friday night while answering a call about an argument between a woman and her adult son. Rivera was shot to death and Mora suffered a serious head wound, police said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Eric Adams apologizes for calling white NYPD officers ‘crackers’ in 2019 video

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at an event with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., to discuss gun violence strategies, at police headquarters, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden blasts GOP, gun industry for NYC crime wave; calls for new gun control measures

By Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., leaves at the end of the day of second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Progressive Democrats propose banning legacy admissions at universities

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

The Public Interest Legal Foundation went to Pennsylvania with a list of tens of thousands of people who were likely dead, but still on the state’s voter rolls in the weeks before the 2020 election. (Associated Press/File) ** FILE **

Voting integrity group sues to stop NYC noncitizen voting, says it will dilute Black voters’ power

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Michael Avenatti , foreground center, discusses his ongoing defense case while responding to Judge Jesse Furman's questions, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 in Manhattan federal court. The government has rested its case at a trial where jurors heard allegations that Avenatti stole nearly $300,000 in book proceeds from porn star Stormy Daniels. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

In trial closing, prosecutor says lies caught up to Avenatti

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

Lionel Richie performs at KAABOO Texas in Arlington, Texas on May 10, 2019. Richie is among this year’s first time nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie among Rock Hall nominees

Associated Press

New York Police officers begin to arrive along Fifth Avenue outside St. Patrick's Cathedral for Officer Wilbert Mora's funeral, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in New York. For the second time in under a week, police converged on New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral to pay tribute to a young officer gunned down while answering a call for help in Harlem. Mora was shot along with Officer Jason Rivera on Jan. 22 while responding to a call about a domestic argument in an apartment. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYPD officer shot in attempted carjacking ahead of Biden visit to discuss crime

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 23, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden listens as Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during an event in the State Dining room of the White House in Washington to discuss gun crime prevention strategy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Biden and his pro-criminal Democrats

By Michael McKenna

In this June 1, 2020, file photo, protesters rally as Philadelphia police officers and Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers look on in Philadelphia, over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Dems ditch ‘defund the police’ talk, but voters still stuck in crime wave

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

This Jan. 6, 2021, photo shows a view of the New York state Assembly Chamber as members meet on the opening day of the 2021 legislative session at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) **FILE**

New York Democrats propose new congressional map

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Riley Bredbeck, 13, from Westminster, Vt., looks away when getting the Pfizer COVID-19 booster during a vaccine clinic that was hosted by Rescue Inc. at Bellows Falls Fire Department, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, in Bellows Falls, Vt. The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts who have pleaded with Americans to get an extra shot to shore up their protection against the highly contagious omicron variant. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

COVID-19 booster drive is faltering in the U.S.

By Mae Anderson - Associated Press