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Trump Slams Elon Musk's New Third Party, Calls Billionaire 'Train Wreck'
It didn't take long for President Donald Trump to respond after his former political partner, Elon Musk, announced he plans to form a third party.
After weeks of floating the idea following the very public and very acrimonious blowup of his relationship with President Donald Trump, Musk announced the so-called “America” Party was a go.
The announcement came Saturday afternoon, July 5, in a post on his X platform.
"Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom," he wrote.
Just over 24 hours later, Trump hit back on his own platform, Truth Social.
"I am saddened to…
Teen Newington Driver Killed In Late-Night Crash Off I-84: Police
A 19-year-old Connecticut man was killed in a single-car crash on I-84 late Saturday night, July 5, state police said.
Spencer T. Jorgenson, of Newtown, was headed west near Exit 15 in Southbury just before midnight when his 2001 Honda Prelude veered off the road, according to a crash report from Connecticut State Police Troop A.
The car struck a metal beam guardrail on the right shoulder, continued through it, then descended an embankment and came to an uncontrolled final rest, the report says.
Jorgenson, who was the only person in the car, sustained fatal injuries. He was transported by …
Pedestrian Seriously Injured In Melville Hit-And-Run: Police
A Brooklyn man was seriously injured after being struck in a hit-and-run crash in Melville, Suffolk County police announced on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
Nadil Ceka, 58, was standing on the shoulder of southbound Bagatelle Road, just south of Dix Woods Drive, while checking on a disabled vehicle around 1:10 p.m. when he was hit by an unknown vehicle that fled the scene, according to the release.
The vehicle, believed to be a gray Hyundai, continued traveling south on Bagatelle Road, police said.
Ceka was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip. He suffered s…
Three Killed In New Jersey As Storm Uproots Trees, Crushes Cars, Flattens Homes
A violent thunderstorm that ripped through New Jersey Thursday night, July 3, left three people dead — including a Middlesex woman, a 79-year-old man, and a 25-year-old Plainfield resident — and caused widespread destruction across Union and Somerset counties, officials said.
Storm photos in Edison below (scroll for fatal incidents).
Yesterday’s strong thunderstorm caused many wires, countless trees, branches and other debris to come down but... Posted by Mayor Sam Joshi on Friday, July 4, 2025
North Plainfield:
At around 6:30 p.m., a 44-year-old Middlesex woman was driving a 2018 …
LI Priest Accused Of Groping Woman Inside Church Kitchen; Police Seek More Victims
A Long Island priest has been accused of sexually abusing a woman inside a church kitchen, Nassau County police said.
John Adjei-Boamah, 43, was arrested for forcible touching and sexual abuse, according to detectives with the Special Victims Squad.
It happened at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Franklin Square around 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, authorities said in a Friday, July 4 press release.
The woman was working in the church rectory kitchen on New Hyde Park Road when Adjei-Boamah, a priest living at the rectory, came up behind her and touched her inappropriately, police say.
The…
