LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When the chaos of the day was over, it was difficult to decipher what was more remarkable: • The 5-under 66 world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler posted at Valhalla hours after being arrested and confined to a jail holding cell wondering if he was even going to be able to play his PGA Championship second round. • Or his composed and candid post-round press conference describing his harrowing experience. In the 30-plus years I’ve been covering major championships for The Post, which spans more than 100 of them, Friday easily ranks as one of the most bizarre I’ve…

Reps. Jim Jordan and Thomas Massie threatened Thursday to subpoena the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for records related to COVID-19 vaccine efficacy among those already infected with the virus. Jordan (R-Ohio), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Massie (R-Ky.), the chairman of its subcommittee on the administrative state, made the threat in a letter to CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen — which was exclusively obtained by The Post — as part of their investigation into the effectiveness of federally mandated COVID jabs. If the CDC does not turn over information by May 30, both GOP…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday admitted that the number of migrants who have crossed the southern border under his watch outpaces that under the Trump administration — but blamed a number of hemispheric factors and a “broken” system for the border crisis.Mayorkas was asked at an event at The Economic Club in Washington, D.C., about the border crisis, and the historic numbers of migrants the U.S. has been seeing in recent years. There were more than 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY 23, and that mark could be broken in FY 24, although monthly numbers have decreased.”The number…

Hundreds of Air Force members in dress blues joined Roger Fortson’s family, friends and others at a suburban Atlanta megachurch on Friday to pay their final respects to the Black senior airman, who was shot and killed in his Florida home earlier this month by a sheriff’s deputy.People lined up well before the start of the service at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest to file past the open coffin and say their goodbyes to Fortson, who was shot six times by a deputy responding to a May 3 call about a possible domestic violence situation at Fortson’s…

The NFL took Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour into account while drafting up their upcoming schedule — but not for the reasons fans think. The speculation about how Swift’s ongoing tour — and romance with Travis Kelce — influenced the NFL started after MLFootball wrote via X on Thursday, May 16, that NFL VP of Broadcast Planning Mike North said “the #NFL took Taylor Swift’s concert scheduling into account when making the 2024 schedule.” Sports reporter Pete Sweeney has since pointed out how while that is true, there may be more context to the statement. “North meant in terms of certain…

Tiger Woods was not immune from the chaos at Day 2 of the PGA Championship. The iconic golfer’s second round began hours after Scottie Scheffler’s stunning early morning arrest, and it quickly went wrong for Woods. The 48-year-old snagged par on the four-stroke, 495-yard first hole, but unraveled on the second, scoring a 7 on the par-4, 485-yard hole. His drive went left, landing in the tall grass flanking the fairway. He was unable to get back on with his second shot, a dropped ball hit from the sloping round that landed short of the sand trap — which an…

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 40,000 mark for the first time on Friday, with other major indexes also scoring weekly gains, as data supported expectations for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year. The blue chip index climbed 134.21 points, or 0.3%, to 40,003.59 — the fifth straight weekly gain. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% while the Nasdaq edged down less than 0.1%. Both scored a fourth straight week of gains. Strong corporate results and inflation and other economic data have bolstered investor hopes for Fed rate cuts this year. For the week, Dow gained 1.2%, S&P 500 rose 1.5%, and…

An ethics complaint about donations to President Biden and other Democrats made by the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial has been dismissed, a New York state courts spokesman confirmed Friday. Justice Juan Merchan was cleared by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct last July, but the panel warned that the grievance could be an issue in the event the judge faces a future misconduct allegation. “Justice Merchan said the complaint, from more than a year ago, was dismissed in July with a caution,” Al Baker, a spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration, told…

The estranged wife of ex-special prosecutor Nathan Wade said in a Georgia court filing Friday that Wade claims his resignation from his post at the Fulton County District Attorney’s office “constitutes a substantial change in circumstance, rendering him unable to meet his financial obligation” in their divorce proceedings. Wade was hired in 2021 by DA Fani Willis to help prosecute the sweeping election interference case against former President Trump. She was accused by Trump and co-defendants of having an “improper” affair with Wade.On March 15, Wade resigned after a Georgia judge gave Willis an ultimatum of either Willis or Wade quitting…

Baltimore’s former top prosecutor, who was one of the biggest voices advocating for police accountability and transparency, is asking the White House for a pardon ahead of her sentencing for her perjury and mortgage fraud convictions.The bid from Marilyn Mosby is being backed by the Congressional Black Caucus, which wrote President Biden a letter to advocate for her cause. Mosby has asked to be sentenced to probation, though prosecutors are seeking 20 months in federal prison. “As a nation that leads by example, our justice system must not be weaponized to prevent progress toward a more perfect union,” wrote U.S. Rep.…