Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing new health regulations that would hand his Department of Health sweeping authority reminiscent of the darkest days of COVID lockdowns, and he's doing it while gearing up for re-election. The proposal, submitted by the Department of Health under Regulation 10-242, would let state officials enter homes and schools without […]
Twenty-five years after 19 al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes and carried out the deadliest foreign attack on American soil, a new debate is growing over how, and even whether, schools are teaching the next generation about 9/11. A New York Post report found that many modern lesson plans increasingly focus on the aftermath […]
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing fresh criticism over a symbolic moment meant to honor the victims of Sept. 11. After signing executive orders establishing 9/11 as New York City's annual Day of Remembrance and Service, Mayor Mamdani handed the ceremonial pen to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch and asked her to pass it to his chief […]
Pennsylvania's fight over AI surveillance is getting bigger. And now Gov. Josh Shapiro is joining Republicans and Democrats calling for limits on the technology. The controversy centers on automated license plate reader cameras, including those operated by Flock Safety. The cameras photograph passing vehicles and record license plates, locations and other identifying information, creating searchable […]
Nearly 25 years after he ran back into the burning World Trade Center to save strangers, New York's "Man in the Red Bandana" has received the nation's highest civilian honor. President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday to Welles Crowther, the 24-year-old equities trader and volunteer firefighter from Upper Nyack who […]
Hasidic Jewish leaders from New York and New Jersey made a rare trip to the Oval Office last week for what was described as a historic meeting with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The gathering brought together representatives from some of the Northeast's largest Orthodox and Hasidic communities, including Kiryas Joel, Williamsburg […]
Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to wear a hijab during a visit to an Islamic cultural center has become the latest flashpoint in a New York governor's race that suddenly looks more competitive. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman posted a photo of Hochul in the head covering, captioning it "Hijab Hochul" and "Kathy's Latest Costume: Whatever […]
Maine’s marquee U.S. Senate race just got its debate schedule, and the fireworks are already starting early. Democratic nominee Troy Jackson announced Friday that he’s agreed to four televised debates against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, with the matchups set to run within a two-week window in October. The final debate is scheduled for Oct. 15, […]
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is fighting to keep his job against a Democratic Socialist challenger in Wednesday’s primary, a race that has drawn national attention for its echoes of Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City last year. State Rep. David Morales, 27, has built his campaign around rent stabilization, increased public transit funding, and […]
Senator Ed Markey didn’t just survive Tuesday’s primary; he ran away with it. The four-term senator crushed Rep. Seth Moulton in Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary, pulling in roughly 65 percent of the vote with just over half of ballots counted when the Associated Press called the race. Moulton, 47, had staked his entire campaign on […]
Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents pulled more than 2,100 people off New York streets in a monthlong operation, as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin accused Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering public safety with sanctuary policies. Secretary Mullin announced Tuesday that Operation Rotten Apple resulted in 2,197 arrests across New York City, […]
Connecticut is becoming the latest battleground in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Nearly 100 people have reportedly been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) across the state this week, with the largest concentration of arrests taking place in Danbury, according to the immigration rights group Danbury Unites for Immigrants. ICE has not confirmed the […]
President Donald Trump is continuing his pressure campaign against Canada, and this time he’s putting a new name on the map—Lake America. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” escalating his ongoing battle with Canada and putting Hochul directly in the crosshairs. Hochul isn’t playing along. […]
Rhode Island state Rep. Julie Casimiro (D) moved to South Carolina earlier this summer. She is still keeping her title in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Casimiro, a Democrat representing District 31 in North Kingstown and Exeter, moved to Hardeeville, South Carolina, and established the property as her primary residence on July 1. Despite […]
A growing coalition of Democrat-led states is heading back to court over the Trump administration's effort to reshape mail-in voting. And the Northeast is heavily represented. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and other Democratic-led states joined a new federal lawsuit this week challenging a U.S. Postal Service rule tied to President Donald Trump's […]
Governor Kelly Ayotte has opened her largest advantage yet over Democrat Cinde Warmington, according to the University of New Hampshire's Granite State Poll released Thursday. The survey of 1,878 likely voters, conducted August 20-24 by the UNH Survey Center, found Ayotte leading Warmington 49% to 39%, with 3% backing another candidate and 9% undecided. Ayotte's […]
Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants New York City to get into the grocery business. Now, New York's grocers are fighting back. A coalition representing roughly 1,000 minority-owned bodegas, supermarkets and small grocery businesses has filed legal challenges aimed at stopping Mamdani's plan to establish five city-run grocery stores, one in each borough. The proposal is one […]
Fifteen New York sheriffs are taking Gov. Kathy Hochul to federal court over a new state law that bars local law enforcement from entering into certain agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The law, dubbed the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, took effect this week after Hochul signed it in May. It prohibits local agencies […]
