National Politics
NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November’s elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting. The court's three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Department of Homeland Security program, called […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani again called on the federal government to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, branding the visiting head of state a "war criminal" as Netanyahu prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan. Mamdani has repeated the demand since acknowledging in July that his own administration […]
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 […]
A federal judge in Boston will hear arguments Thursday on whether to extend her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service requiring states to use a new mail balloting system for the midterms as part of an executive order by President Donald Trump. The hearing in the closely watched case comes the day before the first state begins sending mail […]
As Maine families continue to grapple with rising costs at the checkout line, a national advocacy coalition is making its case to key members of Congress, and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) finds herself at the center of its latest push. Americans for Ingredient Transparency (AFIT) this week launched a new set of ads in a seven-figure campaign, including […]
Maine's U.S. Senate race went negative on television this week, with Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson opening fire on each other's records as the general election sprint intensifies. Jackson, who replaced Graham Platner as the Democratic nominee in July after Platner's campaign collapsed amid misconduct allegations, is casting affordable health care as his top […]
Pennsylvania's two U.S. senators have formalized an unusual alliance, launching a joint fundraising committee that pools contributions across party lines. Sen. Dave McCormick (R) and Sen. John Fetterman (D) filed paperwork for Common Ground PA with the Federal Election Commission on July 6, listing four joint fundraising participants: Every Vote PAC, Pennsylvania Honor, Fetterman for […]
A 28-year congressional career came to an end Tuesday night when former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin defeated 14-term Democratic Rep. John Larson in Connecticut's 1st Congressional District primary. Bronin won 54% of the vote to Larson's 33%, delivering the biggest upset of Connecticut's 2026 election cycle. It was also the first time in modern Connecticut […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump pivoted the nation’s attention back to vaccines this week with an executive order that aims to scale back the childhood immunization schedule and space out shots into separate visits. After acting to overhaul the nation’s vaccine policy and guidance, the Trump administration had recently largely stepped back from additional changes to […]
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Monday said he'll sue to force the Trump administration to restore his security clearance, which it revoked Friday after claiming he had disclosed sensitive information about the Qatari-gifted jet now serving as Air Force One. Kendall, a West Point graduate who served as President Joe Biden's head of the Air […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) declined to rule out a run for president or a Senate primary challenge against fellow New York Democrat Chuck Schumer during an appearance Sunday on ABC's "This Week." Asked directly by host Jonathan Karl whether she plans to run for president in 2028, Ocasio-Cortez initially deflected. "I'm focused on winning the […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is facing new questions about his standing within his own caucus after a pair of setbacks this week involving Massachusetts and Michigan Democrats. During a debate Monday night in Dedham, Massachusetts, Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., who is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey in the September 1 Democratic primary, said […]
The Democratic Socialists of America gathered in Chicago this weekend for its national convention, and one question dominated the hallways: whether the country's largest socialist organization will formally throw its weight behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for president in 2028. Officially, nothing has been decided. A key procedural vote of 14 to 13 blocked an all-member […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced former Congressman George Santos agreed Friday to pay $35,000 to settle a federal investigation into his suspicious trades on the prediction marketplace Kalshi after he bet against his own plans to attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union. The onetime Republican lawmaker from New York said he settled with the federal Commodity Futures […]
More than 20 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday to block it from getting wide access to the personal information of millions of recipients of a benefits program for low-income families. The case is the latest legal action between states and the federal government over the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just months before the midterm elections, Democrats hope to convince voters that lawlessness under President Donald Trump’s administration is the biggest threat to their rights and pocketbooks. But the party’s past debates over crime and safety threaten to undermine that pitch. Across the country, Democratic candidates are grappling with their previous positions […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Will President Donald Trump’s name grace one of the most famous -- and sometimes maligned -- landmarks in his hometown of New York City? The Republican administration this week urged leading U.S. Senators to rename Penn Station as it undertakes a projected $8 billion redesign of the dreary, underground Manhattan transit hub that also […]
