Policy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to highlight his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York on Friday, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of the November midterms. Trump is visiting the Nassau County Police Academy in suburban Long Island, where […]

Federal immigration enforcement is drawing renewed attention across New Hampshire as reports of increased ICE activity surface in communities including Keene, Lebanon and the Upper Valley. New Hampshire Public Radio reported Tuesday that immigration advocates have been documenting increased ICE activity in several parts of the state, including reports of recent detentions. The reports come […]

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 […]

New York's attempt to unmask federal immigration agents just hit a wall named the Supremacy Clause. Judge Mae D'Agostino of the Northern District of New York blocked the state's law banning masked ICE agents and requiring them to display visible identification. Her reasoning left little room for argument: the statute "directly regulate[s] federal officers in […]

Rhode Island lawmakers have enacted a law barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from operating near the state's polling locations. The General Assembly adjourned its regular session on June 11, and Governor Dan McKee, a Democrat, signed the measure into law. Two companion bills, H7434 and S3339, form the core of the new […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani walked back his campaign promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city, acknowledging his administration lacks the legal authority to enforce an International Criminal Court warrant against him. In a video posted to social media, Mamdani said his office had exhausted its legal options […]

New York City officials confirmed this week that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's planned network of five city-owned grocery stores will operate with no identity verification system for shoppers. The city unveiled the plan to launch the taxpayer-backed stores across the five boroughs beginning in 2027, offering discounted prices on essential food items. During a press conference […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we're not for sale” in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district where communities are fighting data center projects. The race between Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, and Bresnahan is […]

The U.S. and Iran are scheduled to formally sign their interim “peace deal” on June 19, 2026, launching 60 days of negotiations between the two nations to end the current conflict in the Middle East and enact stricter stipulations on Iran’s nuclear program. Here are some of the pivotal points laid out in the 14-point […]