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New law provides protections for New York’s LGBTQ veterans, vets with PTSD and brain injuries

Posted on November 11, 2020

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Last call at 10 p.m. coming at New York restaurants and bars as COVID-19 rates increase

Posted on November 11, 2020

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Georgia to conduct full recount of election ballots

Posted on November 11, 2020

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Trump files fresh election-challenge suit as Biden plans presidential transition

Posted on November 11, 2020

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Staten Island’s Malliotakis echoes Trump’s refusal to admit Biden won election

Posted on November 11, 2020

Bigoted Staten Island sex offender busted for threatening to kill protesters and politicians

Posted on November 10, 2020

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Nearly 80% of Americans say Biden won White House, ignoring Trump’s refusal to concede: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Posted on November 10, 2020

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Absentee ballot counting goes on as several Brooklyn, Queens races hang in the balance

Posted on November 10, 2020

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Turkey’s Erdogan congratulates U.S. President-elect Biden for election win

Posted on November 10, 2020

A person counts postal ballots following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Downey, near Los Angeles

Explainer: Why recounts rarely change the results of U.S. elections

Posted on November 10, 2020

U.S. president-elect Biden arrives at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware

Politics

Biden camp considers legal action over agency’s delay in recognizing transition

Posted on November 10, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a briefing to the media

Politics

Pompeo voices confidence U.S. vote count will lead to ‘second Trump administration’

Posted on November 10, 2020

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Health

SCOTUS Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh appear to lean against striking down Obamacare

Posted on November 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington

Politics

A real coup? Trump gets Barr to commit to investigating unfounded voter fraud claims

Posted on November 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump listens to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speak about coronavirus response at the White House in Washington

Politics

Trump fires defense secretary in post-election reckoning after public policy clashes

Posted on November 9, 2020

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Some Manhattan store owners begin taking down wood barriers, but fear more Trump-related unrest

Posted on November 9, 2020

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New York entering dangerous, but potentially ultimate, phase of COVID-19 crisis: Cuomo

Posted on November 9, 2020

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Higher-risk currencies soar on Biden win, successful COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on November 9, 2020

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration

Cuomo hails news of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, but doubts Trump’s ability to distribute it

Posted on November 9, 2020

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Politics

Dollar slips as Biden clinches U.S. presidency

Posted on November 8, 2020

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Former President Bush congratulates President-elect Biden

Posted on November 8, 2020

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Biden victory signals hope for NYC transportation infrastructure and support

Posted on November 8, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden celebrates onstage at his election rally in Wilmington

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‘The work starts right away:’ Biden begins planning for his presidency

Posted on November 8, 2020

U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington

Politics

Tweeter-in-chief Trump will be subject to same Twitter rules as others come January

Posted on November 8, 2020

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De Blasio stresses New York exceptionalism to church-goers after Biden victory

Posted on November 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump speaks to reporters about the 2020 presidential election at the White House in Washington

Politics

Can Trump pardon his associates – or himself?

Posted on November 8, 2020

U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington

Trump does not plan to concede any time soon, aides and allies indicate

Posted on November 8, 2020

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U.S. reports 130,000 new coronavirus cases, fourth straight daily record

Posted on November 8, 2020

NY: Thousands of New Yorkers File into the Streets to Celebrate new President-Elect Joe Biden

Party for Biden victory and Trump defeat lasted well into the New York City night

Posted on November 8, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden joins vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris onstage in Wilmington

‘This is the time to heal’: Biden vows to unite a deeply divided nation in victory speech

Posted on November 7, 2020

NY: Thousands of New Yorkers file into streets to celebrate new President-Elect Joe Biden

From protest to party: Columbus Circle demonstration turns into revelry after Biden win

Posted on November 7, 2020

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PARTY IN THE NYC: New Yorkers celebrate Biden victory, Trump defeat in spontaneous fashion

Posted on November 7, 2020

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SEE IT: New Yorkers celebrate Trump’s imminent defeat with party in the Village

Posted on November 7, 2020

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden makes address about election results in Wilmington, Delaware

Politics

IT’S OVER: Joe Biden projected winner of presidential race, defeating Donald Trump

Posted on November 7, 2020

“Stop the Steal” protest at Clark County Election Center in North Las Vegas

Trump and Biden protesters duel outside vote-counting centers in cliffhanger election

Posted on November 6, 2020

Joe Biden supporter Rene Calvo of New York City stands in Times Square awaiting election results, in Manhattan, New York City

Politics

Biden pulling away in Pennsylvania, Georgia, with victory in sight; New Yorkers party

Posted on November 6, 2020

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QAnon supporter pulls ahead in race for Coney Island assembly seat

Posted on November 6, 2020

U.S. President Trump speaks to reporters about the 2020 presidential election at the White House in Washington

Facing defeat, unhinged Trump attacks American democracy with false fraud claims

Posted on November 5, 2020

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NYPD denies ever using ‘kettling’ tactic against protesters

Posted on November 5, 2020

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrives for a COVID-19 briefing in Wilmington, Delaware

Biden inches nearer to victory; Trump launches lawsuits and rages about ‘fraud’

Posted on November 5, 2020

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As elections are decided, Queens leaders call to ‘count all the votes’

Posted on November 5, 2020

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De Blasio caught off guard by questions of NYPD tactics against protesters

Posted on November 5, 2020

Votes continue to be counted at the TCF Center the day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Detroit, Michigan

Trump campaign loses lawsuit seeking to halt Michigan vote count

Posted on November 5, 2020

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Facebook group pushing false claim of stolen U.S. election rapidly gains 325,000 members

Posted on November 5, 2020

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Owner of Queens’ Il Bacco votes in person after leaving hospital following plane crash

Posted on November 5, 2020

Police officers stand next to detained demonstrators near Washington Square park the day after Election Day in Manhattan, New York City

In cities across U.S., dueling protests sprout up as vote-counting drags on

Posted on November 5, 2020

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Cuomo says conditions ‘ripe’ in New York for marijuana sale legalization in 2021

Posted on November 5, 2020

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Trump says campaign will legally challenge ‘Biden claimed states’

Posted on November 5, 2020

More from around NYC

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How Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is ending Food Bank’s two nutritional programs for Bronx families

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Homeless man faces 75 years to life in prison for killing estranged wife in front of her daughter in St. Albans: DA

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Brooklyn Book Festival to celebrate 20 years with nine days of literary events

Outside of the US Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024.

In long-shot bid, Kim Davis asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage