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White House Chief of Staff Meadows speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Trump’s chief of staff claims president’s election delay talk was about mail-in concerns

Posted on August 2, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Business

Tick-tock for TikTok? Pompeo warns of Trump action on Chinese software companies

Posted on August 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A worker cleans a Kodak booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center in preparation for 2019 CES in Las Vegas

Eastman Kodak top executive got Trump deal windfall on an ‘understanding’

Posted on August 2, 2020

Police officers wearing face masks guard the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington

Congressional Democrats, White House still at impasse over coronavirus bill

Posted on August 2, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) task force news briefing at the White House in Washington

Politics

First Amendment group files new suit against Trump over blocked Twitter users

Posted on July 31, 2020

Politics

Editorial | Trump wrongly flirts with election ‘delay’ as poll numbers and U.S. economy sink — but he can’t cancel anything

Posted on July 30, 2020

Michael Cohen arrives at his Manhattan apartment in New York City

Politics

U.S. lets ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen publish book while serving sentence at home

Posted on July 30, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate Cain departs the State House in Concord

Herman Cain, ex-presidential candidate who refused to wear mask, dies after COVID-19 diagnosis

Posted on July 30, 2020

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Politics

De Blasio press secretary Jane Meyer to step down from position

Posted on July 30, 2020

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Politics

‘All COVID is local’: Cuomo says Trump tax proposal would undercut NYC revenue

Posted on July 30, 2020

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Politics

‘This is the act of a tyrant’: De Blasio slams Trump tweet on delaying presidential election

Posted on July 30, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump boards Marine One to depart for travel to Texas from the South Lawn of the White House

Politics

Trump raises possibility of delaying the election – a power that can only be done in Congress

Posted on July 30, 2020

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Cuomo sends COVID-19 aid to Florida while slamming federal stimulus effort

Posted on July 29, 2020

Federal law enforcement officers deployed under the Trump administration’s executive order face off with protesters

Politics

Oregon says federal agents to pull back from Portland after clashes

Posted on July 29, 2020

FILE PHOTO: G20 leaders summit in Osaka

Politics

Trump says he never confronted Putin about Russia bounty reports: Axios

Posted on July 29, 2020

U.S. President Trump visits Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center in Morrrisville, North Carolina

Politics

Explainer: Trump’s latest move to limit deportation protections for ‘Dreamers’

Posted on July 29, 2020

Editorial | With surging gun crime, the threat of 90’s NYC lawlessness looms large

Posted on July 28, 2020

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City warns up to 22,000 layoffs if federal stimulus package does not have more state aid

Posted on July 28, 2020

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Politics

Patel refuses to concede as Maloney’s lead grows by 3,700 votes in contested congressional race

Posted on July 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former Vice President Joe Biden talks with Senator Elizabeth Warren (C) and Senator Kamala Harris (R) after the conclusion of the 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Houston

Politics

Factbox: Biden will soon pick a running mate — here are the front-runners

Posted on July 28, 2020

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‘Unsung heroes’: Legislation announced to improve working conditions for security guards at privately run homeless shelters

Posted on July 28, 2020

Donald Trump Jr. speaks to young people waiting to hear his father, U.S. President Donald Trump, deliver an "Address to Young Americans" at the Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., June 23, 2020.

Politics

Twitter puts curbs on Donald Trump Jr’s account over COVID-19 tweet

Posted on July 28, 2020

U.S. Republicans’ coronavirus aid proposal faces opposition on both sides

Posted on July 27, 2020

National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien walks after being interviewed at the White House in Washington

Trump not at risk of coronavirus after security adviser tests positive: White House

Posted on July 27, 2020

Politics

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Posted on July 26, 2020

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Meadows attend meeting to discuss coronavirus aid legislation at the White House in Washington

Trump aides float piecemeal approach to coronavirus relief in Congress

Posted on July 26, 2020

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Politics

AG James leads coalition suing Trump administration for seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment

Posted on July 25, 2020

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Politics

‘They got caught’: DHS drops Trusted Traveler Program lawsuit against New York, Cuomo says

Posted on July 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at his Manhattan apartment after being released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement in New York

Politics

Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen expected to leave prison for home confinement

Posted on July 24, 2020

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Politics

New York state senate passes legislation banning sale and possession of ‘ghost guns’

Posted on July 24, 2020

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Politics

New York state approves bill that bans facial recognition technology in schools

Posted on July 23, 2020

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) makes campaign stop in Queens during Democratic congressional primary election in New York

Politics

U.S. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez says Republican colleague called her profane slur

Posted on July 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives back at home after being released from prison in New York

Politics

U.S. judge to decide if newly imprisoned Michael Cohen can go home again

Posted on July 23, 2020

U.S. President Trump hosts coronavirus response task force briefing at the White House in Washington

Politics

Trump to send federal agents to more U.S. cities to fight violent crime

Posted on July 22, 2020

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Brooklyn

Phara Souffrant Forrest declares victory over Walter Mosley in Brooklyn assembly race

Posted on July 22, 2020

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

Politics

New York Governor Cuomo says he told Trump no need for federal involvement in NYC

Posted on July 22, 2020

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De Blasio budget filled with short-term risks and long-term dangers, fiscal watchdogs say

Posted on July 22, 2020

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Brooklyn

Challenger Emily Gallagher defeats long-time incumbent Joe Lentol for Brooklyn assembly seat

Posted on July 22, 2020

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Lower Manhattan

#OccupyCityHall encampment becomes a microcosm of New York’s current woes

Posted on July 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump announces administration efforts to gain citizenship data during 2020 census at the White House in Washington

Politics

Trump orders voting districts to exclude people in U.S. illegally

Posted on July 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The flags of China, U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu

U.S. accuses Chinese nationals of hacking spree for COVID-19 data, defense secrets

Posted on July 21, 2020

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Politics

Brooklyn assembly candidate accuses incumbent of disenfranchising mail-in ballots

Posted on July 21, 2020

Waves hit rocks at Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York City on Labor Day where people surfed despite closures due to post-tropical cyclone Hermine

Brooklyn

Op-ed | Five-Boro Resiliency Plan is first step in protecting NYC’s future

Posted on July 20, 2020

SEE IT: Essential workers union calls for equality at rally near Trump hotel in Columbus Circle

Posted on July 20, 2020

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‘Don’t be stupid!’: Cuomo doubles down on threat to shut down bars with large crowds

Posted on July 20, 2020

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., speaks during a U.S.House Judiciary Committee, in Washington

Politics

House Democrats demand investigation into use of force at Portland protests

Posted on July 19, 2020

A United States Postal Service (USPS) worker works in the rain in Manhattan during outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

Post office branches could close in NYC without $25 billion fed bailout: Schumer

Posted on July 19, 2020

A screen shows the trading info for The Walt Disney Company company on the floor of the NYSE in New York

Business

Disney cuts ad spending on Facebook amid growing boycott: report

Posted on July 19, 2020

More from around NYC

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Lincoln Hospital hosts blood drive, takes part in multiple community celebrations

The Dietz Coal Company in Ridgewood not only produced coal in the early 20th century; it was also one of the area's biggest ice factories.

The iceman cometh in Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Red Hook Pool expected to reopen Sunday after weeks-long repair

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.

Federal appeals court expands ‘ministerial exception’ to customer service representative