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POLLS CLOSED: New Yorkers finish casting votes, but absentee ballots lie in wait

Posted on June 23, 2020

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NYPD traffic agents bristle at prospect of being shifted to another city agency

Posted on June 23, 2020

Senate Republicans unveil police reform bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington

Politics

U.S. Congress hits partisan gridlock over police reform

Posted on June 23, 2020

Attorney General Barr attends roundtable discussion at the White House in Washington

Politics

U.S. House judiciary panel intends to subpoena Attorney General Barr

Posted on June 23, 2020

Primary election in The Village elementary school shows low turnout and ballot issues

Posted on June 23, 2020

House Hearing on COVID-19 Response in Washington, DC

U.S. coronavirus task force members: Trump hasn’t asked us to slow testing

Posted on June 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Biden speaks during campaign event in Darby, Pennsylvania

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Biden’s first campaign fundraiser with Obama set to raise $4 million

Posted on June 23, 2020

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PRIMARY DAY: New Yorkers head to polls with caution during COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on June 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds his first re-election campaign rally in several months in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Politics

Trump to suspend H-1B work visas and others through end of year

Posted on June 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act

Politics

Senate, House steer toward first votes on competing police reform bills

Posted on June 22, 2020

Activists and DACA recipients march up Broadway during the start of their ‘Walk to Stay Home,’ a five-day 250-mile walk from New York to Washington D.C., to demand that Congress pass a Clean Dream Act, in Manhattan, New York

Politics

Trump administration aims to end Dreamers immigration program in six months

Posted on June 22, 2020

FILE PHOTO: View of U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear oral arguments over access to Trump financial records in Washington

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court sets limits on SEC’s power to recover ill-gotten gains

Posted on June 22, 2020

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Illegal fireworks lighting up New York at night, but Adams says don’t call cops about it

Posted on June 21, 2020

Activists and DACA recipients march up Broadway during the start of their ‘Walk to Stay Home,’ a five-day 250-mile walk from New York to Washington D.C., to demand that Congress pass a Clean Dream Act, in Manhattan, New York

Politics

Trump administration aims to end Dreamers immigration program in six months

Posted on June 21, 2020

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De Blasio envisions Racial Justice Commission as NYC’s answer to post-apartheid South Africa reform panel

Posted on June 21, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump holds his first re-election campaign rally in several months in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Politics

Trump slams protests, defends pandemic response as Tulsa crowd underwhelms

Posted on June 21, 2020

Attorney General Barr attends roundtable discussion at the White House in Washington

Brooklyn

Impeaching Attorney General Barr ‘waste of time’, Nadler says

Posted on June 21, 2020

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Geoffrey S. Berman speaks at a news conference in New York

Trump, Barr fire Manhattan U.S. Attorney Berman after disputed resignation report

Posted on June 20, 2020

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Schumer, (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing of the COVID-19 at the City Hall in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York

Schumer seeks investigation of ‘Nixonian’ attempt to oust U.S. Attorney Berman

Posted on June 20, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former national security advisor John Bolton in Durham, North Carolina

Politics

U.S. judge rules against Trump administration’s request to block Bolton’s book

Posted on June 20, 2020

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Progressive Queens lawmaker puzzled after Democratic Socialists protest at home

Posted on June 20, 2020

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De Blasio forms racial justice commission to uproot NYC institutional racism

Posted on June 19, 2020

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City lawmakers introduce resolutions calling for de Blasio’s removal from office

Posted on June 19, 2020

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U.S. House panel hears from Facebook, Google, Twitter on election security

Posted on June 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Former national security advisor John Bolton in Durham, North Carolina

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Democrats consider next steps after Bolton revelations on Trump

Posted on June 18, 2020

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New York advocates applaud SCOTUS ruling that stopped Trump’s attempt to dismantle DACA

Posted on June 18, 2020

Former national security advisor John Bolton in Durham, North Carolina

Politics

Trump sought China’s Xi’s help to win re-election, Bolton alleges

Posted on June 17, 2020

House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act

Politics

U.S. Republicans unveil police reforms as Democrats advance more aggressive plan

Posted on June 17, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte

In Tulsa, fears that Trump rally may worsen racial unrest, spread of coronavirus

Posted on June 17, 2020

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Philadelphia

Biden to discuss economic recovery plan in key battleground visit

Posted on June 17, 2020

President Donald Trump returns from Bedminster

Politics

Trump signs order on police reform after weeks of protests about racial injustice

Posted on June 16, 2020

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Philadelphia

Politics

Presidential candidate Biden, Democratic Party raise $81 million in May

Posted on June 15, 2020

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Cuomo to sign into effect police reforms that require more documentation of arrests

Posted on June 15, 2020

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LGBTQ community celebrates Supreme Court ruling on employment nondiscrimination cases

Posted on June 15, 2020

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De Blasio cancels day of events Monday after waking up sick

Posted on June 15, 2020

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Queens

Western Queens officials say they regret ‘loot-out’ emergency statement

Posted on June 14, 2020

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn pols push for renaming of Confederate general-inspired Fort Hamilton streets

Posted on June 14, 2020

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Who’s running? Here’s your guide to the June 23 Manhattan primary ballot

Posted on June 14, 2020

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De Blasio repeats pledge to shift NYPD funding in call with Black religious leaders

Posted on June 14, 2020

U.S. President Trump participates in roundtable discussion at Gateway Church in Dallas, Texas

Politics

Trump shifts date of Oklahoma rally to ‘respect’ emancipation holiday

Posted on June 13, 2020

the city

NYC voters wait — and wait — for absentee ballots from backlogged Board of Elections

Posted on June 12, 2020

U.S. Defense Secretary Esper and Joint Chiefs Chair Milley hold news conference at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia

Politics

After rebuke, top U.S. general says joining Trump church walk during protests was ‘mistake’

Posted on June 11, 2020

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Congress looks to take tear gas away from cops after weeks of unrest

Posted on June 10, 2020

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QNS to host virtual Queens borough president debate on Thursday, June 11

Posted on June 10, 2020

Martin Gugino lays on the ground after he was shoved by two Buffalo, New York, police officers during a protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Buffalo, New York

Politics

‘Reckless, mean, crude’: Cuomo tears into Trump over tweet about Buffalo police assault victim

Posted on June 9, 2020

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City Council weighs police reform bills while Albany passes chokehold ban

Posted on June 9, 2020

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Hundreds of current and former mayoral staffers march to Cadman Plaza, criticize de Blasio’s protest response

Posted on June 8, 2020

U.S. Congressional Democrats hold events to unveil police reform and racial injustice legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Congressional Democrats pitch sweeping bill to tackle police reform, racial justice

Posted on June 8, 2020

More from around NYC

More than 100 students from Zeta Charter Schools in the Bronx and Manhattan got a special tour of the Capitol from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Bronx, Manhattan students navigate D.C. amid fed gov closure

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Queens residents participate in breast cancer walk, ribbon dedication at Francis Lewis Park

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Police shoot and kill man allegedly involved in Canarsie domestic dispute

“Kiss of the Spider Woman," directed by Bill Condon, opens October 9 in wide release.

‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’ updates its perspective, 40 years after the original