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Elizabeth Warren joins city councilmembers on Zoom to push for essential workers ‘bill of rights’

Posted on May 7, 2020

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New York nurses seek ‘seat at the table’ deciding future health care policies

Posted on May 7, 2020

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U.S. Supreme Court overturns New Jersey ‘Bridgegate’ scandal convictions

Posted on May 7, 2020

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Mayor announces more sector advisory councils to help reopening and recovery from COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on May 6, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.,

Judge’s ruling reinstates New York’s Democratic presidential primary for June 23

Posted on May 5, 2020

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington

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Biden says alleged 1993 sexual assault ‘never happened’

Posted on May 1, 2020

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) participates in a Census Town Hall at the Louis Armstrong Middle School in Queens, New York City

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez want to stop many company mergers during coronavirus pandemic

Posted on April 29, 2020

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Vice-President Joe Biden campaign together during an event in Scranton, Pennsylvania

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Hillary Clinton endorses Joe Biden’s presidential bid

Posted on April 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington

‘It’s not about you’: Democrats bet Trump coronavirus response a 2020 winner for Biden

Posted on April 28, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A Vote sign directs voters to an early polling station for the March 3 Super Tuesday primary in Santa Ana California

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June Democratic presidential primary cancelled by New York BOE due to COVID-19

Posted on April 27, 2020

Food distribution for needy residents in Brooklyn during outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

Cuomo slams ‘taker’ McConnell’s ‘blue state bailout’ remark as un-American

Posted on April 24, 2020

The U.S. Capitol building is seen ahead of vote on coronavirus relief bill in Washington

On ‘very, very sad day,’ U.S. House to pass coronavirus aid as unemployment soars

Posted on April 23, 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

New York to receive $4.3 billion in funding to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on April 22, 2020

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State assembly member calls to freeze rent, support landlords with emergency funds

Posted on April 22, 2020

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With coronavirus numbers slowing, Cuomo announces plan to resume elective surgeries

Posted on April 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington

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Biden raises over three times as much money as Trump in March

Posted on April 21, 2020

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Trump calls for cash injection for ailing U.S. drilling industry

Posted on April 21, 2020

Healthcare workers walk outside NYU Langone Medical Center after people came to cheer and thank them during outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

U.S. coronavirus response deepens divide as Trump suspends immigration

Posted on April 21, 2020

‘If we are going to call ourselves a sanctuary city we have to wear the pants and protect immigrants’: Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz defends undocumented workers

Posted on April 20, 2020

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Mayor de Blasio calls on feds to supply city with more PPE

Posted on April 20, 2020

Medical workers respond at Maimonides Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York

‘There is no time for politics’: Cuomo says partisanship will make COVID-19 pandemic even worse in America

Posted on April 18, 2020

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a campaign rally at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California.

AOC, New York delegates protest immigration court proceedings in letter to DOJ

Posted on April 17, 2020

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Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act will address community’s urgent needs: Gillibrand

Posted on April 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidates Biden and Warren pose together in Westerville

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Warren says she would accept an offer to be Biden’s running mate

Posted on April 16, 2020

FILE PHOTO: New York governor Andrew Cuomo speaks as the USNS Comfort pulls into a berth in Manhattan during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 30, 2020. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo)

New York taps McKinsey to develop ‘Trump-proof’ economic reopening plan

Posted on April 16, 2020

U.S. President Trump leads daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington

Trump to push for reopening U.S. as millions more seek unemployment aid

Posted on April 16, 2020

Nearly deserted Wall Street and steps of Federal Hall in lower Manhattan during outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York

Getting back to business, City Council will hold first-ever remote meeting next week

Posted on April 15, 2020

Speaker of the House Pelosi speaks during a news conference, following a Senate vote on the coronavirus relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington

House Speaker Pelosi calls Trump WHO decision senseless, dangerous

Posted on April 15, 2020

Senator Elizabeth Warren talks to reporters after telling her staff she is withdrawing from 2020 U.S. presidential race outside her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Biden earns backing from Warren, swing-state Democrats in show of unity against Trump

Posted on April 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Combo file picture shows Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and Russian born businessman Igor Fruman

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Trial for Giuliani associates Parnas, Fruman pushed back to February 2021

Posted on April 15, 2020

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during a campaign rally at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California.

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Democrat Ocasio-Cortez plans to back Biden but wants to see tougher stances

Posted on April 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 11th Democratic candidates debate of the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign in Washington

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Biden wants a woman to be his running mate. Here are some names under consideration

Posted on April 15, 2020

Biden interjects as Obama delivers remarks at a reception for the 25th anniversary of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics at the White House in Washington

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Obama endorses Democrat Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign

Posted on April 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: New York governor Andrew Cuomo speaks as the USNS Comfort pulls into a berth in Manhattan during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 30, 2020. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo)

Cuomo says if Trump ordered New York to reopen, he ‘wouldn’t do it’

Posted on April 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.,

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Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Biden for Democratic presidential nomination

Posted on April 13, 2020

FILE PHOTO: The building of the U.S. Supreme Court is pictured in Washington

U.S. Supreme Court to hear cases by teleconference including major one involving Trump

Posted on April 13, 2020

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‘It’s a very scary time in our house’: Queens councilman says his wife is hospitalized with COVID-19

Posted on April 10, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump kisses Ivanka Trump as Donald Trump Jr. watches during a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire

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Trump family loses bid to move marketing scam lawsuit to arbitration

Posted on April 9, 2020

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New legislation aims to cancel student debt for healthcare workers on the front line of COVID-19

Posted on April 9, 2020

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Here’s how you can cast your absentee ballot in New York City

Posted on April 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks about coronavirus in Burlington

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Bernie Sanders suspends 2020 Democratic campaign: statement

Posted on April 8, 2020

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron before a meeting on Brexit at the Elysee Palace in Paris

UK PM Johnson ‘stable’ in intensive care, needed oxygen after COVID-19 worsened

Posted on April 7, 2020

U.S. President Trump leads daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington

Trump removes inspector general overseeing $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief: Politico

Posted on April 7, 2020

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro listens to a news conference outside of the West Wing of the White House

White House, experts clash over use of drug for coronavirus

Posted on April 6, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Intelligence Community Inspector General Atkinson arrives to testify at a House Intelligence Committee closed-door hearing on a whistleblower complaint about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington

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Trump fires intelligence official involved in his impeachment probe

Posted on April 4, 2020

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New York budget bill includes criminal justice reform roll-backs, hate crimes become ‘domestic terrorism’

Posted on April 3, 2020

Union members, elected officials call for White House to mandate PPE production

Posted on April 3, 2020

U.S. President Trump leads daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House in Washington

Amid confusion, U.S. small business bailout program off to rocky start

Posted on April 3, 2020

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