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FILE PHOTO: Senate Democratic lunch on Capitol Hill to discuss voting rights legislation, in Washington

Politics

U.S. Democrats set voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory

Posted on January 18, 2022

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leaves the press room at Kennedy International Airport on Dec. 16, 1964. King had just arrived from Sweden after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Behind King is a spokesman, Cleveland Robinson.

Editorial | On MLK’s legacy, and democracy on the brink

Posted on January 17, 2022

FILE PHOTO: First anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol in Washington

Politics

Analysis | Biden’s 2022 pitch: target Trump acolytes, woo swing voters

Posted on January 9, 2022

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Schumer and Senator Manchin confer before addressing reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Senators meeting with Manchin on voting rights bills — Schumer

Posted on January 4, 2022

Senate Democratic Leader Reid speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

Politics

Former U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82

Posted on December 29, 2021

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QNS

Moving in stereo: Adrienne Adams, Francisco Moya both declare victory in City Council Speaker race

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole makes a point during a Memorial Day speech in Clifton

Politics

Former U.S. senator, presidential candidate Bob Dole, dies at age 98

Posted on December 5, 2021

Anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights protesters gather outside Supreme Court in Washington

Courts

U.S. Supreme Court conservatives signal support for abortion limits

Posted on December 1, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with lawmakers to promote his bipartisan infrastructure bill at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

What do AOC, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga, Batman, Julius Randle and Santa Claus have in common? They all got write-in votes for NYC mayor

Posted on December 1, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Paid family leave in spotlight as Senate weighs Biden social spending plan

Posted on November 21, 2021

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NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams makes run for governor official

U.S. President Biden signs the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act”, in Washington

Business

‘Infrastructure Week’ is here at last: Biden inks $1 trillion bipartisan building bill

Posted on November 15, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse in a supermarket while wearing masks in St Louis

Politics

‘It’s the pandemic, stupid!’ Biden advisers blame COVID-19 for inflation woes

Posted on November 14, 2021

Biden holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington

Politics

Biden plans big bipartisan bill signing; Republican backers face threats

Posted on November 13, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the October jobs report at the White House

Business

Analysis | With infrastructure vote, Congress gives Biden long-needed jolt of good news

Posted on November 6, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

ELECTION NIGHT RECAP: Dems win big across the borough, some southern Brooklyn races too close to call

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Bronx

ELECTION RESULTS: Big night for Adams, Lander, Williams; Dems sweep Manhattan races

Posted on November 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden delivers update on administration’s coronavirus response from the White House in Washington

Politics

Democrats debate if ‘billionaires tax’ can pay for Biden’s sweeping agenda

Posted on October 27, 2021

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Democrats ‘pretty much there’ on U.S. social spending bill: Pelosi

Posted on October 24, 2021

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Democrats narrow differences on Biden’s agenda, mull billionaire tax

Posted on October 23, 2021

A polling site on special election day in Far Rockaway, Queens on Feb. 23. (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann)

TIME TO VOTE: Here’s who’s on the Manhattan ballot in the Nov. 2 citywide general election

Posted on October 19, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz faces news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington

Politics

U.S. Treasury hobbled by Cruz’s nomination holds, officials say

Posted on October 11, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House

Politics

Biden says Republican stonewalling on debt ceiling risks U.S. default

Posted on October 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters after meeting with Democratic lawmakers to promote his bipartisan infrastructure bill at U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Democrats will be ‘disappointed’ as party pares agenda: White House

Posted on October 3, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators rally in front of the Supreme court before oral arguments on Benisek v. Lamone in Washington

As redistricting gets under way, Democrats’ prospects looking brighter

Posted on October 2, 2021

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City

Politics

Analysis | Debt ceiling worries start to rattle Wall Street

Posted on September 30, 2021

The U.S. Capitol seen through a skylight window at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington

Politics

Congress seeks to ward off government shutdown as Biden agenda at risk

Posted on September 30, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington

Politics

Senate Republicans, Democratic divisions put U.S. on the brink of government shutdown

Posted on September 29, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on Capitol Hill

Business

Senate Republicans set to block debt-limit hike again, steering country toward default

Posted on September 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Pelosi holds her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

Pelosi says U.S. infrastructure bill will pass, eyes smaller social spending bill

Posted on September 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building

Politics

What are Congress’ options for funding the government and raising the debt limit?

Posted on September 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building

Business

Bill to hike debt limit could get U.S. Senate vote next week, Durbin says

Posted on September 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A U.S. flag flies outside of the Capitol dome in Washington

Business

Senior House Democrats concede likely scale-back of $3.5 trillion Biden spending bill

Posted on September 19, 2021

The skyline of lower Manhattan is seen before sunrise in New York

Politics

U.S. House Democrats seek corporate tax increase to 26.5 percent

Posted on September 13, 2021

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A family’s stimulus check from the U.S. Treasury for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) aid arrived in the mail in Milton

Business

U.S. Congress stuck between a rock and a hard place on raising debt limit

Posted on September 7, 2021

U.S. House Committee investigating the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol holds first hearing in Washington

Politics

Republican Liz Cheney named as vice chair of U.S. House panel investigating Jan. 6 attack

Posted on September 2, 2021

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi arrives for a House Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Politics

After setback, U.S. House Democrats near deal on Biden agenda

Posted on August 24, 2021

FILE PHOTO: March to the polls on election day in Graham, North Carolina

Politics

House Democrats tee up second voting rights measure

Posted on August 17, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken attends a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington

Politics

Illinois’ Kinzinger is second Republican named to House panel investigating Capitol attack

Posted on July 25, 2021

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on Capitol Hill

Politics

The ‘nays’ have it: Republicans nix U.S. infrastructure debate, could resume next week

Posted on July 21, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on actions to protect voting rights in a speech in Philadelphia

Politics

Biden pushes for voting rights law amid Republican opposition

Posted on July 13, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks following a bipartisan meeting with U.S. senators about the proposed framework for the infrastructure bill

Politics

Biden gives green light to bipartisan infrastructure plan

Posted on June 24, 2021

U.S. Vice President Harris holds an event on voting rights in Washington

Democrats vow ‘long march’ toward voting rights reforms

Posted on June 23, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Biden delivers update on administration’s coronavirus response from the White House in Washington

Politics

Senators haggle over funding of $1 trillion infrastructure compromise

Posted on June 20, 2021

FILE PHOTO: First day of early voting for the New York Primary election, in New York

Politics

Factbox: What are Democrats considering including in a voting rights bill?

Posted on June 18, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington

Health

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Republican challenge to Obamacare law

Posted on June 17, 2021

U.S. first lady Jill Biden vistis in Charleston

Politics

Manchin to oppose voting rights bill pushed by Senate colleagues

Posted on June 6, 2021

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is stormed by a pro-Trump mob on January 6, 2021

Politics

U.S. Senate argues over Capitol riot probe in marathon session

Posted on May 28, 2021

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