Politics

UNITED STATES -November 28: Mayor Eric Adams sits next to chief advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin during his week off topic press conference at City Hall Blue Room, Tuesday November 28, 2023. During the press conference Adams discussed recent budget cuts, the migrants crisis and recent raids by the FBI to persons connected to his mayoral campaign and a sexual assault allegations. (Photo by Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images)

New York City 9 hours ago

After startling exit, Adams' former chief adviser expected to face bribery-related charges: Sources

Mayor Eric Adams former chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, is expected to face bribery-related charges Thursday by the Manhattan District Attorney, sources familiar with the matter said. Lewis-Martin...

Congress 4 hours ago

Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
Health 11 hours ago

As health secretary, RFK Jr. could hold enormous influence over childhood vaccines

TikTok 12 hours ago

Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments over potential TikTok ban

The Supreme Court will hear arguments next month over the constitutionality of the federal law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell it.
Congress 13 hours ago

House Ethics Committee to release report on its Matt Gaetz investigation

The committee’s yearslong investigation included looking into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use against Gaetz.
Trump Administration Dec 17

Trump chooses Herschel Walker as US ambassador to Bahamas

Herschel Walker, the football legend who unsuccessfully ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be ambassador to the Bahamas.
Joe Biden Dec 17

Biden says he supports a congressional stock trading ban

In an interview, Biden weighed in on the issue, which has come under increasing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

Congress Dec 17

Congress unveils funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid

The stopgap measure will prevent a partial government shutdown set to begin after midnight Friday.
Trump Administration Dec 17

Canada's Trudeau faces biggest test yet as finance minister resigns

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing the biggest test of his political career following the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers.
Eric Adams Dec 16

Adams' campaign denied over $4 million in matching funds over violation concerns

The New York City Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a key public campaign matching program, announced Monday that Mayor Eric Adams will not receive over $4 million in matching funds his campaign requested
news Dec 17

Trump loses bid to toss New York hush money conviction on immunity claim

President-elect Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
Donald Trump Dec 17

Trump meets with TikTok CEO as company asks Supreme Court to block ban on app

President-elect Donald Trump told reporters, “I have a warm spot in my heart for TikTok.”
Democratic Party Dec 16

March For Our Lives founder David Hogg launches bid for DNC leadership

Hogg and classmates founded the gun safety group March For Our Lives, which now boasts of having helped pass more than 250 gun safety laws.
Biden Administration Dec 16

Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary

Biden signed a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to serve in a presidential Cabinet
Biden Administration Dec 15

Sen. Bernie Sanders says Biden should ‘very seriously' consider pre-emptive pardons

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday described President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to jail members of the House Jan. 6 Committee as “an outrageous statement” and said President Joe Biden should consider pre-emptive pardons for committee members.
politics Dec 15

Senate plans to vote on bill that would increase Social Security benefits for some pensioners

People who receive income from public pensions may have their Social Security benefits reduced. The Senate may soon vote to eliminate those rules.
Donald Trump Dec 16

Majority of Americans are ready to support Trump and large parts of his agenda, says CNBC survey

CNBC All-America Economic Survey also finds the public flashing yellow and red warning lights on parts of the Trump agenda.
Donald Trump Dec 14

ABC to pay $15 million legal settlement in Trump defamation case

ABC will pay $15 million as part of a legal settlement with President-elect Donald Trump, closing out a dispute that centered on an interview in which Trump alleged anchor George Stephanopoulos defamed him.
Donald Trump Dec 14

Trump attends the Army-Navy game alongside key allies, nominees and Daniel Penny

President-elect Donald Trump was huddling with allies and a Republican cause célèbre at Saturday’s Army-Navy football game, taking in one of the most storied rivalries in college sports while spotlighting his emerging national security team.
Biden Administration Dec 13

A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden's clemency list

Roughly 1,540 people had their sentences commuted or were pardoned by President Joe Biden on Thursday in what was the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.