Albany, Mayor Zohran Mamdani testified before state lawmakers Wednesday, urging a 2% personal income tax increase on New Yorkers earning over $1 million and requesting greater state funding to address a roughly $12–12.6 billion city budget shortfall. He reiterated proposals for free bus service and expanded childcare, citing estimated bus...
Atlanta — The FBI executed a Jan. 28 search warrant at Fulton County election offices, seizing more than 650 boxes of 2020 ballots and related materials after an affidavit cited allegations of electoral impropriety. The affidavit, unsealed Tuesday this week, says the probe began with a referral from Kurt Olsen,...
Washington Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington this week to press President Donald Trump to take a tougher line in nuclear talks with Iran, focusing on ballistic missiles and regional proxies also. Netanyahu met Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and held a White House meeting...
TRENTON, N.J. — Former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded Tuesday to Analilia Mejia in the Democratic special primary to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Mikie Sherrill. Mejia, a progressive activist and former Sanders director, overtook Malinowski by a narrow, widening margin as mail-in ballots were counted. The Associated Press...
PORTLAND, Maine. Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced her bid for reelection on Tuesday, releasing a brief video in which she unboxed a New Balance sneaker and declared she is running. Collins, 73, seeks a sixth Senate term and chairs the Appropriations Committee. Democrats, including Gov. Janet Mills and Graham Platner,...
Washington. The House Homeland Security Committee held a three-hour oversight hearing Tuesday to question leaders of ICE, CBP and USCIS after two Americans were killed in Minneapolis last month. Chairman Rep. Andrew Garbarino urged thorough investigations while Democrats demanded reforms and warned of DHS politicization. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons...
Washington On Tuesday earlier this week the heads of U.S. immigration agencies testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security about enforcement operations in American cities following the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis. Acting ICE director Todd Lyons, CBP chief Rodney Scott and USCIS director Joseph Edlow answered...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bar the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor from opening until the United States receives compensation and “fairness and respect” from Canada. Trump posted the demand on Truth Social, cited Canadian ownership of the bridge, complaints about Canadian tariffs...
Washington Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged this week that he met Jeffrey Epstein twice after Epstein’s 2008 conviction and took a 2012 lunch on Epstein’s private island, reversing past statements that he cut ties in 2005. The Justice Department released documents in January that included emails and travel plans; Lutnick...
United States — State lawmakers and citizen campaigns across multiple states proposed or advanced measures this winter to reduce or eliminate property taxes. Legislatures in Georgia and Florida moved bills to expand homestead exemptions and phase out assessments, local councils adjusted budgets in response, and an Ohio petition drive seeks...
