Four New Yorkers sued in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Monday, alleging New York’s congressional map dilutes Black and Latino votes in the 11th District spanning Staten Island and southern Brooklyn. The complaint, filed by Elias Law Group, cites a rise in Staten Island’s Black and Latino population from...
As the shutdown grinds on, Rep. Kevin Kiley keeps reporting to his Capitol Hill office, bucking Speaker Mike Johnson’s move to send most House members home. The California Republican criticizes the recess, citing stalled committees, flight delays, and lost food assistance as costs to the public. He rejects Johnson’s claim...
With paychecks halted for about 1.4 million federal employees, confusion deepened over retroactive pay as a draft White House budget memo cast doubt on guarantees. The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 says furloughed and “excepted” workers will receive full back pay at the earliest possible date after the...
Amid mounting scrutiny of Prince Andrew’s ‘peppercorn’ rent at Windsor’s Royal Lodge and focus on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, homes are being considered. Buckingham Palace has not commented, but BBC News understands Frogmore Cottage and Adelaide Cottage were suggested to Andrew and Sarah Ferguson months ago; the Sun says...
The head of the largest federal workers’ union urged Congress to pass a clean continuing resolution and end the shutdown, demanding every employee return with full back pay. As Senate Republicans failed to move a clean short-term bill amid Democratic insistence on extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, President Donald Trump,...
Speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Japan on Monday, President Donald Trump again refused to rule out a 2028 bid that would seek a third term, despite the 22nd Amendment’s two-election limit. He said he has his best poll numbers ever, hasn't considered a court fight,...
Democrats entered a fourth week of the government shutdown united behind a strategy to withhold votes unless health care demands are met, even as a cutoff of SNAP food aid for roughly 42 million looms on November 1. Party leaders criticized President Donald Trump for not negotiating and traveling abroad,...
Donald Trump again raised the idea of a 2028 run despite the 22nd Amendment’s two-term limit, brandishing “Trump 2028” merch as Steve Bannon touts a plan to keep him in office. He told reporters, “Am I not ruling it out, you will have to tell me.” One floated theory puts...
The Supreme Court’s “major questions doctrine”—used to block parts of President Biden’s climate, Covid-19, and student-debt initiatives—faces a pivotal test next week as justices hear arguments over President Trump’s tariffs program. The doctrine demands clear, direct congressional authorization for sweeping economic actions. The 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act lacks...
President Trump said he underwent an M.R.I. earlier this month, calling the results “perfect” but refusing to explain why it was ordered, and inaccurately claiming his doctor had released full results. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Tokyo from Kuala Lumpur during his Asia trip, he...
