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In the 12th Congressional District , which includes the east side of Manhattan and northern Brooklyn, Carolyn Maloney , 72, who has held the seat since 1993, is defending it against the well-financed Suraj Patel , a 34-year-old hotel executive. Mr. Patel has amassed $1.2 million - more than Ms.
President Donald Trump is not on the ballot, but he has invested time, energy and political capital in a slate of primary contests across America that will again test his clout within his own party. Voters weigh in on candidates in seven states Tuesday, but the contest that matters most to Trump is South Carolina, where he appeared at a rally to help Gov. Henry McMaster hours before polls opened.
When the obituary for the Republican Party is written, the year 1980 will be cited as the beginning of the end. Reaganism was in full flower, but the big tent was already folding.
Donald Trump greets a crowd, including many younger supporters, after delivering his acceptance speech at the New York Hilton Midtown on election night 2016. Many younger voters have left the GOP since Trump took office.
Today would have been marriage equality pioneer Edie Windsor's 89th birthday - and it's Edie Windsor Day in New York State, as proclaimed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. "Edie was an iconic New Yorker who shaped history and taught us that love always wins," Cuomo said in a press release.
These days, saying that another corruption trial involving a senior New York Democrat is underway has become something of a dog-bites-man story. Still, it's worth pausing to note that former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros was arraigned in federal court in Manhattan on Friday and his trial is getting underway.
'Promise me you'll never raise your hand against my daughter': Thomas Markle reveals his warning to Prince Harry when he asked to marry Meghan as he gives his first ever TV interview 'F*** you Melanie, you feckless piece of s***': Kathy Griffin goes on a shocking tirade against the First Lady and asks her to stop her husband from separating immigrant families Are YOU at risk of developing a shock blood clot from flying? Travel-related thrombosis can strike healthy adults months after a flight - so here are the warning signs to watch out for Get ready to sweat! People are warned to stay indoors and schools close early as extreme heat warnings are issued across the East Coast and Midwest - with New York getting its hottest day since 1929 Former First Lady Laura Bush says Trump's policy of separating families 'breaks her heart' and compares it to the Second World War internment of ... (more)
'Promise me you'll never raise your hand against my daughter': Thomas Markle reveals his warning to Prince Harry when he asked to marry Meghan as he gives his first ever TV interview 'F*** you Melanie, you feckless piece of s***': Kathy Griffin goes on a shocking tirade against the First Lady and asks her to stop her husband from separating immigrant families Are YOU at risk of developing a shock blood clot from flying? Travel-related thrombosis can strike healthy adults months after a flight - so here are the warning signs to watch out for Get ready to sweat! People are warned to stay indoors and schools close early as extreme heat warnings are issued across the East Coast and Midwest - with New York getting its hottest day since 1929 Former First Lady Laura Bush says Trump's policy of separating families 'breaks her heart' and compares it to the Second World War internment of ... (more)
The comedian Roseanne Barr resurrected one of the oldest and most profoundly racist slanders in American history when she referred to Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, as the offspring of an ape. This depiction - promoted by slave traders, historians and practitioners of "scientific" racism - was used to justify slavery, lynching and the creation of the Jim Crow state.
Democratic members of Congress from New Jersey and New York on Sunday met with immigration detainees separated from children at the southwest border who are now being held at a New Jersey immigration facility. During a news conference afterward, the representatives said they met with five men at the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility, four of whom were brought to New Jersey from the U.S.-Mexico border.
After a growing furor among Uber drivers in New York City in 2016 over plunging incomes, Uber relented and made a rare concession: It agreed to recognize a local driver group. The group, the Independent Drivers Guild, was not quite a union, but it would meet regularly with Uber management and advocate for drivers .
New York 's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a court to shut down President Trump 's charitable foundation, accusing him of abusing the foundation to enrich himself and help his political campaign. Barbara Underwood brought the lawsuit in state court in New York against the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Mr. Trump , and his children Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. She said the foundation, created in the 1980s, hasn't held a board meeting since 1999, leaving Mr. Trump to run it "according to his whim."
New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon unveiled Wednesday an ambitious and expensive education plan packed with spending on programs long desired by progressives, including free college tuition for illegal immigrants. The platform , which bears the pithy hashtag slogan #SchoolsNotJails, calls for spending $7.37 billion on a wide range of K-12 and higher education initiatives.
In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Clarke Tucker talks to supporters after winning the District 2 U.S. House Democratic primary at Cotham's in the City in Little Rock. Weeks into the primary season, with five more states voting today, Democrats are shaping up to test what liberal messages the party can sell to the moderate and GOP-leaning voters who will help determine control of the House after the November midterm election.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined the chorus of New York officials calling for the release of an Ecuadorian native detained while delivering pizza at a Brooklyn Army base after his impending deportation was halted, at least for now, by a federal judge. In this undated family photo provided by Sandra Chica, Pablo Villavicencio poses with his two daughters, Luciana, left, and Antonia.
'He is the last person I ever dreamed would do this': Anthony Bourdain's grief-stricken mother shares her shock over his suicide, but says he was in a 'dark mood' in the days before his death 'I'm going on a mission of peace': Optimistic Trump jets out of the G7 summit early for historic summit with Kim Jong-un, and says the Korean leader has 'one shot' to show he's serious 'The G8 is a more meaningful group than the G7': Trump repeats his controversial calls for Russia to be allowed back into the international fold and says may not have 'let Putin take Crimea' like Obama did' French restaurant where celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dined on sausage and pork knuckle shortly before he took his own life becomes a pilgrimage site for his fans 'He gave everything to his work and then had nothing left for himself': Friends say Anthony Bourdain's grueling and lonely globe-trotting work schedule ... (more)
Kate Spade's widower Andy Spade leaves his apartment wearing a children's MOUSE mask as medical examiner determines her official cause of death as suicide by hanging 'Our sweet Oakleigh Klover was born this morning and now is safely in heaven': Devastated country singer Walker Hayes reveals his newborn died after birth 'He needs to bring his toothbrush to court': Former US attorney says Paul Manafort will go to prison TOMORROW for witness tampering US diplomats in China are finally sent HOME weeks after being hit by mystery illness resembling a brain injury that other officials already suffered in Cuba 'I know it was a miracle God touched Kim Kardashian's heart': Alice Johnson speaks after being freed from prison and thanks Trump for his 'mercy' as the president wishes her a 'wonderful life' on Twitter 'WWIII could end civilisation' warns Putin as he uses annual TV phone in with Russian ... (more)
Kate Spade's widower Andy Spade leaves his apartment wearing a children's MOUSE mask as medical examiner determines her official cause of death as suicide by hanging 'Our sweet Oakleigh Klover was born this morning and now is safely in heaven': Devastated country singer Walker Hayes reveals his newborn died after birth 'He needs to bring his toothbrush to court': Former US attorney says Paul Manafort will go to prison TOMORROW for witness tampering US diplomats in China are finally sent HOME weeks after being hit by mystery illness resembling a brain injury that other officials already suffered in Cuba 'I know it was a miracle God touched Kim Kardashian's heart': Alice Johnson speaks after being freed from prison and thanks Trump for his 'mercy' as the president wishes her a 'wonderful life' on Twitter 'WWIII could end civilisation' warns Putin as he uses annual TV phone in with Russian ... (more)
He's looking to fill a seat left vacant by Eric Schneiderman, who abruptly resigned last month after he was accused of abusing women he dated. Maloney, who was first elected in 2012, said he sees the race for the open attorney general seat as an opportunity he could not pass up - despite a crowded Democratic field of three women running for the party's nomination.
In this Monday, May 21, 2018, photo, former President Bill Clinton listens during an interview about a novel he wrote with James Patterson, "The President is Missing," in New York. In this Monday, May 21, 2018, photo, former President Bill Clinton listens during an interview about a novel he wrote with James Patterson, "The President is Missing," in New York.