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The publisher of a collection of devotionals that Hillary Clinton's pastor sent to her during her presidential campaign pulled the book on Tuesday after finding instances of plagiarism. The United Methodist Publishing House, owners of Abingdon Press, said the book "Strong for a Moment Like This: The Daily Devotions of Hillary Rodham Clinton" would be withdrawn and destroyed.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ready to sue President Trump if the DACA decision goes in a direction he and his attorney general don't like. Cuomo, along with Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, said in a statement Monday that should Trump go through with this "cruel" decision to end DACA, it would devastate tens of thousands of New Yorkers.
Will Bunch has worked at the Daily News for 20-plus years and is now senior writer. Since 2005, he's written the uber-opinionated, fair-but-dangerously unbalanced opinion blog "Attytood," covering a range of topics ; it's been named best blog in the state by the Associated Press Managing Editors and best blog in the city by Philadelphia Magazine.
The Consulate-General of Russia in San Francisco, as seen on Aug. 10. The United States is retaliating against Russia by forcing the closure of its consulate in San Francisco and scaling back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York. WASHINGTON>> In an escalating tit-for-tat, the United States forced Russia today to shutter its consulate in San Francisco and scale back its diplomatic presence in Washington and New York, as relations between the two former Cold War foes continued to unravel.
President Donald Trump became a household name for his catchphrase "you're fired." And in one way or another since taking office, he's seen a number of his top employees resign or removed.
President Trump gives a thumbs up to a crowd of supporters at the Phoenix Convention Center during a rally last week. If you picked up a print copy of The New York Times Friday you may have noticed something unusual about it - something missing.
It may sound like a Broadway musical, but New York State voters this November get to decide whether to stage a "Con Con" that could have a much greater impact. The State Constitution requires voters be asked every 20 years if they want to hold a convention and they usually do not.
On Aug. 23, 1927, amid worldwide protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. In 1775, Britain's King George III proclaimed the American colonies to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion."
Arthur J. Finkelstein, a longtime GOP pollster and strategist credited with helping elect Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, has died at age 72 of lung cancer, his family says. Finkelstein, considered less flamboyant but arguably more influential than better known Republican strategists, such as Lee Atwater and Roger Ailes, is widely regarded as the man responsible for turning the word "liberal" into a pejorative to be wielded against Democrats.
Trump now APPLAUDS 40,000 protesters for 'speaking out against hate' after first condemning 'anti-police agitators' among huge anti-fascist crowd that took on 'free speech' activists in Boston Husband, 42, is stabbed to death in front of his wife by a stranger after argument in rapidly-gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood How Jewish convert Ivanka got 'Bannon the Barbarian' to go: Donald Trump's daughter 'helped to force out' aide blamed over President's failure to condemn neo-Nazi rally USS Indianapolis is found after 72 years on the sea bed: Wreck of ship that delivered Hiroshima A-bomb components before being sunk by the Japanese - with loss of 879 lives - is discovered by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen After the Flame: Rio 2016's decaying legacy as millions are spent to 'preserve' decrepit stadiums while hero athletes remain unpaid and the city itself is BANKRUPT J-Lo's Shades of Blue ... (more)
Trump applauds FIFTEEN THOUSAND protesters for 'speaking out against bigotry and hate' after massive anti-fascist crowd gathered to totally outnumber a handful of 'free speech' activists in Boston Husband, 42, is stabbed to death in front of his wife by a stranger after an argument in rapidly-gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood After the Flame: Rio 2016's decaying legacy as millions are spent to 'preserve' decrepit stadiums while hero athletes remain unpaid and the city itself is BANKRUPT The USS Indianapolis is found after 72 years on the sea bed: Wreck of ship that was sunk by a Japanese submarine with the loss of 879 lives discovered by Microsoft billionaire 'Heather Heyer was a fat, disgusting Communist': Unite the Right rally organizer tweets vile insult about slain Charlottesville protester - but claims he was hacked Trump pulls out of the Kennedy Center honors after stars boycott: ... (more)
In this photo taken Aug. 15, 2017, President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. President Donald Trump's response to white supremacist violence in Virginia has left Democrats in a quandary.
White nationalist Richard Spencer reacted to the US president's belated condemnation of white supremacist groups, claiming the remarks were "not terribly different" from earlier ones that drew criticism for failing to condemn hate groups. President Donald Trump walks out of the elevator to speak in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 in New York.
Thousands of protesters gathered outside of Trump Tower Monday night as the president returned to his New York City skyscrapper for the first time since he took office in January. Protesters on Fifth Ave. in New York City shouted "Shame! Shame! Shame!" as President Donald Trump returned to Trump Tower Monday night for the first time since he took office in January.
From left, Gilbert A. King, author of "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America"; Ira M. Feinberg of Hogan Lovells; and Georgetown University Law Professors Susan Bloch and Sheryll Cashin, speak at "The Legacy of Justice Thurgood Marshall: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of His Historic Appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court," on Friday at the ABA Annual meeting in New York City./Photo by Len Irish On the cusp of the 50th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall's confirmation as the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice, three of his former law clerks gathered to speak about his legacy.
If Cuomo runs for president, he already has opposition A national GOP group is already trying to derail Gov. Andrew Cuomo's presidential ambitions, if there are any. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2u0lGjc New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act and against the Senate replacement bill, Monday, July 17, 2017, in New York.
Following a tense standoff between Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito over whether undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes should receive taxpayer-funded legal services, the pair announced Monday that private donors would provide funding for those services instead. In June, Mark-Viverito inserted language into the city budget mandating that the $26 million plan to offer legal services to undocumented immigrants facing deportation include individuals convicted of one of 170 crimes that the city exempts from its "sanctuary city" protections.