We’re signing off a bit early today in anticipation of the three-day weekend, though the show will go on tonight at 7 p.m., as usual. There will be no Sunday headline wrap, and no blog posting or show on Monday. We will return to our regularly scheduled programming Tuesday morning. Bright and early. Enjoy.
The U.S. will bolster its military presence in the Middle East with an additional 1,500 troops, President Donald Trump said amid heightened tensions with Iran.
The Trump administration proposed revoking Obama-era discrimination protections for transgender people in health care on Friday, a move LGBT groups fear will result in some Americans being denied needed medical treatment.
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation as the Conservative Party leader this morning officially started the high-stakes race to replace her, with multiple candidates expected to launch their bids.
Rudy Giuliani initially refused to apologize for sending an altered video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi out to his 317,000 Twitter followers, saying he “didn’t know” it was doctored and had “no reason to believe” it was because it “looked like enough of an extension of the way she communicates anyway.”
Giuliani later sent out what appeared to be an attempted apology on Twitter, but the tweet was garbled to the point of incoherence.
Pelosi’s daughter reacted to the video that made it appear as if her mother was intoxicated by stating that, actually, the House speaker does not drink.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee all but secured a spot on the Democratic presidential debate stage next month, after collecting the 65,000th individual donor of his campaign.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler was taken to a hospital for an evaluation Friday after he appeared to swoon during a news conference in New York City. He later tweeted that he was fine, merely overheated and dehydrated.
Missouri’s Republican Gov. Michael L. Parson signed legislation banning abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy with an exception for medical emergencies but not for rape or incest.
Corporate America is calling on Congress to pass big climate policy in the most aggressive and united way since 2009.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation barring the construction of new trash incinerators in the Finger Lakes region.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that the new speed camera program will go into effect on July 11, with about 40 cameras installed every month through the end of the year.
De Blasio defended the use of taxpayer funds to cover the costs of his NYPD security detail while traveling for his long-shot presidential bid
Kensington Palace said that 4-year-old Princess Charlotte will join her brother Prince George at Thomas’s Battersea School in London in September.
Airbnb turned over partially redacted data of 17,500 listings — as part of a deal in the company’s long-simmering legal battle against NYC, according to court documents.
Legislation is making its way through the Capitol that would empower state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to directly audit private organizations controlled by local government entities.
The state AG’s office is investigating the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a state trooper on Interstate 84 in the Orange County town of Montgomery.
The alleged serial NYC subway staller possibly responsible for delaying some 750 delays by pulling trains’ emergency brakes told cops he loves to cause chaos and ruin New Yorkers’ commutes, law enforcement sources said.
Cuomo will soon be getting a formal thank-you from St. Lawrence County legislators expressing their appreciation for his decision not to close any of the county’s three state prisons open.
A national report finds that New York state’s ethics panel is among the worst in the nation. Reform groups say that’s not news to them and have called for an overhaul of the commission.
Oprah Winfrey’s longtime partner Stedman Graham explained why she’s not running for president.