Rep. Justin Amash, an iconoclastic Republican of Michigan who has considered a run against President Trump in 2020, became the first member of his party serving in Congress to publicly suggest that the president’s conduct had reached the “threshold of impeachment.”
Trump responded by calling Amash a “total lightweight” who is causing controversy solely for “the sake of getting his name out there.”
The Trump administration has warned Congress that the flow of unaccompanied migrant children at the southern border has increased even further than it anticipated just a few weeks ago and may require an additional $1.4 billion to provide housing and care.
Well-wired Democrats say the massive 2020 primary field means that the nominee may still be unclear when Democrats head to Milwaukee for their mid-July convention.
Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger was attacked on Saturday by a man who kicked him in the back at a sports event in South Africa that the action hero was hosting.
Responding to a series of highly restrictive abortion laws aimed at overturning Roe v. Wade, several Democratic presidential candidates have called on Congress to codify abortion rights, signaling a newly aggressive approach in a debate whose terms have long been set by conservatives.
The series of abortion restrictions recently passed by states may appear to present a united front and a coordinated political campaign. Instead they reflect a sustained effort by a network of disparate activists, each with their own strategy honed over decades of work.
Washington Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal told reporters “you can’t say you’re a Democrat…if you’re against abortion.” Jayapal, who co-chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, reportedly called for “strong primary challenges” against candidates who weren’t as bold on that issue.
Boeing has reportedly admitted for the first time that there was a flaw in its 737 MAX flight simulators.
Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the president “is doing the right thing” by ignoring congressional subpoenas.
Commencement speaker and billionaire Robert F. Smith announced he will donate an estimated $40 million to pay off the student debt for the 400 students graduating at the historically black, all-male Morehouse College.
Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog.
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic 2020 contender, said that she would end the detention of immigrants if elected to the White House.
Steve Wynn, the billionaire former casino mogul who resigned as chairman of Wynn Resorts and as finance chairman of the RNC last year after The Wall Street Journal revealed allegations of sexual assault and harassment spanning decades, has recently donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the committee.
Porn actress Stormy Daniels has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit that accused her former lawyer of colluding with Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to have her deny having an affair with Trump.
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani says “no one really respects” ex-FBI director James Comey “or wants to hear from him.”
Crooked college consultant William “Rick” Singer reportedly advised some of his rich white clients to pretend their kids were “minorities” in order to gain entry to elite universities.
Former Vice President Joe Biden returned to Pennsylvania, the state of his birth, on Saturday to deliver a forceful call for national unity, looking past the Democratic presidential primary to directly appeal to the voters who helped power Trump’s victory in this state and across the country in 2016.
Trump has requested the immediate preparation of paperwork needed to pardon several American military members accused or convicted of war crimes — including high-profile cases of murder, attempted murder and desecration of a corpse — indicating that he is considering pardons for the men on or around Memorial Day.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio once said Democrats would have the best shot at taking back the White House if they ignored Trump. Now that he’s officially running himself, he seems to have had a change of heart.
De Blasio acknowledged that he may not qualify for the first presidential debate next month – by raising contributions from 65,000 individual donors – but argued it isn’t a sign about his overall chances of winning the Democratic nomination.
Last month, de Blasio gave the city’s Board of Elections the opportunity to open 100 poll sites for early voting and get $75 million, but the board has not jumped at the offer, so far selecting only 38 early poll sites across the city.
The mayor’s presidential dreams had better not make him too neglectful of his day job — or he could lose it, under a never-used clause in the NYC charter.
De Blasio got thrown his first curveball in the early days of his quixotic presidential campaign Saturday as a prominent South Carolina Democratic activist urged him not to battle Trump in the gutter.
The mayor attacked Trump for allegedly violating a federal law banning the use of government resources in politics — even though de Blasio filmed his own campaign announcement inside Gracie Mansion.
On Day 2 of his longshot presidential campaign, the mayor highlighted the deep ties between the Big Apple and African Americans in the early primary state — and trumpeted his own unconventional family and its everyday struggles.
With the mayor likely to spend an increasing amount of time out on the road campaigning, Cuomo will have ample opportunity to show up at emergencies and generally take a more active role in city politics.
The TU is looking into Cuomo’s relationship with aviation magnate Adam Katz. Part 1 looks at donations made to Cuomo by Katz and his associates. Part 2 delves into Cuomo’s free flights on Katz-owned jets and a series of state bidding decisions that ultimately benefitted Katz’s company.
Black voters in the South helped derail Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential bid in 2016, and the senator is back seeking better traction, counting on enthusiasm for sweeping proposals on issues like health care and criminal justice to build support.
Though New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has yet to officially kick off a bid to become mayor, he already picked up his first endorsement in the race from state Sen. Jessica Ramos, who said she believes Stringer “will make a great mayor.”
The dirtiest neighborhoods in the city will only get worse if de Blasio doesn’t restore the $4.2 million in funding for litter-basket collection, NYC Council leaders said.
Visitors who arrived at the Whitney Museum of American Art on Friday night to view the works in this year’s politically tinged Biennial had to pass by a raucous demonstration that was not part of the official programming.
Erica Valdimer, a 32-year-old former state Senate staffer who publicly accused ex-Sen. Jeff Klein of sexual misconduct and helped develop a survivors’ advocacy group, is considering a run for Congress against Rep. Carolyn Maloney in New York’s 12th district.
More than a year before any potential Republican primary for the 27th Congressional District, Stefan I. Mychajliw Jr. has boiled down the issues to one: Support of Trump.
The bill sponsored by Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes that would legalize the adult use of marijuana would prohibit law enforcement from using the “odor of marijuana or of burnt marijuana” as probable cause to conduct a search, seize possible evidence or make an arrest or detain someone.
A spate of suicides by NYC taxi drivers has highlighted the overwhelming debt and financial plight of medallion owners. The problem is not all Uber and Lyft, but rather a handful of powerful industry leaders who steadily and artificially drove up the price of medallions, creating a bubble that eventually burst.
Medallion prices rose above $1 million before crashing in late 2014, wiping out the futures of thousands of immigrant drivers and creating a crisis that has continued to ravage the industry today. Despite years of warning signs, at least seven government agencies did little to stop the collapse.
Accused sex cultist Keith Raniere relied on eight women to carry out his darkest desires and grow his harem of slaves, a former member testified.
The state Gaming Commission has approved new rules allowing “courier services” to buy your Take 5 and Mega Millions tickets for you, in case that trip to the bodega is just too taxing.
In-house bashes on the day Uber went public reportedly got so out of hand that one was shut down and another employee was forced to resign after a drunken outburst.
Hudson River Park, the 550-acre waterfront space that runs from lower Manhattan to Midtown, is introducing a green initiative that aims to curtail the use of single-use plastic items.
A police union head is asking a judge to force the NYPD to give written explanations when it denies officers coverage for injuries they incur on the job.
A Thomson Reuters billboard went up in flames in Times Square on Saturday afternoon, video shows.
Design and engineering firms are considering walking away from contracts with New York’s MTA after the agency demanded that dozens of vendors cut bills by 10 percent.
One of the men at the center of the murder-for-hire plot that has rocked the NYPD is a bald-headed, tracksuit-wearing accused felon whose Orange County bakery was a hangout for TV tough guys Tony Lip and Vincent Pastore of “The Sopranos.”
At least four top Department of Education executives who have been demoted or stripped of duties under Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza’s sweeping reorganization are poised to sue the city, claiming he has created “an environment which is hostile toward whites,” a source told The NY Post.
Despite facing skepticism – including from neighboring Nassau County – Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is still backing the establishment of a charitable fund to reduce the impact of losing some state and local tax deductions on federal tax returns.
Bob McCarthy: Erie County County Executive candidate Lynne Dixon drew more than 300 people to her fundraiser at Lucarelli’s in Lackawanna a few days ago, and the big crowd now bestows the title of “serious contender” in her campaign against Mark Poloncarz, the Democratic incumbent.
Republican Gloversville Assemblyman Robert Smullen pleaded guilty this week to the violation of disorderly conduct in the town of Niskayuna, satisfying charges first brought last summer during his campaign.
The region’s state representatives offered strong reaction to Friday’s news that the Livingston Correctional Facility will be closed, according to an announcement from the Department of Corrections.
Polling places will be open across the state Tuesday but if recent years are an indication, expect a low turnout but a high passage rate for the annual school budget votes.
A mother shot and killed her 5-year-old daughter Friday before shooting herself in a home on Schoolhouse Road in Guilderland, police said.
Economic inequality has continued increasing in the Capital Region and across the United States, fresh data show, and the trend toward a widening gap between the highest and lowest earners that began four decades ago is unlikely to reverse in the foreseeable future.
Buffalo Police for years had marching orders not to arrest Catholic priests, according to former vice squad Detective Martin Harrington and other retired officers. Instead they alerted the bishop’s office to any illegal activities.
The future of the Erie Canal will be the focus of a new state task force created to study how to reinvent the historic waterway as an economic engine.
With the first four across the wire at this year’s Kentucky Derby taking a pass on Preakness day for the first time since 1951, the race was billed as wide open, and a case could be made for each of the 13 entries to win. It was won by War of Will, the Mark Casse-trained colt.
DC Comics issued a cease-and-desist to a small comics company barring it from selling covers of the freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in attire resembling that of Wonder Woman, according to comics sites.