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New York Daily News - Politics

Construction on 'Arc de Trump' to begin within 2 months, president says

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Approx 20,000 nurses poised to strike at hospitals across NYC when the NYE ball drops

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Mayor Adams issues last-minute vetoes of 19 NYC Council bills with big policy implications

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Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now

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Mayor Adams launches Charter Revision Commission with hours left in office

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Elizabeth St. Garden developers refuse to drop suit v. Adams, hope Mamdani can resurrect project

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Trump vilifies Kennedy family hours after Tatiana Schlossberg's death

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Department of Justice is reviewing more than 5.2 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

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Mamdani names Hochul infrastructure adviser as top operations deputy, among other key hires

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Zohran Mamdani's inauguration: Who, when, where and what to know

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Wife of Jill Biden's ex-husband found dead after 'domestic dispute' call

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Mamdani to pick Manhattan superintendent Kamar Samuels as public school chancellor

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Adams says he will attend Mamdani's inauguration after weeks of wavering

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SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1

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Mamdani taps de Blasio alum Steve Banks as top NYC lawyer, names health deputy, chief counsel

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Judge blocks White House's attempt to defund the CFPB, ensuring employees get paid

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Iran's president says answer to attack would be harsh in apparent response to Trump warning

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NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani keeps Mitch Katz as public hospital boss among other Adams holdovers

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Adams admin. launches final push to ensure Elizabeth St. Garden housing project is dead

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With Adams still unclear if he'll attend Mamdani inauguration, de Blasio only former mayor confirmed

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NYC Commissioner Louis Molina resigns, but will be paid until his NYPD pension kicks in

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In escalating tensions with Venezuela, Trump says the US 'hit' a coastal drug loading facility

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D.C. pipe bomb suspect blamed both parties, was inspired by Trump claims: feds

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Trump warns Iran of further US strikes if it reconstitutes nuclear program during Netanyahu visit

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US pledges $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid as Trump warns agencies must 'adapt or die'

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US offers Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee as part of peace plan, Zelenskyy says

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Former 'South Park' writer owns Trump Kennedy Center domain names

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Kennedy Center criticizes musician who canceled performance after Trump name added to building

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pregnant with second child

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Mayor Adams looks to veto roughly 20 more NYC Council bills on key issues: sources

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Trump-Zelenskyy talks will address security guarantees and reconstruction, Ukraine leader says

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Trump says US launched 'powerful and deadly' strike against Islamic State targets in Nigeria

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President Trump wishes Merry Christmas to 'radical left scum'

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Christmas Eve jazz show canceled over Kennedy Center name change

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Nicki Minaj deactivates Instagram after 'assassin' exchange with Erika Kirk

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Mayor Adams vetoes bill that'd make it easier for gender violence victims to sue

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After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files

7 days ago

Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from attorney who represented whistleblowers

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Zelenskyy says he's open to creating demilitarized zone in Ukraine's industrial heartland

7 days ago

Trump critic George Conway takes steps to run for Congress in NYC

8 days ago

Supreme Court keeps Trump's National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now

8 days ago

Student loan borrowers in default may see wages garnished in 2026

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Federal judge says Trump administration must restore disaster money to Democratic states

8 days ago

FBI confirms Jeffrey Epstein letter to Larry Nassar is fake

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Mamdani appoints former EMS head Lillian Bonsignore as new FDNY commissioner

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Former Nebraska US Sen. Ben Sasse reveals advanced pancreatic cancer diagnosis

8 days ago

Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that

8 days ago

Katie Couric calls withheld '60 Minutes' story a 'disgrace'

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Mamdani announces FTC alum Sam Levine to head Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

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Trump warns Maduro against playing 'tough' as US escalates pressure campaign on Venezuela

9 days ago

Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions

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ADL report on antisemitism calls out Mamdani transition adviser's praise for Farrakhan

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Next stop on Mayor Adams' end-of-term travel: the nation of Georgia

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DHS offers $3,000 'holiday stipend' for undocumented immigrants to leave

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Judge chides Ghislaine Maxwell for mentioning victim names in papers seeking to overturn conviction

9 days ago

At least 16 Epstein files disappear from DOJ webpage, including photo of Trump

11 days ago

Greene: Meathead Trump way out of line with Rob Reiner comments

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Epstein files offer scant new insight, most consequential records missing

11 days ago

Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger and Diana Ross featured in Epstein photo dump

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US military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths

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What's inside the released files on Jeffrey Epstein

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Rep. Elise Stefanik ends her campaign for New York governor and won't seek reelection to House

12 days ago

Mamdani names two deputy mayors, including new 'economic justice' head

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Epstein files show FBI had been warned of his depravity: 'Nearly 1,000 victims could have been spared'

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Kennedy family reacts to Trump changing Kennedy Center name

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Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

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Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shootings suspect into US

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Schumer shrugs off 'toughest year' critique of Senate Democratic leadership

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Adams' ex Jasmine Ray made $100K private salary while also earning six figures in City Hall job

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NYC Council passes housing bills focused on affordability in final 2025 meeting

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Judge blasts ICE for defying court by holding Jamaican immigrant in 'putrid' LI cell

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Kennedy Center board tacks Trump's name onto JFK's living memorial

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Mayor Adams appoints four Rent Guidelines Board members as parting punch to Mamdani

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NJ Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill to make history with Newark inauguration

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Recently-appointed Mamdani official abruptly resigns as antisemitic tweets unearthed

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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. acquitted of abusing teen daughter

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Rep. AOC says she'd 'stomp' JD Vance in a 2028 presidential race

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Latest Epstein photo dump includes foot pic with 'Lolita' quote

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Trump eases restrictions on marijuana by executive order

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Secrecy surrounding Adams adviser Randy Mastro's work for Madison Square Garden flouted ethics laws

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Congress heads home without doing anything about spiraling health costs

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Mayor-elect Mamdani names Sherif Soliman as budget director

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In 2025, Trump told FIFA, Olympics and NCAA to get in line. For the most part, they complied

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Mamdani, dozens of other pols press NYC hospitals to cut labor deal with nurses as deadline looms

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Trump admin aims to dismantle research lab over climate change program

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City Council unlikely to consider bill that'd permit more Airbnb rentals in NYC

14 days ago

Ghislaine Maxwell brings last-ditch bid to toss conviction, could impact release of 'Epstein files'

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Watch: President Trump addresses the nation

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Staff And Wire Reports

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New Jersey mayor suddenly resigns halfway through term

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Mayor Adams creates 'rat mitigation' office as he approaches end of term

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Amazon drops first trailer for Melania Trump documentary

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Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel

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Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

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4 GOP moderates join Dems to force Obamacare tax credit vote

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Jack Smith set for closed-doors grilling by GOP lawmakers over Trump probes

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Mamdani taps top official from NYC's largest municipal union as his government relations head

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Rob Reiner's compassionate response to Charlie Kirk murder goes viral

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NYC council '11th hour' push on pay raises blasted as flawed, sparks backlash

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Donald Trump Jr. is engaged, meet his fiancée Bettina Anderson

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'I am just Eric': Adams bids farewell to a tenure marked by achievements but marred by scandal

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