Tag: New York

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves to well-wishers following an appearance at Barnard College.

Hillary Clinton jokes about ‘likability’ at women’s healthcare event

Katelyn Caralle · January 7, 2019 6:47 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is photographed while being interviewed in Rockefeller Center, Wednesday, June 27, 2018, in New York. The 28-year-old political newcomer who upset U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democrat primary on Monday says she brings an "urgency" to the fight for working families.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: I’m ‘a consensus builder’, not ‘a flamethrower’

Naomi Lim · January 7, 2019 1:44 am

In this Oct. 30, 2017, photo, people walk on Nassau Street St. in New York City's Manhattan lower financial district, with a "Going Out of Business" sign at a store.

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States ring in New Year with job-killing minimum wage hikes

Angela Logomasini · January 3, 2019 5:54 pm

A Mega Millions lottery ticket rests on the shop counter at the Street Corner Market, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Cincinnati. The estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing would be the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history with a jackpot estimated to exceed $900 million.

Winning Mega Millions ticket for $425 million sold in New York

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 2, 2019 3:21 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at a press conference to celebrate Billy Joel's 100th lifetime concert at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in New York.

Andrew Cuomo pardons 22 immigrants while ripping Trump’s ‘obsession’ with border security

Daniel Chaitin · January 1, 2019 2:52 am

In this Feb. 11, 2016 file photo, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman speaks during a news conference in New York. On Wednesday, May 23, 2018, the special prosecutor investigating former New York attorney Schneiderman has started conducting interviews with the women whose allegations of violent slapping, choking, and other abuse led to his resignation.

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Separating the Schneiderman from his Schneiderdeeds

Philip Wegmann · December 19, 2018 10:20 pm

President Donald Trump speaks the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Trump claims ‘total double standard of justice’ after agreeing to shut down charity

Caitlin Yilek · December 19, 2018 3:50 pm

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New York Democrat tells GOP staffer to kill herself, apologizes, then continues attacking her in media

Becket Adams · December 19, 2018 1:06 am

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits from federal court in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Trump's longtime lawyer and fixer Michael CohenÂ appeared in federal court Tuesday pleading guilty to federal charges stemming from hush payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with the president.

Trump agrees to shut down his charity

Caitlin Yilek · December 18, 2018 4:22 pm

Portraits of President Donald Trump's parents Mary Anne MacLeod Trump and Fred Trump, far right, are seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, during Trump's meeting to discuss potential damage from Hurricane Michael, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018.

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Trumps used rent-control laws to skirt taxes and build an empire

Philip Wegmann · December 17, 2018 5:13 pm

Google will spend $1 billion to expand New York City office

Joe Williams · December 17, 2018 1:48 pm

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. CohenÂ is heading to prison for three years on a gross miscalculation. He was also ordered to forfeit $500,000, pay a restitution of $1.4 million and fines totaling $100,000.

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Michael Cohen plea turns campaign donations into slush fund for bad behavior

Bradley A. Smith · December 14, 2018 6:46 pm