Tag: New York

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., has taken a first step to ending abuses of privacy by introducing H.R. 4916, the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Don’t give the IRS personal information it doesn’t need

Bradley A. Smith · March 7, 2018 8:16 pm

"While gun control is not the answer, the best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming "soft targets," or areas with little to stand in the way of someone with bad intentions," said Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Mark Meadows proposes $1.5B to boost school safety after Florida shooting

Anna Giaritelli · March 7, 2018 6:52 pm

"The Trump administration's rule is nothing more than an end run around the consumer protections enshrined in the Affordable Care Act, part of President Trump's continued efforts to sabotage the ACA," said New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who is leading the effort alongside Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

States resisting Trump’s plan to expand access to cheaper health plans

Robert King · March 7, 2018 5:10 pm

Afternoon Links: The Full Nunberg, Life After Death, and the Big Lebowski at 20

Jim Swift · March 6, 2018 9:43 pm

Cynthia Nixon, who played redhead Miranda Hobbes in HBO's "Sex in the City," has hired two veterans of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's first campaign, Rebecca Katz and Bill Hyers, ahead of a possible campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary in September. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

‘Sex and the City’s’ Cynthia Nixon laying groundwork for New York governor race

Anna Giaritelli · March 6, 2018 9:39 pm

Judge Roger W. Titus ruled late Monday President Trump acted within his authority in his plan to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Federal judge in Maryland rules Trump had the right to end DACA in win for administration

Anna Giaritelli · March 6, 2018 4:02 am

On Wednesday, President Trump reportedly tried to convince House Speaker Paul Ryan to stop funding an infrastructure project that would connect lower Manhattan and New Jersey through a rail tunnel underneath the Hudson River. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump pressed Paul Ryan to reject funding for rail tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey: Reports

Daniel Chaitin · March 3, 2018 3:33 pm

Dylan Ratigan says he was "wrong" not to vote and he's going to make up for it by becoming a member of the thing that supposedly disgusts him. (Screenshot)

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Democratic congressional candidate and former MSNBC host has never actually voted

Becket Adams · March 2, 2018 4:41 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., sent a letter to the House on Thursday asking for a "full retroactive" repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate. Meadows is concerned that Americans may not realize that they still face penalties if they don't have health insurance in 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Mark Meadows wants ‘retroactive’ repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate this tax season

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 12:49 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., (pictured right) said, "As of Feb. 14th, 83 percent of the President Trump's confirmed nominees were male, 92 percent were white. That represents the lowest share of non-white candidates in three decades." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Chuck Schumer will vote against this judicial nominee just because he’s white

Becket Adams · March 1, 2018 11:28 pm

The impeachment of former President Richard Nixon remains a central memory of these Democrats' formative political years. It has inclined them to believe that the "Russian collusion" issue will result in Trump's removal some time soon. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)

Michael Barone: Still saddled with the politics of the Seventies

Michael Barone · March 1, 2018 5:01 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Tuesday that the Justice Department's inspector general will investigate alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a move condemned by President Trump on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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13 Republicans ask Jeff Sessions to appoint second special counsel to investigate FBI, DOJ

Daniel Chaitin · February 28, 2018 11:13 pm