Washington — A group of senators is pressing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for more information on border officers’ broad authority to search travelers’ phones and other electronic devices without a warrant or suspicion of a crime, renewing scrutiny of whether the U.S. government is infringing on Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and
With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul is already talking with college leaders about safety concerns at graduation ceremonies. Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi accused Hochul of lying about her commitments to child care. Catholic Charities is displeased with the additional money for abortions in the budget, first reported by
Former Trump assistant Rhona Graff testified on Friday. Prosecutors in former President Donald Trump’s so-called “hush-money” case on Friday called up their second witness, a former Trump assistant, to testify in the case. Rhona Graff, who started working for President Trump in 1987 and left the Trump Organization in April 2021, has been described as
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Friday that New York may proceed with a law requiring internet service providers to offer heavy discounts to low-income residents.
The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the “historic attention” and “immense amount of feedback” on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration. “This rule has garnered historic attention and the public comment period has yielded an immense amount of
‘Warning: your failure to appear in court may result in your immediate arrest and imprisonment for contempt of court,’ the judge wrote in his order. The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York has issued an order requiring the former president to attend a court hearing on his alleged violations
President down in polls in six of seven swing states (Morry Gash/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images) President Joe Biden said Friday that he would be “happy” to debate former president Donald Trump ahead of the November election. Radio host Howard Stern raised the question during his interview with Biden. “I am somewhere, I don’t know when,