He is currently serving a four-month prison term for the refusing to answer questions regarding the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol. A New York judge has set a December trial date for Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist who is facing charges of scheming to con donors who gave money to build a
The Democrat joins a growing field of contenders including San Diego lawmaker Toni Atkins and state Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis. Antonio Villaraigosa is making another run at the governor office, the former Los Angeles mayor and state assemblyman announced July 22. The 71-year-old Los Angeles native made his case in a YouTube video, saying he
AIPAC spent nearly $15 million to get Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) out of office. Now it’s focusing on Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.). The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which this year helped push a member of the left-wing House faction known as the “Squad” out of office, is now trying to hasten the exit
‘Shareholder activist’ investor gets seat on public utility board despite reservations about mixing profit and public services. Federal regulators have approved activist investor Carl Icahn’s bid to seat a corporate officer on one of the nation’s biggest public utility boards despite concerns about balancing profit motives with public interest. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC),
Criminal justice reformers and administration officials are sharply at odds over the sequestration of inmates on Rikers Island and at other city jails. New York’s City Council is girding for a legal showdown against Mayor Eric Adams if a ban on solitary confinement that the council pushed through over the mayor’s veto fails to go
Criminal justice reformers and administration officials are sharply at odds over the sequestration of inmates on Rikers Island and at other city jails. New York’s City Council is girding for a legal showdown against Mayor Eric Adams if a ban on solitary confinement that the council voted to override a mayoral veto fails to take
Republican and Democrat House candidates in key New York districts received millions in donations between April and the end of June. As the balance of congressional power sits at a near-even split, House candidates campaigning in key New York districts received millions in donations between April and the end of June. The GOP’s slim majority