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For this upcoming election cycle in New York City, the hype is building for a potential intraparty rivalry between Democratic Mayor Eric Adams and...
In December 2022, Rep. Lee Zeldin of Shirley, coming off a solid showing for governor, voiced what sounded like a sensible strategy for a renewed...
Even before Eric Adams became New York City’s mayor three tumultuous years ago, suspicion stalked the political world that his penchant for...
Donald Trump has long promised that once he returned to the presidency, he will pardon people convicted of crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol...
Less than a month since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump’s selections for his second administration seem to be generating more separate...
The news that President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general — to get the Justice Department under the...
Even the most bizarre little moments of national history can repeat themselves in the chaotic public world of the new president-elect, Donald...
Possibly the biggest news of this preelection week for the Trump administration-in-waiting was the release from prison of Steve Bannon. Bannon,...
Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish spiritual leader and Islamic scholar who preached tolerance, died this week at age 83 in a Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania...
Suddenly this season, the vice-presidency became a very big deal. In a first-ever postprimary switch, President Joe Biden yielded the top slot on...
In the context of national politics with control of the House of Representatives at stake, Rep. Anthony D’Esposito’s reportedly placing an ex-...
Even after being voted out of the presidency nearly four years ago, Donald Trump managed to keep control of the national Republican Party and claim...
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday provided a dramatic forum for the most bitter public exchanges of blame for...
For the past few years, the Justice Department has brought and prosecuted a number of New York-based cases that allege illegal activities...
Political players whose separate fates will lead them to be charged with grifting sometimes find each other along the way and team up. If the...
Not two months ago, millions of Americans saw what looked like the whole national election quickly slipping away from the Democrats. On June 27,...
Stand in front of the Sheraton Grand Chicago River Walk Hotel where New York’s Democratic National Convention delegates are staying this week and...
The fates of political careers can align in strange ways. Just two days after former Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty to corruption charges, Rep....
In the 1988 presidential election, Vice President George H.W. Bush won after repeatedly intoning, "Stay the course." That was taken to mean the...
The rule of law — and what it truly means in 2024 — figures to define a key portion of the presidential race. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the new...
Promoters of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a proposed conservative agenda aimed explicitly at the next Republican presidential...
One big strategic question in Republican-run Long Island and Democratic-run New York State is whether Vice President Kamala Harris’ fill-in...
When Republican Party nominee Donald Trump picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, a notably devout Christian, as his running mate in 2016, it marked an...
All the suspense, angst and drama of an unpredictable national race is focused now on the Democratic camp, seemingly to the advantage of...