Two weeks ago, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot with a handgun on a Queens playground during a water gun fight. This Monday ...

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The mayor’s closest political adviser Morris Katz was a proponent of getting involved with the tricky special election.

New York, Master’s candidate in Journalism at Columbia University and author of The Independent's weekly series Polarized: Voices From Across America, which profiles voters in all 50 states. He has ...

As the Supreme Court weighs the Trump administration's termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians, ...

President Donald Trump is desperate to be considered among the greatest men in history and among the U.S.'s top two ...

Gov. Tim Walz delivered his eighth and final State of the State address on Tuesday — seeking to burnish a nearly-completed ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivered his final State of the State address on Tuesday, where he touted his administration's accomplishments, discussed the lingering impact of Operation Metro Surge and ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin are urging the State to approve a budget that will help ...

A super PAC has spent six figures on the race over the last week — more than all the candidates had raised as of last month, ...

Gay candidates had been trying for years to secure a seat on the New York City Council. The summer of 1991 felt like a turning point. The 3rd District had just been deliberately redrawn around the ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court struggles to serve Californians in acute mental health crises. Two bills are moving forward to change that.