The city's plan to majorly upgrade the Brooklyn Marine Terminal could be a huge boon to surrounding neighborhoods — unless it's sabotaged by delusional...
A federal judge allowed a graduate student from Turkey to continue her challenge to her arrest by immigration officers on a Massachusetts street last month, rejecting the Trump administration's attempts to dismiss the case.
While some businesses are panicked about the high prices that could result from the steep tariffs President Trump imposed on virtually all nations, several U.S. industries welcome the new levies.
The Senate on Friday night kicked off its vote-a-rama, a process that is likely to conclude with Republicans adopting the budget resolution that will serve as a blueprint for enacting President Trump's domestic agenda. The lengthy string of amendment votes is set to run past midnight and into the wee hours of Saturday morning. Democrats are...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing seeking a 7 year sentence for former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) according to a Friday filing. Prosecutors said the length of the requested sentence reflects the serious nature of Santos’s “unparalleled” crimes. “Santos planned and executed an assortment of fraudulent schemes and leveraged them and a fictious life...
J.P. Morgan is forecasting that the U.S. economy will enter a recession this year as fallout from President Trump's tariffs has taken hold. In a Friday evening note to investors, the company's chief U.S. economist Michael Feroli said the firm predicts that gross domestic product (GDP) will likely contract "under the weight of the tariffs."...
Two leading chemical industry groups have asked the Trump administration for blanket exemptions to certain Biden-era regulations for all polluters. The American Chemistry Council and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempt all polluters from Biden-era rules that limit their emissions of toxic chemicals. Just because the trade and...
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that lawmakers cannot use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn California’s electric vehicle mandate — but Republicans may defy the arbiter of the Senate’s rules. The parliamentarian’s ruling was first made public by statements from Senate Democrats Friday. “We’re gratified that the Senate parliamentarian followed decades of precedent showing...