Category: Politics

This combination of 2021-2023 photos shows U.S. Reps. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, left; Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Charles Krupa, Susan Walsh Two U.S. House members who first pushed the Food and Drug Administration in 2023 to investigate the health risks of hair straighteners used primarily by Black women are now…

Heading into the Democratic National Convention, new data suggests that the Trump campaign’s initial attempts to frame the conversation about Vice President Kamala Harris have so far gained relatively little traction. Instead, the public’s attention has remained largely focused around the Democratic nominee’s selection of a running mate and other facets of her campaign –…

CANARSIE — On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries clearly acknowledged the importance of these bivalves by announcing that $963,000 in funding be given to the Billion Oyster Project (BOP) for restoration of the Paerdegat Basin shoreline in Canarsie. The presentation was hosted by the Paerdegat Yacht Club before a crowd of approximately 100.  The…

The Trump campaign’s attacks on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military record are channeling the “swift boating” campaign 20 years ago against John Kerry, which accused the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee of lying about his Vietnam service and decorations. The common denominator in both efforts: Trump campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita. LaCivita played a key role in…

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives at the Albany County Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. AP Photo/Hans Pennink Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared in a New York court Monday to fight a lawsuit alleging he falsely claimed to live in New York as he sought to get on the…

Iran is using covert social media activity and related influence operations in an effort to undercut the candidacy of former President Donald Trump, a US intelligence official said Monday in an updated assessment of threats to the November election. The US intelligence community has “observed Tehran working to influence the presidential election, probably because Iranian…

The headquarters of the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in Canarsie. Photo courtesy of NYC Municipal Archives The headquarters of the historic Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club in Canarsie is up for sale for $1.5 million, according to Crain’s.  Although the building at 77 Conklin Ave. looks like a large private house, it’s been the political home…

Mayor Eric Adams. AP photo by Peter Afiryie Mayor Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission on Thursday released five ballot proposals, culminating a contentious process which succeeded in bumping an alternate City Council proposal off the November ballot. The Council’s alternate proposal would have given Councilmembers the right to vote down the mayor’s appointments of 20…

The Trump rally shooter searched online for information on the arrest of a Michigan mass shooter and his parents, who were prosecuted in a 2021 high school shooting. He visited websites for how to build explosives. And in the minutes before he fired shots in an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, he screenshotted a picture…