Category: Politics

President Joe Biden will arrive at the G7 summit in Italy with over 300 new sanctions aimed at further isolating and financially weakening Russia. The measures are “guided by G7 commitments to intensify the pressure on Russia,” according to the US Department of Treasury, and they mark the latest move to limit the Kremlin’s revenues…

Hunter Biden’s historic conviction on three felony gun charges will add significant weight to a blockbuster Second Amendment appeal to be decided in coming days by the Supreme Court. Though the case deals with different circumstances and a different provision of a federal gun law, the high court’s decision this month on whether authorities may…

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed retired Army captain Sam Brown for Senate ahead of the Nevada GOP primary this week. “Sam Brown is a FEARLESS AMERICAN PATRIOT, a Purple Heart Recipient, who has proven he has the ‘PURE GRIT’ and COURAGE to take on our Enemies, both Foreign and Domestic,” Trump said in a post…

The Legislature, which is expected to wrap up its annual legislative session on Friday, would have to approve the tax increase on city businesses, known as a payroll mobility tax. It did not appear to have much support. “To tell New Yorkers that you care about the cost of living and then to propose a…

It’s an accepted truth throughout the legal community that critical requirements for those who practice law here in New York State comprise membership to and attendance at CLE-accredited meetings. Post-pandemic, it is painfully clear that local association meetings have seen attendance drop, sometimes sharply. Much of this is ascribed to the lingering effects of the…

Freelance writer Elizabeth Kuster, in what she hopes will not be her “last stand” has urged the press to create pressure on moderate Republicans to demand that Trump face a traumatic fact of life: In the political arena, just like in his personal arena, he should just “pull out.” Kuster proposes some fears, speculations and…

To date, plenty of news outlets have suggested that President Biden should step down due to his age. “Joe Biden should bow out,” said a Washington Post opinion piece in September 2023. “Democrats Might Need a Plan B,” echoed Politico Magazine in February, which proceeded to provide “the political and procedural steps for how to…

Former President Donald Trump said he was going to hold a “press conference” on Friday in the wake of his Thursday conviction in Manhattan on felony charges of falsifying business records. Instead, Trump delivered a rambling monologue that was filled with false claims on subjects ranging from the Manhattan trial to immigration to tax policy.…

In recent weeks, an increasingly familiar list of Republicans has dominated the not-very-subtle competition to become Donald Trump’s running mate. Trump himself has added to the air of inevitability by floating these names in interviews and appearances over and over. But there’s a steady drumbeat of speculation within Trump’s orbit that the former president’s flair…

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the most senior liberal on the conservative Supreme Court, told an audience at Harvard University on Friday that she sometimes cries after the court hands down its decisions – and she suggested there may be more tears ahead. “There are days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a…