Politics Jun 25 Who is Zohran Mamdani? State lawmaker seeks to become New York City’s first Muslim and Indian American mayor He's seeking to become the city's first Muslim and Indian American mayor, not to mention its youngest mayor in generations.
Politics Jun 21 WATCH: ‘Justice prevailed but it’s very long overdue,’ Mahmoud Khalil says after his ordered release Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed after 104 days by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump ’s clampdown on campus protests.
Politics Jun 20 Judge orders Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention center Khalil was the first arrest under President Donald Trump's crackdown on students who joined campus protests against Israel's devastating war in Gaza.
Politics Jun 11 Judge says Trump administration must release Columbia protester Khalil, but has days to appeal Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, will remain in custody until at least Friday, giving the government time to appeal, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said Wednesday.
Politics Apr 25 Ex-US Rep. George Santos sobbed as sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft Santos admitted he deceived donors and stole the identities of nearly a dozen people to fund his congressional campaign.
Politics Apr 20 PHOTOS: Anti-Trump protesters rally in cities and towns across the country Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration took to the streets of communities large and small across the U.S. on Saturday, decrying what they see as threats to the nation’s democratic ideals.
Politics Mar 10 Arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be first ‘of many to come,’ Trump says Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful U.S. resident who was a graduate student at Columbia until December, was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York and flown to an immigration jail in Louisiana.
World Feb 28 Mexican cartel leaders to be arraigned in NYC after their surprise transfer Rafael Caro Quintero, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985 and had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Vicente Carrillo Fuentes is a former leader of…
Politics Feb 19 Trump administration orders halt to NYC congestion pricing meant to fight traffic and fund mass transit President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered a halt to New York City’s congestion pricing system, which thins traffic and funds mass transit by imposing high tolls on drivers entering some parts of Manhattan.
Nation Dec 06 Jury in NYC chokehold case may consider lesser charge as judge dismisses manslaughter charge The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of using a deadly chokehold on an unruly New York subway passenger dismissed the top charge in the case on Friday at prosecutors' request, allowing jurors to consider a lesser count…