[ad_1] NEW YORK (WABC) — She has been New York’s lieutenant governor for six years, but people are still asking: Who is Kathy Hochul? We are going to learn a lot more this afternoon at a press conference in Albany, when Hochul addresses the people of New York. But she did put out a statement
[ad_1] Andrew Cuomo should still be impeached despite his resignation, a New York assembly member has argued, as part of a campaign to deny him his $50,000-a-year pension and prevent him from running for office ever again. Cuomo, 63, stepped down on Tuesday as governor of New York, bringing an end to a 40-year political career
[ad_1] New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul has a fine line to walk as she prepares to take the helm amid a resurgent wave of the pandemic. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul spent the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2020 welcoming the Toronto Blue Jays to play in
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[ad_1] Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will be the first woman to serve as New York state’s governor when Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns later this month. Cuomo announced Tuesday that he’ll be stepping down as governor effective in two weeks after a report released by New York State Attorney General Letitia James concluded that he sexually
[ad_1] ANALYSIS/OPINION: Imagine the uproar if Donald Trump or George W. Bush had appointed an NRA lobbyist to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Liberals, Democrats, and the media would have gone nuts. Former New York Mayor Michel Bloomberg would have thrown a fit, and the nominee would have been excoriated
[ad_1] Daily Political Briefing Aug. 10, 2021Updated Aug. 11, 2021, 12:54 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2021, 12:54 p.m. ET Among the Democratic Texas representatives who left the state last month to block the passage of an elections overhaul bill were, from left, Hubert Vo, Senfronia Thompson and Diego Bernal.Credit…Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images AUSTIN, Texas — The
[ad_1] Daily Political Briefing Aug. 10, 2021Updated Aug. 10, 2021, 5:05 p.m. ET Aug. 10, 2021, 5:05 p.m. ET Video transcript Back transcript Senate Passes Sweeping $1 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill The Senate approved a $1 trillion package to improve and modernize the nation’s aging infrastructure through a bipartisan 69 to 30 vote. The legislation
[ad_1] Who takes over for Cuomo? Kathy Hochul will make history as NY’s first woman gov Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who takes over for Cuomo, will step in and make history as the first woman to serve as governor of New York. Staff video, USA TODAY Kathy Hochul will soon find herself as the first female governor
[ad_1] Supporters of banning abortions and unrestricted access to rapid-fire weapons have something in common — a preference for bait and switch debate tactics. They provide emotionally charged justifications for policies that in reality have less politically potent rationales. This is their response to a dilemma. If they did not use exaggerated melodramatic rhetoric that calls
[ad_1] Stars’ salutations to arms Killing citizens in New York, shooting innocents in Chicago, mass murders by firearms in California. And Hollywood keeps triggering movies that star guns. “Django Unchained,” “Rambo,” “Brawl in Cell Block 99,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Nice. “Evil Dead” was 2013. One massacre — which maybe got released on a
[ad_1] Prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump‘s business empire are reported to have evidence that Barry Weisselberg, a Trump Organization employee, avoided taxes by living for free in a luxury apartment owned by the company. Weisselberg is the manager of Trump’s Wollman ice rink in Central Park and the son of Allen Weisselberg, 73, the
[ad_1] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a July 26 news conference. | Richard Drew/AP Photo There have been few official moves, but the field is taking shape. By BILL MAHONEY 08/09/2021 04:30 AM EDT This is an updated version of a story that ran in March. ALBANY — While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has
[ad_1] April may be the cruelest month, but August isn’t looking so great for David Chipman, President Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Your NRA-ILA recently published an alert on Chipman’s work promoting ShotSpotter, Inc., a surveillance tool for local governments that critics call “useless, expensive, racist technology.”
[ad_1] One of laws championed by the gun-grabbing crowd is the so-called universal background check, in which private sales of firearms are subjected to a criminal background check, fees, and paperwork. What gun control advocates fail to make clear, though, is that their concept of “sale” extends to firearm “transfers,” being gifts, loans and any
[ad_1] Anyone tempted to think the gun control lobby couldn’t sink any further into disreputable tactics should sit down before reading any further. Last week, Brady – one of the older, gun prohibition advocacy groups in the U.S. – teamed up with the government of Mexico to launch an assault against the American firearms manufacturing
[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest push to loosen gun laws in states across the U.S. has put police officers at odds with Republican lawmakers who usually trumpet support for law enforcement. In states like Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana, police opposed pushes to drop requirements for people to get background checks and training
[ad_1] This story was posted with permission from on Salon.com It just so happens that in the process of making us laugh about the problems they observed in America during their show’s run — and which have gotten so much worse — they foresaw the advent of the Trump era. Their sketches also manage to
[ad_1] Letters spewed right-wing disinformation Is it in the interest of our community to print letters from readers who are only regurgitating the misinformed pablum and propaganda they lap up from Fox and other right-wing media and organizations? Regarding John Chilson’s histrionic letter of Aug. 5, the Democratic Party is an actual political party, one
[ad_1] PHOENIX, South Africa — Thirty-six years separated the infamous race riots of 1949 and 1985 in this area, when people of African and South Asian descent — pitted against one another at the bottom rungs of the apartheid system — killed each other in a bubbling over of resentment. Last month, another 36 years
[ad_1] BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration, visiting the far-flung coffee shops and factory floors of each of the state’s 62 counties for countless ribbon-cutting ceremonies and civic cheerleading events. Now, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo facing possible
[ad_1] Pro-gun legislation that fixes the handgun purchase process in the Granite State and authorizes ATV carry is currently sitting on Governor Sununu’s desk. Please act now! Call and email Governor Sununu and respectfully request that he sign Senate Bill 141 and House Bill 334! Senate Bill 141: Resolves New Hampshire’s longstanding problem with delays
[ad_1] New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul has described the “aha moment” when she decided to run for politics. She saw that a young man without any apparent experience was running for the town board. “What does he have that I don’t have other than confidence?” she later told The Journal News. She entered the race
[ad_1] In Thursday morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider executive business, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) again raised concerns over Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives David Chipman after Democrats blocked new hearings — even as more controversial information about the anti-gun activist and Chinese Communist Party TV enthusiast
[ad_1] The committee that kick off Cuomo’s impeachment trial says its investigation is ‘nearing completion’ Impeachment appears inevitable for embattled NY Governor Andrew Cuomo as the committee which would kick off proceedings says it is nearing the end of its investigation, and 86 lawmakers say they would vote him out – ten more than the
[ad_1] By Manu Raju, Lauren Fox and John Harwood, CNN President Joe Biden’s pick of David Chipman to serve as the head of the ATF is nearing collapse, with members of the Senate Democratic Caucus withholding support and the chamber unlikely to hold a vote to advance the nomination before the August recess. Publicly, the
[ad_1] “The View” co-host Meghan McCain will exit the daytime gabfest for good following Friday’s episode after four years of viral moments and frequent, fiery clashes with her liberal colleagues. The show’s conservative pundit has generated countless headlines with tense, sometimes awkward, clashes with everyone from Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar to guests on the
[ad_1] The Alabama Wholesale Distributors Association, the leading voice of the wholesale distribution industry in the state of Alabama, announced that it has officially endorsed state Rep. Mike Jones, R-Andalusia, in the hotly contested Alabama state Senate District 31 race. Ellie Taylor is the executive director of the AWDA. “Representative Jones understands the role of
[ad_1] Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY and Brian Freskos, The Trace | USA TODAY President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s gun agency hinges on a final decision by Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, that could kneecap a key plank of the gun violence prevention agenda. David Chipman, a former agent with
[ad_1] “What this investigation revealed was a disturbing pattern of conduct by the governor of the great state of New York,” said James, also a Democrat. “These 11 women were in a hostile and toxic work environment. Biden told reporters at the White House: “I think he should resign.” “I’m sure there are some embraces