In The News
WASHINGTON—The House Tuesday passed far-reaching legislation that aims to curb online sex trafficking by holding websites more accountable for their users’ activities, a rare political defeat for internet companies.
President Trump’s proposed budget is more proof that this is the most anti-New York administration we’ve ever seen.
Major funding cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, school loans, SNAP benefits and early childhood education would hurt millions of New Yorkers. On top of that, our mass transit programs will be especially hard hit at a time when our city can least afford it.
A group of House Democrats is calling on Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to take up a bill to repeal restrictions on gun violence research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The push to lift the restriction has gained new attention in the wake of the school shooting last week in Florida.
Hidden in the fine print of President Trump’s latest budget proposal is a detail that could directly impact 9/11 first responders: The reorganization of the federal agency that oversees their health treatment and monitoring.
To the Editor:
Re “Census Sabotage,” by David Leonhardt (column, nytimes.com, Feb. 9): I couldn’t agree more about just how important the 2020 census is and what is at stake if we get it wrong.
WASHINGTON – A Democratic congresswoman on Wednesday asked the chairman of a committee investigating the case surrounding disgraced sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar to expand the probe to include the actions of the FBI, the U.S. Department of Education and the NCAA.
The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has opened an investigation Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and other institutions tied to ex-MSU doctor Larry Nassar.
The House Oversight Committee said Thursday it will launch an investigation into former gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced recently after being accused of decades of sexual abuse, and how organizations including USA Gymnastics failed to stop the wrongdoing.
Despite a rivalry between New York City and California in the world of technology, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Joseph Crowley (D-Queens/Bronx) have joined forces to share best practices for expanding high-tech sectors.
Queens’ congressional leaders said that while President Donald Trump was relatively restrained in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, they believed his words were divisive.
During Trump’s 80-minute speech, he discussed the Republican tax bill, trade, the economy and immigration.