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Cuomo pledges to block controversial Brooklyn shelter proposed by Adams
NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo is pledging if elected mayor to stop a shelter development in southern Brooklyn that has drawn intense pushback from local residents, including the neighborhood’s Council member, who recently endorsed Cuomo’s bid for City Hall.
The shelter, planned on the corner of 86th Street and 25th Avenue in Bensonhurst, would ...Read more

A Republican group cozies up to John Fetterman in new ad as his relationship with Democrats becomes more strained
PHILADELPHIA — A conservative super PAC is urging Sen. John Fetterman to support President Donald Trump’s tax cut plan in a new ad wooing the Pennsylvania Democrat as his relationship with his own party has become increasingly strained.
In the spot called “Stand out,” running on cable and digital platforms, Club for Growth praises ...Read more

Trump orders prescription drug price controls for government payments
President Donald Trump Monday said he will implement a prescription drug payment plan that could dramatically lower prices paid by Medicare and possibly Medicaid, although details remain murky.
Trump claimed his proposed plan to tie drug prices to those paid in foreign nations would lower payments by the U.S. by up to 90%, although experts said...Read more

Immigrant children face legal cases without lawyers. A California bill could change that
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A young boy leaned forward and held his head in his hands. For several minutes his grandmother had been talking about him with federal immigration Judge Loreto Geisse in a Sacramento courtroom.
Geisse sensed the 11-year-old wasn’t following along closely.
“Are you bored?” the judge asked the boy, who The Sacramento...Read more

Karen Read protesters score win in First Amendment buffer zone case in federal appeals court
DEDHAM, Mass. — The protesters fighting the court’s buffer zone in the high-profile Karen Read case have scored a win in federal appeals court.
The buffer zone around Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham was expanded for the Read retrial after jurors during the first trial reported that they could hear loud protesters during deliberations.
As ...Read more

Investigation into false evacuation alerts sent during LA fires places blame, calls for more regulation
LOS ANGELES — After conducting an investigation into Los Angeles County’s faulty emergency alerts during the deadly January wildfires, U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia issued a report Monday calling for more federal oversight of the nation’s patchwork, privatized emergency alert system.
The investigation was launched by Garcia and more than...Read more

Cop on Chicago mayor's detail suspended after allegedly drinking at Trump inauguration celebration, showing up for work
CHICAGO — On Jan. 20, Chicago police Officer Josue Najera celebrated President Donald Trump’s second inauguration with family at the president’s namesake tower on the Chicago River.
Najera — 44 years old and assigned to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s security detail — was scheduled to work later that night, from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. the ...Read more

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sought to murder ex Cassie's boyfriend amid 20 years of violence, prosecutors say
NEW YORK — When Sean “Diddy” Combs found out his ex, R&B artist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, was dating someone else, he grabbed one of his employees in the middle of the night to help him hunt down and murder the other man, a Manhattan jury heard in a bombshell opening statement at the mogul’s trial Monday.
“For years, the ...Read more

Top Democrat in Senate Foreign Relations Committee urges Rubio to prioritize Haiti crisis
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prioritize U.S. efforts to deal with the crisis of gang violence in Haiti.
Rubio, who supported Haiti while he was in the Senate, should reconsider restoring funding cuts, push for money for the ongoing international armed mission to fight...Read more

Trade truce with China is hailed, but it may not be enough to stop shortages
WASHINGTON — China and the United States retreated from an emerging economic crisis Monday, agreeing to drastically reduce tariffs on one another for the next 90 days as they continue to negotiate a more permanent trade deal, providing welcome news for investors and retailers who increasingly feared a breakthrough was out of reach.
The ...Read more

Massachusetts gun violence prevention advocates form campaign to oppose gun law repeal effort
BOSTON — A group of gun violence prevention advocates launched a campaign Monday to persuade voters to keep in place a major gun law that gun owners and Second Amendment rights supporters are attempting to repeal through the 2026 statewide elections.
The “Vote Yes for a Safe Massachusetts” campaign slammed gun rights groups trying to ...Read more

Trump defends 'gift' of super-luxe $400 million plane from Qatar
President Donald Trump on Monday defended his plan to accept a super-luxe $400 million jumbo jet as what he portrayed as a generous gift from the royal family of Qatar.
Claiming the opulent “palace in the sky” would help bridge the gap until Boeing completes a new presidential Air Force One, Trump said he’d be stupid to turn down the ...Read more

As LA resident sues zoo over Billy and Tina, Cher says elephants have 'served their time'
LOS ANGELES — The decadeslong controversy over the Los Angeles Zoo's elephants is intensifying, even after officials announced that Billy and Tina will be moved to a zoo in Oklahoma where they will have more room to roam.
On Friday, an L.A. resident sued to halt the transfer of Billy and Tina to the Tulsa Zoo, arguing that they should instead...Read more

Hamas frees Israeli-US hostage ahead of Trump's Mideast visit
Hamas freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on Monday in a hastily announced move ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East.
Citing the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that a hostage had been handed over to the ICRC and “they are on their way toward IDF ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom again urges cities to ban homeless camps
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday again urged California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments, increasing his pressure campaign on local governments to follow the state’s lead and remove tents from sidewalks and other public property.
“There’s nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets,” ...Read more

Trump orders prescription drug price controls for government payments
President Donald Trump on Monday said he will implement a prescription drug payment plan that could dramatically lower prices paid by Medicare, although details remain murky.
Trump claimed his proposed plan to tie drug prices to those paid in foreign nations would lower payments by the U.S. by up to 90%, although experts said it’s unclear if ...Read more

Trump signs order to level US drug prices with other countries
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that seeks to bring the price of drugs in the United States in line with what other countries pay.
The policy, known as most-favored-nation status, is intended to drive drug companies to lower prices domestically while other countries shoulder more of the cost. White ...Read more

Nebraska father kills family in triple murder-suicide on son's graduation day
A Nebraska man killed his family in a triple murder-suicide on the day of his eldest son’s high school graduation, police said.
Jeremy Koch, 42, fatally stabbed his wife, Bailey, and their two sons, Hudson and Asher, on Saturday at their home in Johnson Lake, Nebraska State Patrol said in a press release. Hudson Koch, 18, was scheduled to ...Read more

Trump administration investigates LA County over federal benefits for unauthorized immigrants
The Trump administration announced Monday that it has launched an investigation into California's Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, a state program that provides monthly cash benefits to aged, blind and disabled noncitizens who are ineligible for Social Security benefits due to their immigration status.
The investigation began in Los ...Read more

Do Canadians feel welcome in the US? What a poll found after Trump comments
Most Canadians now feel unwanted and unsafe in the United States, according to new polling, which comes after President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to annex the country.
In a May 1-3 Leger Marketing survey of 1,626 Canadians, 54% of respondents agreed with the statement “I no longer feel welcome in the United States.” Just 27% ...Read more
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