On vulnerable NYC island, climate – and Trump – make for difficult conversation
New York’s Broad Channel neighborhood is an island in more ways than one: Politically, it is a rare pocket of staunch support for President Donald Trump in a liberal city. But it is also a literal island that barely rises over the waters of Jamaica Bay…
How one county scrambled to keep America measles-free
In Rockland County, New York, a wooded suburb 30 miles north of Manhattan, a teenage boy lay in a room in an empty wing of a health clinic, in a fetal position, coughing.
Apple pledges $2.5 billion to fight California housing crisis
Apple Inc on Monday said it would commit $2.5 billion to easing a housing shortage that has driven up prices across California, with most of the money dedicated to funds that will be run either with or by the state government.
Trump campaign’s strategy to attack Democrat Warren: Define her as dishonest
President Donald Trump’s campaign team has been developing a plan to portray White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren as dishonest and untrustworthy – based in part on her past claim of Native American ancestry – in a sign of recognition that she may becom…
California winds slacken, helping firefighters control blazes
Winds that have fanned California’s wildfires have calmed, helping firefighters contain blazes that have destroyed homes and forced mass power outages since late last month.
Trump impeachment inquiry awaits key witnesses, but some will be no-shows
U.S. lawmakers leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump have scheduled another crucial round of testimony this week, but several key White House witnesses plan to defy them and some other administration officials could follow suit.
Whistleblower offers Republicans testimony as Trump pushes for unmasking
The U.S. official whose whistleblower complaint led to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump offered to communicate directly with Republicans on the intelligence committee leading the inquiry, his lawyers said on Sunday.
White House budget officials to defy U.S. House panel’s requests for testimony
Three officials in the White House Office of Management and Budget will not appear for interviews this week sought by the U.S. House of Representatives as part of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, an administration official said.
Warren’s Medicare for All plan attacked, parodied by Republicans, Democrats and ‘SNL’ show
U.S. presidential contender Elizabeth Warren’s $20.5 trillion plan to provide healthcare for all Americans was attacked on the weekend by Republicans and fellow Democrats and parodied on “Saturday Night Live,” the long-running network television comedy…
Republicans, Democrats, ‘SNL’ attack Warren’s U.S. ‘Medicare for All’ plan
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s $20.5 trillion plan to provide healthcare for all Americans was attacked and mocked over the weekend by Democrats, Republicans, and “Saturday Night Live,” the long-running New York comedy show.
