Sen. Chuck Schumer is hitting back at President Donald Trump as the pair escalate their feud over the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel rail project connecting New York and New Jersey.

After Trump denounced Gateway as a “boondoggle” that he claimed would be plagued by delays, Schumer accused him of playing politics with the sprawling public works ...Read more

Iran said its diplomats are prepared to stay in Geneva for days or weeks to finalize a nuclear deal with the U.S., as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps resumed navy drills in a critical shipping lane for oil.

The military exercises in the Persian Gulf, which Iranian state TV said would partly close the Strait of Hormuz for several hours, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres netted the support of a slew of Bronx elected officials on Tuesday as he seeks reelection.

Congressman Adriano Espaillat, Assembly leader Carl Heastie, state Sen. Jamaal Bailey, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and nearly a dozen other city and state Democratic officials were set to endorse ...Read more

President Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson as a “good man” and “force of nature” but claimed the late civil rights leader “couldn’t stand” former President Barack Obama.

Mixing praise with petty digs, Trump claimed during his days as a New York real estate tycoon he was friends with Jackson, and he ticked ...Read more

Parts of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil-shipping lanes, will be closed for “several hours” on Tuesday as part of Iran’s military drills, state TV in the Islamic Republic reported.

The drills, announced previously, come as Iran and the U.S. start a second round of negotiations in Geneva. Oil reversed losses ...Read more

One of Latin America’s oldest democracies is under siege from powerful criminal gangs, and a manhunt for three warlords wanted by Donald Trump threatens to unleash even more chaos before Colombians vote this year.

Already, candidates are largely staying off the campaign trail amid a wave of attacks that saw a senator’s bodyguards ...Read more

There is no question that Trump is a megalomaniac. Look at the definition: "An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions." Whether it's relatively harmless actions like redecorating the White House with gold everywhere or attaching his name to every building and project he's involved in, or his more problematic king-like ...Read more

Voting is fundamental to democracy, but here in the U.S. people don’t vote very much. In December, Miami held a runoff election for mayor, and all of 37,000 voters turned out. This was 2,000 fewer people than voted in comparable off-cycle elections in Apizaco, a small city in the mountains of central Mexico. It was no blip: The median turnout ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump and his allies are questioning ballot security. Democrats are warning of unconstitutional federal intervention. Experts and others are raising concerns about partisan redistricting and federal immigration agents intimidating people at the polls.

Voter trust in the upcoming midterm elections, meanwhile, has...Read more

DENVER — Demographic shifts, President Donald Trump’s dropping approval ratings and motivated liberal voters now have national Democrats eyeing a race they’ve long ignored: the typically ruby-red congressional district centered on Colorado Springs.

Over the past month, the nonpartisan Cook Political Report has shifted its rating for the ...Read more

A man protesting President Donald Trump’s visit to his golf club in West Palm Beach was arrested and accused of assaulting a Trump supporter on Sunday.

Paul Arthur Messer, 76, was holding a flag attached to a metal pole while participating in an anti-Trump protest across from Trump International Golf Course, according to the Palm Beach County...Read more

In December 2025, Andrea Lucas, the chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, invited white men to file more sex- and race-based discrimination complaints against their employers.

“Are you a white male who has experienced discrimination at work based on your race or sex? You may have a claim to recover money under ...Read more

California’s 1st Congressional District, which encompasses much of the North State and reaches up to the Oregon border, was recently redrawn following the passage of Proposition 50. The initiative, championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, redrew congressional seats to make them easier for Democratic candidates to win in response to a similar GOP-...Read more

NEW YORK — Former Controller Brad Lander reportedly says he’s pulling punches in his challenge to Rep. Dan Goldman, D-New York, because their potential Democratic congressional primary race could get shaken up by an ongoing redistricting court battle.

The Brooklyn progressive claims he doesn’t want to attack Goldman too hard because the ...Read more

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks with the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog in Geneva on Monday, ahead of a second round of nuclear negotiations with the U.S.

During his meeting with Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Araghchi discussed “proposals” he’ll present at ...Read more

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to meet the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, ahead of a second round of talks with the U.S.

Monday’s talks with Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will be “deep technical,” Araghchi said on X.

On Tuesday, he’ll lead Iran’s ...Read more

Constance Duffle, a paramedic in Siskiyou County at the Oregon border, serves a vast wilderness region woefully in need of health professionals. She has enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in paramedicine, newly offered at College of the Siskiyous.

A degree offers pathways to a raise, improved service to her community and opportunities to ...Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he proposed terms for any deescalation deal with Iran during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week.

According to the terms, Iran shouldn’t possess enriched material or nuclear enrichment capabilities, Netanyahu told a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations ...Read more