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For most of this year, caseworkers in Rep. Suhas Subramanyam’s office have struggled to get through to federal agencies, as mass layoffs rippled through the Trump administration. His staff was starting to make inroads again with certain agencies, like the Internal Revenue Service, the Virginia Democrat said.  Then, the shutdown came. “They have gone back to not being responsive.… Read more »

Five years after the coronavirus pandemic, the state Department of Health is pleading ignorance about one of its most hotly debated policy choices of the crisis – a directive that sent thousands of infected patients into nursing homes. Responding to queries from two elected officials, the department refused to say whether it now considers that March 2020 policy to have been consistent… Read more »

Ali Gul Haidari was a platoon sergeant in one of the Afghan Army’s most elite commando units partnering with U.S. Army Special Forces troops for missions to retake district centers from the Taliban in north and eastern Afghanistan. Haidari and his Afghan teammates blended in with their U.S. counterparts “down to the ballcaps and Oakleys,” a still-serving Special Forces officer… Read more »

To the Editor, Congressman Mike Lawler deserves credit for consistently opposing government shutdowns. He has stood firm in stating that shutdowns harm veterans, seniors, families, and small businesses in our community. While others play political games, Congressman Lawler has worked to keep the government open in a bipartisan manner, even standing up against his own party to serve the… Read more »

Gov. Kathy Hochul had said the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, made “all of America more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” The Trump administration will restore $187 million in cuts it had made to law enforcement funding, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, following a… Read more »

The Trump administration will restore $187 million in cuts it had made to law enforcement funding, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, following a bipartisan push to reinstate the funds. The cuts, which represented the largest federal defunding of police operations in New York in decades, were made by the Department of Homeland… Read more »

New York Rep. Michael Lawler is accusing Gov. Kathy Hochul of dragging her feet by failing to force insurance companies to pay claims to thousands of alleged sexual assault victims who’ve filed lawsuits under the Child Victims Act. “The Child Victims Act (CVA), passed almost seven years ago was supposed to open the doors of justice to those silenced for decades. Instead,… Read more »

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress from both parties are sounding the alarm about the National Cancer Institute’s decision to halt funding for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium. That’s a network of academic centers and children’s hospitals, including New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, that has worked for more than a quarter century to advance new… Read more »

A bipartisan duo of congressmen representing both sides of the Hudson joined forces Wednesday to slam mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani for opposing a Holocaust remembrance group’s definition of “antisemitism.” Mayor Eric Adams signed an executive order in June that uses the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition as part of a push against… Read more »

The Trump administration plans to shutter nine IRS taxpayer assistance centers just months ahead of the start of filing season, angering at least one Republican lawmaker whose district is targeted. The closures, revealed in notices sent to lawmakers in Congress, come amid months of turmoil at the IRS, faced with leadership exits and looming steep budget cuts. All the… Read more »