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NYC Releases 9/11 Air Quality Records
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— Sep 8, 2026
New York City will release more than 170,000 pages of post-9/11 air-quality records, revealing that city officials were aware of dangerous toxins around Ground Zero while publicly assuring residents and workers the air was safe. The documents show testing found benzene and asbestos above safety thresholds and suggest officials prioritized reopening Lower Manhattan over public health, prompting calls for accountability and greater transparency from critics and survivors.
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Statue of Thomas Jefferson Taken Down From Its Pedestal Inside of New York City Hall
Reporting
— Nov 23, 2021
A statue of Thomas Jefferson is no longer standing in New York City Hall. According to The New York Post , the 884-pound statue was packed in a wooden crate Monday. The statue was then lowered into the first-floor…
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New Congestion Fees Force New Yorkers To Choose Between Steep Tolls And Crime-Ridden Public Transit
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— Nov 19, 2024
New York City will make its citizens choose between paying additional fees to drive into lower Manhattan with congestion pricing, or having to take a dangerous and unclean subway. The New York City Metropolitan Transit…
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Police Union Comments On City’s Order Following Incident
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— Oct 6, 2025
Well, well, well. Chicago’s leadership is back in the headlines — and once again, it’s not for lowering crime or cleaning up the streets. This time, it’s about telling police officers not to help fellow law enforcement…
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s EPA Wants More Plastic Turned Into New Products, And The Paper Lobby Is Fighting It
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Prosecutors May Not Get Trump Tax Records Until After Election, Experts Say
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— Jul 11, 2020
New York City prosecutors are very likely to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns after a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling, but it may not happen before the Nov. 3 election if he argues in lower courts as expected…
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Texas Supreme Court Upholds Gov. Abbott’s Ban on Mask Mandates
Opinion
— Aug 16, 2021
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was handed a win on Sunday when the state Supreme Court upheld his order banning mask mandates. The ruling by the Texas Supreme Court blocked rulings by lower courts that allowed two cities to…
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School Choice Helps Close Performance Gap For Low-Income Students, Study Finds
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— Oct 11, 2024
Cities with robust charter school programs have drastically lowered the performance gap between low-income students and their peers, a study published in October found. The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) found that…
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Trump Takes Bid To Shield His Tax Returns Back To US Supreme Court
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— Oct 13, 2020
President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze a lower court’s ruling allowing a prosecutor in New York City to enforce a subpoena seeking Trump’s tax returns and other financial records for a…
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‘Biden…One Term’: DeSantis Campaign Releases Merchandise After NYC Pizza Interview
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— Jun 30, 2023
The campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) released pizza-themed merchandise in response to New York City targeting brick and wood-fired ovens in an effort to lower their carbon emissions by 75%. Released on Thursday…
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Dodgers Defeat Giants 8-2 in Series Opener
The official Dodgers account posted a celebratory final-score update announcing an 8-2 victory over the Giants. The reaction is heavily one-sided in favor of the Dodgers with 80-90% support from fans and neutrals celebrating the win, versus 10-20% opposition mainly from Giants fans expressing frustration.
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Court Rejects Trump Coal Plant Order
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— Sep 8, 2026
The DC Circuit ruled that the Energy Department overstepped its emergency powers to keep coal plants like J.H. Campbell running, signaling that federal actions cannot override long-term planning for market-driven retirements. In parallel, the administration faces a Supreme Court appeal over the SAVE citizenship verification database, and regulators urge the appeals court to pause a lower court ruling on coal mining oversight, as courts scrutinize federal actions affecting energy, elections integrity, and environmental protections.
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Supreme Court Grills Team Trump On Birthright Citizenship Order, Leaves Door Open To Reining In Lower Courts
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— May 15, 2025
Some Supreme Court justices appeared concerned Thursday with the implications of letting the Trump administration enforce its birthright citizenship ban, though several remained skeptical about lower courts’ use of…
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Appeals Court Upholds Block On Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
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— Jul 24, 2025
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s executive order to limit birthright citizenship is “unconstitutional,” upholding a lower court’s decision to block the federal order…
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Senate Passes Major Housing Bill As Citizens Continue To Miss Out On Key Pillar Of American Dream
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— Jun 22, 2026
The Senate passed a piece of bipartisan legislation Monday that aimed to lower the cost of housing. The upper chamber passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act in a 85-5 vote, which aimed to tackle the housing…
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