Daniel Inouye, the longest serving member of the United States Senate, passed away on Monday. He died of respiratory complications, having been hospitalized for a week and a half at
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is proposing to give schools more money for security improvements and to make greater use of the National Guard. Boxer’s legislation is a response to the
Stocks dipped Wednesday, recording their first loss of the week. President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress sniped at each other, and a deadline to avoid sweeping tax increases and
President Barack Obama will be responsible for taxes rising on Americans if he does not “get serious” about a balanced deficit reduction plan or demand Senate passage of a Republican
Worshippers usually leave notes to the Almighty at the Kosel. But half a billion dollars? Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who oversees the Kosel, said a worshipper found an envelope at the
Democratic legislators said on Wednesday they had seen a groundswell of opposition to the continued sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines and pushed Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote
Spurred by a horrific elementary school shooting, President Barack Obama tasked his administration Wednesday with creating concrete proposals to reduce gun violence that has plagued the country. “This time, the
Three State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in
[COMMUNICATED CONTENT] Hurry – a group flight from NY is being organized – book now to reserve your space. Rebbbetzin Tziporah Heller and Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt are teaming up with
The U.S. government’s foray into the car business is slowly coming to an end. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it will sell its remaining stake in General Motors in
New York City bus, subway and commuter rail passengers will soon have to pay more to ride. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority board approved a slate of fare hikes Wednesday. They’ll
The White House was set to reveal the first steps of a gun-control plan on Wednesday as the United States grieved for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the statement below, following news that a Bolivian judge released Jacob Ostreicher, a New Yorker, and granted him house arrest. Jacob has been unjustly
President Barack Obama would veto the House Republican “Plan B” tax proposal designed to avert Jan. 1 tax hikes, the White House said on Wednesday, saying the plan does not
The chairman of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Joseph Lhota, said on Wednesday he will step down at the end of the year and is considering a run for mayor
Israel charged an Israeli Arab citizen on Wednesday over a bomb explosion on a Tel Aviv bus during Israel’s November military offensive in the Gaza Strip, the Justice Ministry said.
TIME has tapped U.S. President Barack Obama for its Person of the Year for the second time, citing his historic re-election last month as symbolic of the nation’s shifting demographics
The new Syrian rebel military commander said he is “very afraid” a cornered Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons on his own people but the opposition does not
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is scheduled to vote on its latest fare and toll hike proposal Wednesday morning. The plan calls for raising the base subway and bus fare 25
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