67 m. ago Hochul to Seek New Oversight, but Won’t Remove Adams for Now

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is said to be planning to announce that she will not remove Mayor Eric Adams at this time, but she will seek to increase the state’s supervision of New York City’s affairs.

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86 m. ago NY Gov Hochul to ramp up oversight of NYC Mayor Adams amid pressure to remove him

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to announce new state and city bills that would add oversight to the New York City mayor’s office, sources told Fox News on Thursday.

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2 h. ago Hochul Plans to Impose New Oversight of New York City Amid Adams Scandal

Gov. Kathy Hochul intends to create new guardrails for the state to oversee the city’s affairs amid Mayor Eric Adams’s troubling behavior, but she does not plan to remove him at this time.

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3 h. ago Trump 2nd term live updates: Vance again criticizes European leaders at CPAC

President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday lost its appeal to lift a nationwide injunction against his executive order on birthright citizenship.

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3 h. ago Top Republican urges new SBA chief take 'DOGE' actions against Biden

House Small Business Committee chairman Roger Williams of Texas will send SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler a key letter on Thursday demanding fixes for Biden-era issues.

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3 h. ago Figure’s humanoid robot takes voice orders to help around the house

Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock Thursday revealed a new machine learning model for humanoid robots. The news, which arrives two weeks after Adcock announced the Bay Area robotics firm’s decision to step away from an OpenAI collaboration, is centered around Helix, a “generalist” Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model. VLAs are a new phenomenon for robotics, leveraging […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 h. ago Trump’s Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon Clears Committee, Heads for Full Senate Vote

President Donald Trump's nominee for Education Secretary Linda McMahon passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday morning. The post Trump’s Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon Clears Committee, Heads for Full Senate Vote appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 h. ago Parents could see up to $12,000 child tax refund under new bipartisan House bill

Two House Republicans and two House Democrats are teaming up on a bill that would expand the child tax credit to $6,000.

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4 h. ago PGA Officials, Saudi Investors to Meet With Trump at White House, Washington Post Reports

PGA Officials, Saudi Investors to Meet With Trump at White House, Washington Post Reports  U.S. News & World Report

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4 h. ago Advocates celebrate override of Dem governor’s ‘misguided’ veto of protecting kids from gender transitions

The Kansas state legislature overrode a veto from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to pass a bill protecting minors from gender transition surgeries.

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4 h. ago Senate committee advances Linda McMahon as Trump's nominee for education secretary

Linda McMahon’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s education secretary has advanced out of a Senate committee, bringing her closer to leading an agency the Republican president wants to abolish

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4 h. ago Trump Team Plans Cuts at HUD Office That Funds Disaster Recovery

Staff at the office, a branch of the U.S. housing department that Congress uses to address the worst catastrophes, would be reduced by 84 percent.

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5 h. ago Wrestling mogul and Trump education pick McMahon clears Senate committee in heavyweight decision

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted on Thursday to advance the nomination of Linda McMahon for Education secretary to a full Senate vote.

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6 h. ago Western Washington universities respond to White House ultimatum on DEI programs

Western Washington universities respond to White House ultimatum on DEI programs  KING5.com

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6 h. ago Exclusive: Trump HUD secretary cancels $4M in DEI contracts after launching DOGE task force

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner said his federal agency will be canceling $4 million in DEI contracts during an exclusive announcement on "Fox & Friends."

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6 h. ago Janno Lieber, Congestion Pricing’s Biggest Booster, Prepares to Take on the White House

Janno Lieber, head of the M.T.A., has helped steer the tolling program through lawsuits and a last-minute pause. He now will face off with President Trump.

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7 h. ago Red Cross Participates in Hamas 'Nazi' Ceremony over Dead Hostages

The International Committee of the Red Cross participated Thursday in the gruesome handover ceremony of four bodies of Israeli hostages who were abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and died in captivity in Gaza. The post Red Cross Participates in Hamas ‘Nazi’ Ceremony over Dead Hostages appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 h. ago Congestion Pricing’s Biggest Booster Prepares to Take On the White House

Janno Lieber, head of the M.T.A., has helped steer the tolling program through lawsuits and a last-minute pause. He now will face off with President Trump.

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8 h. ago Lawmaker who lost son to suicide warns Senate that ‘big tech is the big tobacco of this generation’

South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Guffey, who lost his son to suicide in July 2022, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the need to protect children online.

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10 h. ago How much did the house sell for? Washington County deed transfers for Dec. 29

How much did the house sell for? Washington County deed transfers for Dec. 29 - Jan. 4  Herald-Mail Media

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