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New York and San Francisco Can’t Assume They’ll Bounce Back: Noah Smith

Big cities are taking a big hit from the coronavirus pandemic. Statistics from employment search giant Indeed show that major U.S. metropolitan areas have lost a larger percentage of jobs, and have exp...

 
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Chicago rocked by widespread looting caught on video after police-involved shooting

Hundreds of people were seen looting stores such as Nordstrom, Walgreens and Macy's...

 
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New York gun sales spiked 121 percent in June, study finds

New Yorkers are arming themselves at a record pace....

 
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House Democrats can sue Trump over U.S.-Mexico border wall funding, court rules

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that House Democrats can proceed with a lawsuit over President Trump’s diversion of $2.5 billion in Pentagon funding to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. ...

 
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Rashida Tlaib Violated Campaign Finance Law, House Ethics Committee Unanimously Rules

Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib violated the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by paying herself a salary from her campaign after securing victory in the 2018 general election, the House Eth...

 
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Blackout hits large area of NYC, including Upper West Side and Harlem

A widespread power outage left about 130,000 customers in darkness across a large area of Upper Manhattan early Friday, a Con Edison spokesman said. ...

 
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Report: Gang Member Darius Sutton Participated in Three Shootings After Being Freed Without Bail

Brooklyn gang member Darius Sutton took part in at least three shootings after being released without bail in May on an attempted murder charge, according to federal prosecutors....

 
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Wake Up, America! The Socialist ‘Squad’ Is Gaining Ground

On August 4, Missouri voters selected socialist Cori Bush over longtime incumbent Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) in the 1st Congressional District’s Democratic primary election. ...

 
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New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA, alleging financial fraud

Chief executive Wayne LaPierre 'grossly misused' organization's funds, she said....

 
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Cuomo Begs Fleeing New Yorkers To Return From Connecticut, Hamptons After Revealing Top 1% Pay 50% Of State Taxes

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been visiting New Yorkers who fled the state during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, begging them to return to the state from Connecticut and other second-home l...

 
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The country can't afford the Democrats' coronavirus relief plan

As we have seen in the past few relief packages, Democrats in Congress have shown their willingness to use the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext for endless spending. The House’s passage of the HEROES Act...

 
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NYC Health Commissioner to De Blasio: Your COVID Response Sucks, So I'm Outta Here.

ook, she was in no way totally immune from criticism regarding the city's response to coronavirus, but at least Dr. Oxiris Barbot, New York City's now-former health commissioner, turned a corner and wa...

 
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Dangerous To Our Democracy’: Dem Lawmakers Demand Facebook Remove Video Edited To Make Pelosi Look Drunk

Several Democratic lawmakers are demanding Facebook remove a video that was doctored to make House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appear drunk....

 
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Shootings rage in de Blasio’s gun-controlled New York City as the city works to defund the police

New York City, New York – The shootings seem to not be slowing down in New York City, as there was a reported seven shooting incidents on August 2nd that impacted 10 victims total. When reviewing the s...

 
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People Do Not Have the Right to Riot

Protesters in Gotham and other cities around the ­nation are so used to getting their way, they’ve been spoiled. Their illegal occupation of our streets and parks has ­become so routine that the protes...