Daily Political Briefing Sept. 9, 2021Updated Sept. 9, 2021, 4:00 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2021, 4:00 p.m. ET breaking “The Department of Justice has a duty to defend the Constitution of the United States, and to uphold the rule of law,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. The department is seeking an injunction that would prohibit … Read more
President Joe Biden announced on Saturday that he would travel to Manville, New Jersey and Queens, New York on Tuesday to investigate the disastrous effects of Hurricane Ida and its remains. The nation now learns about the more than 60 people killed by the storm. Many of the victims drowned in cars or were swept … Read more
The 2021 New York Auto Show has been canceled. Similar to last year, organizers have postponed the annual spring event to August to avoid the worst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, they say their hand has now been forced due to a growing number of hospital cases with the COVID-19 delta variant and increasingly … Read more
Before the pandemic, Clara Miller had a secret that she kept from her dance world at the New York City Ballet. Well the caretakers knew. After dance performances, she went to empty studios to rehearse. But she didn’t dance. Armed with her voice and a piano, she wrote and sang songs – sometimes, as she … Read more
CHICAGO – As part of the Biden administration’s approach to combating escalating gun violence in the US, the Justice Department on Thursday deployed five new arms trafficking “strike forces” to combat the illegal flow of firearms across state lines. Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke to U.S. attorneys and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, … Read more
PUBLIC SERVICE The New York Times The Pulitzer Committee honored the New York Times with the prestigious Public Service Award for its “predictive and comprehensive” coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly for filling “a data vacuum that has helped local governments, healthcare providers, businesses and individuals has, better prepared and protected. ”Read the coverage here. … Read more
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Weather: Mostly sunny today, with a high in the low 80s. On weekends mixed sun and clouds with a chance of afternoon storms and highs around 90. Alternative parking: In force until May 31 (Memorial Day). An arrangement of homemade signs, letters, and flowers near the gates of Green-Wood Cemetery on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn. … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Israeli warplanes targeted Gaza City on Monday morning.Credit…Mahmud Hams/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Israeli warplanes unleashed a fierce air bombardment on Gaza City before dawn on Monday as Hamas militants in the coastal enclave continued to target towns in southern Israel with barrages of rockets, bringing the conflict into … Read more