Subterms
President’s brother, Robert Trump, is trying to stop publication of niece’s ‘revelatory’ tell-all book Mary Trump’s publisher has promised a ‘revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J Trump and the toxic family that made him’. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Mary Trump filed an immediate appeal on Tuesday, after a judge in New York issued a preliminary […] More
Elections in New York, Kentucky and North Carolina saw everything from voting problems to a win for Ocasio-Cortez Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes a campaign stop in Queens, New York, on 23 June. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters A slew of elections on Tuesday in New York, Kentucky and North Carolina threw out numerous story lines, from successful mail-in […] More
Longstanding tensions within the Democratic party have reemerged in a New York congressional race where an insurgent candidate is seeking to unseat a long-time senior party figure. The divide is largely between establishment Democrats lining up behind incumbent congressman Eliot Engel, a member of congress for three decades who chairs the House foreign affairs committee […] More
Could New York become a progressive beacon in the United States? Jabari Brisport Last year, New York was one vote shy of passing a bill to give every New Yorker access to healthcare. I believe victory is still possible Anonymous group of people walking across a pedestrian crosswalk on a New York City street with […] More
Meet Samelys López, the ex-homeless candidate running for New York’s most contested seat She is backed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and represents a voice much needed in the south Bronx – but can López beat the nine others vying for the seat? Samelys López. Photograph: Gabriela Bhaskar/The Guardian The first time Samelys López stood up for […] More
Attorney general originally claimed Geoffrey Berman had quit Trump ‘not involved’ though only he has authority for move Geoffrey Berman, the United States attorney for the southern district of New York, arrives to his office in New York on Saturday. Photograph: Kevin Hagen/AP The US attorney general, William Barr, said on Saturday Donald Trump had […] More
US attorney general William Barr announced the resignation on Friday of an influential attorney who oversaw key prosecutions of allies of President Donald Trump and an investigation into Rudy Giuliani – but it appears the attorney in question has other ideas. “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning,” said Geoffrey Berman, adding […] More
Corona in Corona: how the deadly virus shook a neglected neighborhood A woman wearing a mask in Corona, Queens. Photograph: Ryan Christopher Jones/The Guardian The toll the coronavirus has taken on the Queens neighborhood in NYC tells a story of race, poverty and inequality in America by Amanda Holpuch in New York Main image: A […] More
