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The four candidates talked Trump, tax returns, corruption and voting rights.

The hearing tumbled into highly charged arguments over whether key documents were being withheld, and Sen. Cory Booker risked Senate discipline by releasing confidential material.

Today, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh can expect to be grilled by Democratic senators over abortion, guns, executive power and other high-profile issues.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings begin today with opening remarks from the 21 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. 

Organizers of Aretha Franklin’s funeral insist it will be a service, not a show. Yet the Queen of Soul’s final send-off boasts an all-star lineup of speakers and singers.

The only Democratic gubernatorial debate saw the sitting governor clash with actor and activist Cynthia Nixon over questions on policy, corruption, and the value of experience in Albany.

Jakiw Palij has spent the last several years living a quiet and isolated life in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Dozens of trains have been canceled in the past two weeks, and the agency says it's because of a lack of engineers.

In a retrial, a federal jury in Manhattan convicted former Republican state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, for the second time.

The law caps a deduction for state and local taxes that was especially popular in Democratic states where many homeowners will now see big increases in their federal tax bill.

On the four-year anniversary of Eric Garner’s death at the hands of a white cop, the NYPD’s top lawyer has informed the DOJ of a case that could result in the officer's dismissal.

Trump said he and Putin would discuss a range of issues, from trade to the military, along with missiles and China. Not mentioned: Election meddling or Syria.

More than a dozen current and former tenants say relentless construction and rent hikes of $500 a month or more were part of an effort to push people out of rent-stabilized apartments.

A 74-page report from the New York State Health Department lays out a strong argument for the state to legalize recreational marijuana. 

The Justice Department told Congress in a report in March it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 after receiving “new information.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection alleges that Mayor Bill de Blasio violated both Mexican and U.S. immigration laws by crossing the border on foot during a visit near El Paso.

Protestors demand the Trump administration quickly reunite parents and children separated at the border.

Trump’s nominee is likely to give the conservatives a solid majority, and will face a Senate process in which Democrats can’t delay confirmation. 

A stalemate in the state Senate prevented both Democrats and Republicans from getting most of the major items on their wish list.

Stephanie Miner, once a Cuomo-picked co-chair of the state Democratic party, will run against him as an independent. She has previously criticized Cuomo for under-funding upstate cities.