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Ocasio-Cortez 'Won' Michael Cohen Hearing, American Constitution Society President Says Ocasio-Cortez 'Won' Michael Cohen Hearing, American Constitution Society President Says
Ocasio-Cortez 'Won' Michael Cohen Hearing, American Constitution Society President Says Some may say there were no winners when President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen testified in an open hearing by the House Oversight Committee this week, the president of the American Constitution Society said that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shined. In a New York Times op-ed dubbed “How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won the Cohen Hearing,” Caroline Frederickson argued that while others failed to ask hard-hitting questions of Cohen, who was disbarred in New York a day before the hearing. Frederickson praised Ocasio-Cortez’s line of questioning, in which she de…

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by Zak Failla
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Ocasio-Cortez Rips Media For Coverage Of Her Move To Luxury High Rise Ocasio-Cortez Rips Media For Coverage Of Her Move To Luxury High Rise
Ocasio-Cortez Rips Media For Coverage Of Her Move To Luxury High Rise Freshman Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been in the spotlight yet again this week, but for her new luxury high rise, not her policies or outspoken social media presence. Many news outlets are calling the 2007 Yorktown High School graduate hypocritical after it was reported she had moved into a luxury new home in Washington, D.C. The building - which is under construction - features no affordable housing units, which was a platform she championed during her campaign. Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional salary is $174,000, and her new building reportedly runs $2,000 a month for a studio…

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by Zak Failla
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NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration
NY Joins 15 States In Lawsuit Challenging Trump Emergency Declaration New York has joined 15 other states in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s so-called “contrived” declaration of a National Emergency at the southern border. New York Attorney General Letitia James announced this week that she has filed a lawsuit in U.S. district court challenging the president’s declaration of a national emergency and his attempt to divert funding appropriated by Congress for other purposes.  In the complaint, which was filed by Attorneys General from 15 other states, they allege that “the Trump Administration’s emergency declaration and diversion of funds i…

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Trump, Cuomo Tax Talk At White House Turns To Abortion, Fracking Trump, Cuomo Tax Talk At White House Turns To Abortion, Fracking
Trump, Cuomo Tax Talk At White House Turns To Abortion, Fracking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo put aside his differences with President Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss tax reform, abortion and fracking at the White House. The meeting had been scheduled to discuss the $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes (SALT). The governor has previously blamed Trump’s tax legislation for the state’s $2.3 billion revenue drop. "The federal administration's SALT policy is an economic civil war that helps red states at the expense of blue states, and we are now seeing the potentially devastating effect of it in the form of significantly lowe…

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by Zak Failla
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Thinly Staffed IRS Won't Issue Refunds During Shutdown Thinly Staffed IRS Won't Issue Refunds During Shutdown
Thinly Staffed IRS Won't Issue Refunds During Shutdown As tax season draws near, the Internal Revenue Service, thinly staffed due to the partial government shutdown, can’t currently issue any refunds. In addition, the IRS has not announced an official start date for the 2019 filing season. The IRS began the filing season last year on Jan. 29. The IRS is now working under non-filing season shutdown plans with only 12.5 percent of the IRS workforce authorized to work. The partial shutdown marked its 14th day on Friday, Jan. 4. As the standoff drags on, about 800,000 federal employees are working without pay or being furloughed.  …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Engel Drawing Up Trump Foreign Policy Oversight As House Foreign Affairs Committee Engel Drawing Up Trump Foreign Policy Oversight As House Foreign Affairs Committee
Engel Drawing Up Trump Foreign Policy Oversight As House Foreign Affairs Committee Back to the USSR. When it comes to foreign policy -- especially Russia -- New York Congressman Eliot Engel clashes with President Trump. Engel (D - parts of Westchester and the Bronx), who is the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s ranking member,  said Trump is sending the wrong message -- that NATO is divided and unwilling to react-- just when Russian President Vladimir Putin is testing its resolve by seizing three Ukrainian ships. Engel, likely to become committee chairman when the House comes under Democratic control in January, called for a unified and forceful response from the U.…

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by Jon Craig
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Michael Cohen Will Serve Sentence At Prison Called 'Castle Behind Bars' In Hudson Valley Michael Cohen Will Serve Sentence At Prison Called 'Castle Behind Bars' In Hudson Valley
Michael Cohen Will Serve Sentence At Prison Called 'Castle Behind Bars' In Hudson Valley Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and so-called "fixer" for President Donald Trump, is headed to a facility in the Hudson Valley once named by Forbes as one of the "10 cushiest prisons" in America. The 52-year-old Cohen was sentenced earlier this week to three years after he admitted to lying to Congress about Trump’s business dealings in Russia, breaking campaign finance laws on behalf of Trump and evading $1.4 million in taxes related to his personal businesses.  The Otisville Federal Correctional Institution, where Cohen will begin his sentence in March, is located…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Nita Lowey Among Oldest Members Of Congress, But Years Behind Her Elder Statesmen Nita Lowey Among Oldest Members Of Congress, But Years Behind Her Elder Statesmen
Nita Lowey Among Oldest Members Of Congress, But Years Behind Her Elder Statesmen At the spunky age of 81, U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey is among the oldest members of Congress. But believe it or not, she is years away from being the oldest. The Harrison resident is in line to become chair of the House Appropriations Committee come January when Democrats retake the House majority. The average age in the current Senate is 62, while the average age in the House is 58.  Lowey was born the day after Independence Day in 1937.  Sam Johnson, 88, a Republican from Texas is the oldest sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives but plans to retire this year. &nbs…

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by Jon Craig
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Ocasio-Cortez 'Medicare For All' Plan Anti-Senior, Anti-Choice, Says Kellyanne Conway Ocasio-Cortez 'Medicare For All' Plan Anti-Senior, Anti-Choice, Says Kellyanne Conway
Ocasio-Cortez 'Medicare For All' Plan Anti-Senior, Anti-Choice, Says Kellyanne Conway White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway recently slammed Democratic congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over her calls for “Medicare for all,” telling senior citizens not to be fooled by the health care dream. Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old graduate of Yorktown High School, was elected as the youngest-ever female member of Congress on Nov. 6. “Seniors don’t be fooled, it is anti-senior, anti-choice,” Conway said during a recent appearance on Fox and Friends. “You'll lose your doctor, it'll destroy Medicare Advantage, and I know Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez couldn't say what it would cost…

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by Jon Craig
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First Child Flu Death Of Season Reported In New York First Child Flu Death Of Season Reported In New York
First Child Flu Death Of Season Reported In New York The first child to die from the flu this season has been reported in New York. Health department officials in New York would not release the name, gender or specific age of the child, only saying the child was under 18 and resided in New York City. Nationally, flu activity has been minimal across the United States so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last year, 80,000 nationwide died from the flu. In September, Congress approved $140 million in new federal funding toward a universal flu vaccine. That is on top of a $40 million increase in federal funding fo…

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Joe Biden, Congressional Challenger Delgado Will Rally To Get Out The Vote In Hudson Valley Joe Biden, Congressional Challenger Delgado Will Rally To Get Out The Vote In Hudson Valley
Joe Biden, Congressional Challenger Delgado Will Rally To Get Out The Vote In Hudson Valley Former Vice President Joe Biden will be in the Hudson Valley to encourage area residents to “get out the vote” at a rally in Kingston. Biden will be on hand to support Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado, who is challenging Rep. John Faso for the state’s 19th Congressional District in what is expected to be one of the most competitive races in November. "We need people like Antonio in Congress. ... I know that he has what it takes to make a real difference for people in upstate New York," Biden said in a statement endorsing Delgado. "He has fresh ideas and the ability to fin…

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NY Congressional Candidate, Westchester H.S. Graduate Appears In New Michael Moore Movie NY Congressional Candidate, Westchester H.S. Graduate Appears In New Michael Moore Movie
NY Congressional Candidate, Westchester H.S. Graduate Appears In New Michael Moore Movie Yorktown High School graduate and New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is finding her new political stardom skyrocketing this month. The Bronx native is featured is a new documentary by Michael Moore called Fahrenheit 11/9, a look at the fallout from the ascension of Donald Trump to the presidency on Nov. 9, 2016. And on Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez congratulated her "sister in service" Ayanna Pressley, a progressive who won her Massachusetts primary in an upset over longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano. Ocasio-Cortez, a Socialist Democrat from t…

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by Jon Craig