
National
Let’s do the numbers on St. Patrick’s Day
American consumers are expected to spend $5.6 billion on the holiday — approximately $40.1 per person — but lower than last year’s record-breaking spending.
7 years ago
Convicted ‘Bridgegate’ defendant joins Supreme Court appeal
Bill Baroni, a convicted appointee of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has joined Bridget Kelly's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
7 years ago
American Muslims deal with being targets of hate
Harris Zafar, the national spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim communities, delivered a message of tolerance in response to the slaughter of fellow Muslims in two mosques.
7 years ago
Trump vetoes Congressional effort to limit border wall funding
President Trump used his veto pen for the first time Friday, after Congress tried to reverse his national emergency declaration and rein in spending on a border wall.
7 years ago
‘There will be a woman on the ticket’: Booker vows to pick a female VP
As Cory Booker pledges to New Hampshire voters a woman will be on the presidential ticket, some urged him to take a step back and let female candidate take nomination.
7 years ago
Toomey votes to block Trump emergency declaration, calls it a ‘very dangerous precedent’
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania was among 12 Republicans voted to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to fund expanding the wall.
7 years ago
Trump vows veto after Congress blocks his order to build border wall
Shortly after the vote, President Trump tweeted, "VETO!" Neither chamber mustered the two-thirds support required to override a presidential veto.
7 years ago
U.S. immigration agents find ways around ‘sanctuary’ policies
Unofficial cooperation has granted immigration authorities access to databases and, in some cases, people are tipping them off when a person of interest is being released.
7 years ago
Top Mueller prosecutor stepping down in latest clue Russia inquiry may be ending
Andrew Weissmann, the architect of the case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, will study and teach at NYU and work on a variety of public service projects.
7 years ago
Democrat Beto O’Rourke announces 2020 White House bid
The former Texas congressman sent a text message to KTSM Wednesday afternoon confirming the news that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination.
7 years ago
Paul Manafort sentenced to 3.5 more years in prison; NYC indictment announced
Judge Amy Berman Jackson effectively added about 3 and a half more years in prison to the sentence Manafort received last week from a different judge in Virginia.
7 years ago
Is Joe Biden in tune with the times, or past his prime?
In Iowa, where the presidential primary season traditionally begins, a statewide poll has anointed Joe Biden as the Democratic front-runner, with 27 percent support.
7 years ago
In these divided times, is civility under siege?
An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll says that the country's civility crisis is deepening and that a majority of Americans fear it will lead to violence.
7 years ago
Trump administration seeks to close international immigration offices
The Trump administration is seeking to close nearly two dozen U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices around the world.
7 years ago
New York, feds join to get 100K rape kits tested around U.S.
An estimated 155,000 or more sex assault evidence kits still await testing, and thousands of results have yet to be linked to suspects.
7 years ago