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Rappers are everywhere in New York politics

Believe the hype.

  • Sahalie Donaldson

Famous? Here’s how to get involved in politics in New York

Host fundraisers and write op-eds. You could even run for office!

  • Annie McDonough

The New York politicians who have flirted with celebrity

“I guess they thought I had that something.”

  • Austin C. Jefferson

New York’s celebrity causes

The stars love horses, books and more.

  • Sahalie Donaldson

Six degrees of Mark Ruffalo

It all connects.

  • Holly Pretsky

Mark Ruffalo is obsessed with NY politics

The Hulk takes his cues from a former Ithaca Assembly member, will show up at the Capitol to talk about fracking and wanted you to “Leave It Blank” for Palestine.

  • Rebecca C. Lewis

Editor’s note: Why do we care what celebrities think about New York politics?

We can’t look away.

  • Holly Pretsky

Famous people love to get involved in NY politics, and electeds love to have them

Stars: They’re (sometimes) just as politically obsessed as us!

  • Annie McDonough

New data: Demand for IDNYC cards increased during migrant influx

Asylum-seekers had been struggling to get appointments, but that shortage has begun to ease in recent weeks.

  • Sahalie Donaldson

The new rules of geopolitics in Africa

Washington should foster coalitions that can offer a better value proposition than competing revisionist powers.

  • J. Peter Pham

Epstein to declare run for Council

The Assembly member is seeking to represent District 2 with endorsements from former Council members Margarita Lopez and Rosie Mendez, local leaders and tenant association presidents.

  • Annie McDonough

What has China learned from Russia and Iran’s use of proxies?

The answer may help U.S. planners anticipate and spot Beijing's next moves.

  • Mollie Saltskog and Colin P. Clarke
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Eric Adams objects to scrutiny from the ‘word police’

They’ve kept an eye on everything the mayor has said during his two years in office.

  • Eric Holmberg

Made in the USA: Defense companies tense as Congress pressures them to buy domestic

A draft version of the 2025 defense authorization act has several provisions targeting China-made critical materials.

  • Lauren C. Williams

Passenger rail keeps chugging forward during Infrastructure Week

Efforts to expand rail have reached significant milestones in recent weeks, from construction on the Northeast Corridor to new funding on Colorado’s Front Range.

  • Daniel C. Vock

Air Force picks homes for expeditionary ‘Air Task Forces’

The new deployment model will get its first real-world test next year.

  • Audrey Decker

Climate advocates plan to spend against incumbents blocking NY HEAT Act

The Spring Street Climate Political Fund is targeting Assembly Members Didi Barrett and Michael Benedetto, who are facing left-wing primary challengers.

  • Rebecca C. Lewis

City tackles first responders’ opioid compassion fatigue

When physically and emotionally exhausted emergency personnel started saying, “Let them die,” officials in Huntington, West Virginia, knew they had a problem. They also had a solution.

  • Kaitlyn Levinson

NSF to issue framework addressing national security implications of sensitive research

The agency’s director noted that the TRUST framework — based on recommendations made in a recent advisory group report — will be unveiled “in the coming months.”

  • Alexandra Kelley

VA is already using AI to identify and assist veterans in crisis, officials say

The use of AI capabilities to review the agency’s surveys to veterans has helped save a couple thousand lives and helped another couple thousand retired servicemembers receive housing, according to VA’s chief veterans experience officer.

  • Edward Graham

Defense One Radio, Ep. 153: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 2: China and the Indo-Pacific

Why is the region in the middle of an arms race? And what do analysts think China is really spending on its military?

  • Ben Watson