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Some of the 2025 policies that have been implemented include cracking down on immigration and dismantling the Department of Education.
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New York State has some of the nation’s most aggressive policies addressing climate change, including a law that is aimed at all but eliminating greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Gas-powered cars, oil-burning heaters and furnaces, and fossil-fueled electric plants are supposed to be on the way out. But the state has recently started putting the brakes on progress towards that green future.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Michael Fisher unexpectedly entered the plea after a five-day manslaughter trial in which jurors were deadlocked.
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The sudden cancellation and rapid reversal of billions in federal mental health funding within 24 hours, left providers scrambling and vulnerable New Yorkers bewildered. -
The Democrat’s address emphasized nuclear with smaller goals for new renewable energy. -
Empire 1 can resume construction off the coast of Long Island after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction.
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A bipartisan congressional delegation traveled to Denmark to try to deescalate rising tensions. Just as they were finishing, President Trump announced new tariffs on the country until it agrees to his plan of acquiring Greenland.
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Snow has fallen in Florida for the second year in a row. -
Syria's new leaders, since toppling Bashar Assad in December 2024, have struggled to assert their full authority over the war-torn country. -
The move comes after President Trump again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to control ongoing protests over the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.
