Gov. Hochul asked to leave wake for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked to leave the wake for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller on Friday afternoon.  —  Hochul arrived at the Massapequa Funeral Home on Long Island for the second day of viewings around 1:45 p.m.

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Andy Kim defeats NJ's ‘county line’ boss system in court  —  The judge ordered the use of office block ballots for the June primary, where candidates are placed together by the office they are seeking.  —  New Jersey's controversial ballot design that gives party-backed candidates an advantage …

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87  —  Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died.  He was 87.  —  Gossett's first cousin Neal L. Gossett told …

NYC's AI Chatbot Tells Businesses to Break the Law  —  The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take workers' tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income … In October, New York City announced a plan to harness the power of artificial intelligence to improve the business of government.

Trump can't remember much.  He hopes you won't be able to, either.  —  The Very Stable Genius is glitching again.  —  This week, he announced that he is not — repeat, NOT — planning to repeal the Affordable Care Act.  He apparently forgot that he had vowed over and over again to do exactly that …

Federal judge warns of Trump's attacks in extraordinary rebuke  —  A sitting federal judge on Thursday harshly criticized Donald Trump's attacks on the judge overseeing the former president's criminal case tied to alleged hush money payments, telling CNN that such statements threaten the viability of the American legal system.

Cesar Chavez's family to endorse Biden after RFK Jr. claims civil rights leader would've voted for him  —  President Biden is set to be endorsed Friday by members of Cesar Chavez's family — a mostly symbolic gesture, but one meant to send a signal to independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …

Evan Gershkovich's Stolen Year in a Russian Jail  —  The Wall Street Journal correspondent has been deprived of 12 months of normal existence; a year of missed weddings, reporting trips and travels with friends  —  Evan Gershkovich was supposed to be with his friends in Berlin the first week of April 2023.

Did Trump actually appoint Jeffrey Clark to lead the Justice Department?  Clark's lawyer just said yes.  —  In the days leading up to Jan. 6, Trump believed Clark would harness the department to buttress false claims of voter fraud.  —  It's one of the lingering mysteries of the Jan. 6 investigation …

Donald Tusk: 'We are in a pre-war era.  I don't exaggerate'  —  The Polish prime minister warns that Europe is at ‘the most critical moment since the end of the Second World War’ and must commit more to defense and protecting Ukraine  —  Donald Tusk, 66, has an image of his childhood etched in his memory.

Many GOP billionaires balked at Jan. 6.  They're coming back to Trump.  —  Elite donors are rediscovering their affinity for the former president over taxes — even as he vows to free Jan. 6 defendants, promises mass deportations and faces 88 felony charges

'They all say he's bad': Morning Joe astonished by number of Trump appointees who hate him  —  President Joe Biden was joined by two of his Democratic predecessors for a fundraiser that raked in more than $26 million, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough pointed out that Donald Trump would never be able …

Biden fires longtime railroad official after probe into toxic work environment  —  President Biden informed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday that he is firing Martin Dickman, the inspector general of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), on grounds of creating a hostile work environment, a source familiar told The Hill.

Trump stays silent on detained U.S. reporter as he avoids criticizing Putin  —  Trump has consistently gone out of his way to avoid criticizing the Russian president and routinely demonizes reporters  —  Former president Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee …

All three of John Fetterman's top communications staffers have resigned in the last month  —  Clout learns there's been some serious turnover in Sen. John Fetterman's office.  In the last month, all three of Fetterman's top communications staffers have left Capitol Hill.Nick Gavio …

Scotland was ‘hoodwinked’ by Donald Trump, says former aide  —  Donald Trump flanked by his children and pipers on the official opening day of the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeenshire in 2012  —  The man who helped broker the deal for Donald Trump's first Scottish golf resort …

Lara Trump Taunts Her ‘YUGE Fans in the Liberal Media’ With New Song  —  ‘THE SONG IS SH*T’  —  The internet has not been kind.  —  Look out, Beyoncé.  —  The newly installed co-chair of the Republican National Committee debuted a new single at midnight on Friday …

Biden cracks down on diesel trucks in bid to fight climate change, reduce emissions  —  The trucking industry warns these stringent new measures could have far-reaching economic repercussions  —  The Biden administration finalized long-awaited regulations targeting emissions generated …