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Dahle: GOP’s longshot hope to unseat Newsom


Sacramento, Calif.: Brian Dahle, the Republican Party’s longshot hope to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom in California, knows that to win in his progressive home state he can’t allow Democrats to label him as an election-denying, abortion-hating, gun-loving, bombastic right-winger. It’s why Dahle, an affable farmer and state senator from the sparsely populated northeast corner of...

Ousters, upsets halfway through 2022 primary election season


Trump has played a role in several races Washington DC: More than halfway through a tumultuous primary season, voters have rendered verdicts in a number of contests, many of which featured candidates arguing they best represented a continuation of policies favored by former President Donald Trump. While not on the ballot himself, Trump has played...

New York, New Jersey Agrees on Hudson River Tunnel Project


New York: Govs. Phil Murphy of New Jersey and Kathy Hochul of New York signed an agreement on Tuesday that irons out a 50-50 split of the states' cost for the more than $14 billion Gateway project to construct a new train tunnel under the Hudson River and replace the Portal Bridge. The governors signed...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Launches a Clinical Forensic Fellowship


Brooklyn, NY: NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County Wednesday launched the Clinical Forensic Medicine Fellowship, a one-year training program designed to build leaders in the field of clinical forensics for emergency medicine. The fellowship will teach clinicians to identify and care for victims of violence and trauma, prevent the destruction of potential evidence, assist in...

Dr. Katz named one of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives


New York: NYC Health + Hospitals on July 5 announced that its President and CEO Mitchell Katz, MD has been named to Modern Healthcare’s 2022 list of the 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives. Dr. Katz is part of a diverse group of clinical leaders nationwide who are recognized for their resiliency and dedication to...

Mayor Eric Adams holds first community forum on public safety


Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: Mayor Eric Adams held his first community forum on public safety Wednesday night. He spoke to residents, activists, and leaders in Downtown Brooklyn. "We all agree that this gun violence is taking too many family members. We can't live in a city where 50 people are shot. We can't live in...

Georgia subpoenaing Giuliani, Graham in Trump election probe


Atlanta: The Georgia prosecutor investigating the conduct of former President Donald Trump and his allies after the 2020 election is subpoenaing U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and other members of Trump’s campaign legal team to testify before a special grand jury. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Tuesday filed...

Appeals arguments heard on immigrants brought to US as kids


New Orleans: Attorneys hoping to save an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children told a federal appeals court Wednesday that ending the program would cruelly disrupt the lives of thousands who have grown up to become tax-paying, productive drivers of the U.S. economy. An attorney...

States move to protect abortion from prosecutions elsewhere


Providence, R.I.: Democratic governors in states where abortion will remain legal are looking for ways to protect any patients who travel there for the procedure — along with the providers who help them — from being prosecuted by their home states. The Democratic governors of Colorado and North Carolina on Wednesday issued executive orders to...