What Adams missed in D.C.

What Adams missed in D.C.

By Emily Ngo, Jeff Coltin and Nick Reisman | November 6, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams landed in Washington, D.C. on Thursday at about the same time that federal agents were raiding his chief fundraiser’s home in Brooklyn. He pulled up to his first meeting but never got out of the car before deciding to return home. He was in the air […]

Trump 2.0: A Second Term Would See Him Pick More and Uglier fights on immigration

Trump 2.0: A Second Term Would See Him Pick More and Uglier fights on immigration

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | November 5, 2023 This op-ed is part of a series exploring what a second term would look like for either President Biden or former President Trump. Four years after he was elected on the promise to “build the wall,” Donald Trump left office with border apprehensions at their highest level […]

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

By Greg B. Smith | November 5, 2023 The federal probe of Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign fundraising that exploded into public view last week centers on KSK Construction, a Turkey-tied engineering firm that delivered more than a dozen donations to the mayor’s 2021 campaign that are now a subject of the investigation. But years before […]

U.S.-Africa Trade Program Must Be More Than ‘Symbolic,’ U.S. Trade Chief Says

U.S.-Africa Trade Program Must Be More Than ‘Symbolic,’ U.S. Trade Chief Says

By Joe Bavier | November 4, 2023 JOHANNESBURG, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The United States is looking for a “more useful and effective” trade program with Africa, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Saturday, as talks are underway to update a two decade-old duty free initiative. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which grants […]

Before FBI Probe, Eric Adams Campaign Accepted and Returned $10,000 in Donations Linked to Turkish University

Before FBI Probe, Eric Adams Campaign Accepted and Returned $10,000 in Donations Linked to Turkish University

Editorial credit: Bakhtiyar MD / Shutterstock.com By Bianca Pallaro, Yoav Gonen, and George Joseph | November 3, 2023 Less than two months before the 2021 general election, the Eric Adams campaign received five $2,000 donations from people listed as employees of Bay Atlantic University, a small Turkish-owned institution based in Washington, D.C. Now, the university-linked contributions […]

Progressives – and others – are Watching the Eric Adams Campaign Finance Inquiry Very Closely

Progressives – and others – are Watching the Eric Adams Campaign Finance Inquiry Very Closely

By Sahalie Donaldson | November 3, 2023 Shortly after news broke that New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ lead fundraiser’s home was being raided by the FBI,  Democratic political consultant Evan Roth Smith posted on X that “2025 starts today.” One day later, there is much that remains unknown about the broad public corruption investigation involving 25-year-old Brianna […]

Mayor Adams, DOT Commissioner Rodriguez, Lyft Announce Expansion, Improvements to Citi Bike System as Ridership Reaches Record Highs

Mayor Adams, DOT Commissioner Rodriguez, Lyft Announce Expansion, Improvements to Citi Bike System as Ridership Reaches Record Highs

Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com City and Lyft Will More Than Double Number of E-Bikes, Create Pathway to Electrify Stations, and Provide New Benefits for Members Citi Bike Surpassed Single-Day Ridership Record, Reached 200 Million All-Time Rides, and Opened 2,000th Station in September Adams Administration on Track to Install Record Number of Protected Bike Lanes […]

Biden Administration Banks on New Venezuela Strategy as US Grapples with Mass Migration

Biden Administration Banks on New Venezuela Strategy as US Grapples with Mass Migration

Editorial credit: bgrocker / Shutterstock.com By Priscilla Alvarez | November 3, 2023 WashingtonCNN — The Biden administration is banking on a new strategy toward Venezuela, which has grappled with economic and political turmoil under an authoritarian regime, in an attempt to stem mass migration and stabilize the country. Poor economic conditions, food shortages and limited access to health care […]

USCIS Proposes Significant Changes to the H-1B Program

USCIS Proposes Significant Changes to the H-1B Program

By Leslie Dellon | Nov 3, 2023 The H-1B program may undergo significant changes as early as October 1, 2024. The Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently published a 94-page proposed rule to “modernize” the H-1B program.   The H-1B is a temporary (nonimmigrant) visa category for employers to petition for workers in […]