New York state education officials rejected President Trump’s administration’s demand to do away with certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, rebuking the Department of

President Trump issued an executive order in January that banned D.E.I. materials in kindergarten through 12th grade education, but the office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth informed the Naval Academy on March 28 that he intended the order to apply to the school as well, even though it is a college.

Public school systems, unlike universities, are not beholden to federal funding, and thus have some leeway because the majority of their funding comes from state and local taxes

Alan Cumming has told the BBC he feels it "ironic" that Scots are celebrating during Tartan Week while New Yorkers are protesting against the US government. The Scottish actor is in the Big Apple to lead the Tartan Day Parade through Manhattan as its Grand Marshall.

The US began collecting a 10% "baseline" tariff on all imports on Saturday as President Donald Trump urged Americans to "hang tough" after market turmoil. The UK and France are among hundreds of countries impacted and its leaders have said nothing is off the table.

A high-stakes contest to decide who gets to build a casino in New York City could potentially result in a $115 million jackpot for President Donald Trump.

The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.

A U.S. judge dismissed corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday, even as he said the Trump administration's argument that the case should be dropped because it was hindering the Democratic politician's help with an immigration crackdown "smacks of a bargain.