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House Democrats were said to be moving forward with plans to diminish Congressman Anthony Weiner's role in Congress through discussions to remove the disgraced lawmaker from his post on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
One break would continue a municipal option to provide tax incentives for purchases of new homes by first-time buyers. Sponsors call home ownership "the most potent form" of economic stimulus.
On the day his wife returned from overseas, a porn star came forward to say Congressman Anthony Weiner asked her to lie about their steamy exchanges.
A critical vote by the state Senate could take place this week if the chamber's Republican majority brings the measure to the floor.
While regulators fell short, three construction company supervisors are the ones to blame for two firefighters' deaths in a condemned ground zero tower, prosecutors told jurors Wednesday.
The latest House Homeland Security Committee hearing, led by New York Republican Peter King, examined Islamic radicalization in prisons.
Abedin had been traveling overseas with her boss Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The question is now: does her return mean the defiant House member's resignation may be imminent?
An investigation uncovered crooked doctors, rogue Internet sites and web-based applications in New Jersey are stymieing attempts to fight an epidemic of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to stay neutral when it comes to "Weinergate," staying very far away from saying what action he thinks Anthony Weiner should take in the wake of a sexting scandal.
They're trying to save thousands of jobs. District 37 Union members and their supporters called the encampment "Bloombergville."
The New Jersey governor said he would make the same decision in using the month-old, $12.5 million helicopter but would pay for the ride on the front end.
The official hint that Congressman Anthony Weiner may quit came on Tuesday. And there were suggestions that there's more President Barack Obama can do to help ease him out.
No one imagined the way careless smoking spiraled into a deadly inferno in a toxic ground zero bank tower, so three construction-company supervisors shouldn't be blamed for it, defense lawyers said Tuesday.
Rep. Peter King, who heads the House Homeland Security Committee, has scheduled a Wednesday hearing in Washington focusing on radicalization in U.S. prisons.
The Assembly Homeland Security Committee called State Police Superintendent Rick Fuentes to testify after reports that Christie used choppers twice recently to attend his son's high school baseball games.
