Trump Tweets About Victory, Casts Doubt On Russian Hacking Claims
President-elect Donald Trump began 2017 exactly the way he spent much of 2016 – expressing himself with 140 characters or less.
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President-elect Donald Trump began 2017 exactly the way he spent much of 2016 – expressing himself with 140 characters or less.
Obama expelled the diplomats, saying they were really spies, and ordered new sanctions on Russian spy agencies for alleged Russian hacking of political sites during the presidential election.
Members of a Long Island bagpipe and drum band are excited to participate in the inauguration parade for President-elect Donald Trump in January.
The president-elect will be spending his New Year's Eve at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The presidential election dominated the news in 2016, but it was just one of several political stories to grab headlines over the past 12 months.
New York State will begin phasing in its minimum wage increase to $15 per hour starting on New Year's Eve.
More than 8,000 participants have accepted invitations to take part in a parade following the swearing-in of President-elect Donald Trump.
President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts.
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday outlined some triumphs and disappointments in 2016, and some worries about what may happen in 2017.
New York is one of two states that prosecute 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, and a new report said doing away with the practice would have positive economic impacts.
Mayor De Blasio is now starring in a new video highlighting his accomplishments in 2016.
Carl Paladino, the co-chair of the Trump campaign in New York state, said his recent crack that he hoped President Obama would die from mad cow disease and that Michelle Obama would "return to being a male'' were "inappropriate'' and a "mistake.''
Israel pressed forward with promises of retaliation and damage control Sunday following a U.N. vote last week on an anti-settlement resolution that passed thanks to an abstention by the U.S., Israel's close ally.
In a statement, Trump said he aims to "avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as President."
There was pressure from the president-elect and lobbying from Israel, but in the end, the United States broke a longstanding tradition.
