2015: A Look Back At New York Political Headlines And Controversies
On the local, state and national fronts, 2015 was filled with tragedies, feuds and controversies in political news.
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On the local, state and national fronts, 2015 was filled with tragedies, feuds and controversies in political news.
During his rally Monday in Michigan, Donald Trump attacked Hillary Clinton portraying her as someone who constantly loses, citing her race against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination in 2008.
Check out our picks for the biggest news stories to hit the New York metropolitan area in 2015.
Bernie Sanders apologized to Hillary Clinton and his own supporters Saturday night for a data breach that allowed his campaign to access her team's valuable information about voters.
Donald Trump is rejecting criticism that his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. is un-American and has critics comparing him to Adolf Hitler.
With a year to go, he looks set to smash almost every travel record in U.S. diplomacy.
Clinton released a statement on Saturday, saying the killing should depend the United States' resolve against terrorism.
Republican presidential candidates on Friday swiftly condemned Donald Trump's call for requiring Muslims in the United States to register in a national database, drawing a sharp distinction with the GOP front-runner.
In a sweeping address to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination laid out her vision for how to heighten pressure on the Islamic State and combat terrorism at home.
The deadly attacks in Paris cast a somber mood at the start of the second Democratic presidential debate, but the field spent the rest of the night tossing sharp elbows over Wall Street reform, gun control and the minimum wage.
A CBS News/New York Times poll released Thursday indicated that Hillary Rodham Clinton remained at the top among Democratic presidential candidates, while Donald Trump is considered the toughest Republican challenger.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Clinton has a history of fighting for income equality, paid family leave, pre-k for all kids and voting rights, among other issues.
Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the middle class, and called for addressing economic inequality and financial reform, as she appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Tuesday night.
The mayor initially refused to endorse Clinton, saying he needed to hear more detailed policies, most notably about income inequality.
Hillary Rodham Clinton will pay a visit to "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert'' on Tuesday night.
Hillary Rodham Clinton firmly defended her record before, during and after the Benghazi attacks as she came face-to-face Thursday with the Republican-led special investigation of the 2012 violence in Libya.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders are looking to build on their strong Democratic presidential debate performances, while three other Democratic candidates are still struggling for traction.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders sparred on policy positions -- but sometimes came out in agreement -- as the 2016 Democratic presidential candidates held their first debate Tuesday night.
Trump remains the GOP front-runner, holding steady in the poll, released Sunday, with the same 27 percent support he saw last month.
A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released Thursday showed Donald Trump and Ben Carson running nearly even as the top choices among Republicans.
Republican presidential candidates have waded into the politics of the Oregon school shooting with suggestions for how things could have been better.
Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to pry into Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email account while she was secretary of state, emails released Wednesday show.
Republicans have raised questions about thousands of emails that she has deleted on grounds that they were private in nature.
The plan, which she will discuss in Iowa on Tuesday, would cap how much a person pays out of pocket each month on medications.
"I think we have great candidates right now. I really do," de Blasio said.
