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The ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets said late Tuesday that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He had said last month he was considering it.
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An expulsion effort to remove Vito Lopez of Brooklyn was derailed by his resignation effective Monday.
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N.Y. Democrat proposing new legislation to help students who have borrowed to pay for their education
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Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who is accused of sexually harassing young women staffers for years says he will resign before he's expelled from the Legislature.
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Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the IRS as Congress holds its first hearing on the tougher scrutiny given to the tea party and other conservative groups.
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Vito Lopez, who is accused of sexual harassment, has announced his resignation effective at the end of the current session.
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Lawmakers are ready to question the ousted head of the IRS as Congress holds its first hearing on the tougher scrutiny given to the tea party and other conservative groups.
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President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the IRS.
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President Barack Obama tried to defuse a trio of controversies Thursday, pledging to work with Congress to ensure the IRS doesn't abuse its power, urging legislators to provide more money to strengthen security at U.S. diplomatic outposts and promising to seek "a balance" between national security and a need to protect freedom of the press.
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President Obama released a trove of documents related to the Benghazi attack and forced out the top official at the IRS.
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President Obama says Steven Miller resigned amid an investigation that found the agency improperly targeted conservative groups.
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A New York district attorney says he has completed his investigation of sexual harassment allegations against Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
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Malloy, a Democrat, is also expected to discuss his efforts to prevent urban violence during his scheduled afternoon meeting .
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It remains to be seen whether the new mayor of New Jersey's second-largest city will have an easy time governing when he takes office on July 1.
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Ineffective management at the Internal Revenue Service allowed agents to improperly target tea party groups.
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Quinn says her bingeing and purging began when she was 16 while caring for her mother who was dying of cancer.
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Minnesota is set to become the first state in Midwest to legalize gay marriage by legislative vote, and the third nationwide in just 10 days, joining Rhode Island and Delaware.
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President Barack Obama on Monday called reports that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups "outrageous" and said anyone responsible should be held accountable.
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Katie Beers, who was found after 17 days in captivity, joins us to discuss the case of three missing women in Cleveland.
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Katie Beers was overjoyed when she learned of the Cleveland women's' release from their captor.
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The British soldier-prince is spending most of his week in the U.S. honoring the wounded and the dead of war, a salute that began Thursday at a land-mine exhibition in Congress.
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Michelle Obama and military mothers had high tea like the British on Thursday.
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A 74-year-old former New York State lawmaker who secretly recorded other politicians in a bid for leniency for her role in a corruption scandal faces up to two years in prison after she pleaded guilty to embezzling money.
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Nine New York City Democrats, including state senators, a city council member and two political operatives, were secretly recorded by a former lawmaker seeking leniency for her role in a corruption scandal, and nearly all of them are under criminal investigation, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
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The Texas House on Wednesday approved a bipartisan bill that aims to remove legal risks of saying "Merry Christmas" in Texas public schools.
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In a significant victory amid a push for paid sick time laws around the country, city lawmakers voted Wednesday to make businesses provide the benefit to an estimated 1 million workers who don't have it now.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will join one of his predecessors for a conversation with women inmates at the Hudson County Jail Wednesday.
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has redeemed his political career by winning his old congressional seat.
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A divided state Senate voted Tuesday to make Delaware the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage.
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Senator John Sampson is identified in court papers as asking ex-Senator Shirley Huntley to wield her influence on behalf of a businessman who held a Kennedy Airport lease in March 2012.
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while the governor spoke to a group of school children.
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President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told graduates that only through vigorous participation in their democracy can they right an ill-functioning government.
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A largely undetectable and potentially untraceable gun, as revealed on Forbes' website, is "the world's first entirely 3D printed gun.
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The head of the nation's teachers union, Randi Weingarten, joins us to discuss updated standardized tests for math and English.
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President Obama, concluding a three-day visit to Mexico and Costa Rica, is cheering Mexican economic advances and pressing other Central American leaders to deal with poverty and security.
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A married mayor in New Jersey at the center of a sex scandal is defiant and saying he won't resign.
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Obama was to deliver a speech Friday to an audience made up primarily of students, highlighting the role they can play in deciding Mexico's future.
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Two former associates of mayoral candidate John Liu were convicted Thursday in a scheme to illegally raise campaign funds.
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New York state's highest court says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg must release emails between his office and former schools chancellor Cathie Black.
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Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was joined by Jon Bon Jovi as he signed into law a bill intended to help prevent drug overdose deaths.
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Bronx Congressman Jose Serrano has endorsed Bill Thompson to be the next Mayor of New York City.
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Easing the pain a bit for budget planners is some help. The city reportedly has taken in an extra $800 million this year in capital gains taxes.
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The New York City Council will hold its first hearing Thursday on a plan to raise the age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.
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President Barack Obama is headed to Mexico with a domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda.
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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is now proposing a fix: if a meter can't print a receipt it can't take your money.
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President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.
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HarperCollins told The Associated Press on Monday that Cuomo will write "a full and frank account" about his private life and the "profound moments" of his first term in office.
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They'll join Assembly Speaker Shelia Oliver and Assembly Majority Leader Low Greenwald at a news conference in Trenton Tuesday as a Senate committee considers bills aimed at preventing gun violence.
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The 7-year-old cancer patient who became an Internet sensation for his touchdown run in Nebraska's spring football game has yet another fan - President Barack Obama.
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