The Justice Department has declined to comment. Jeanine Pirro, who has been a harsh critic of Cuomo’s pandemic nursing home response from her perch as a Fox News host, was recently appointed as the new leader of the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington. Pirro had unsuccessfully challenged Cuomo in a 2006 state attorney general race.

In light of former Governor Andrew Cuomo being the target of a Department of Justice investigation, current New York Governor Kathy Hochul was asked if she beli

Mr. Trump had pressed hard for the bill’s passage, visiting the Capitol on Tuesday to pitch Republicans on the legislation, and meeting with holdouts on Wednesday at the White House. Earlier on Wednesday, his administration put out a statement calling the failure to pass the bill “the ultimate betrayal.”

President Trump is playing an unusually active role in New York politics — getting involved in local campaigns, commandeering municipal projects and putting a thumb on the scale for both Republicans and Democrats.

New York Attorney General Letitia James forcefully defended herself Tuesday over a mortgage fraud investigation launched by the Department of Justice.

In a reversal, President Trump appears to have backed off joining a European push for new sanctions on Russia, seemingly eager to move on to doing business deals with it.

Buyers of President Trump’s meme coin are converging from around the globe on Thursday for an exclusive dinner at his private country club, overlooking the Potomac River, just outside the nation’s capital.