Charles Schumer

Mayor

Water, police finances dominated Madden’s tenure

U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, left, listens as Mayor Patrick Madden speaks during a new conference on Aug. 23 at Beman Park in Troy. The park is being renovated with funds secured by Tonko through the American Rescue Plan Act, a $350 billion package passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Jim Franco/Times Union […]

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Alabama

Senate approves military promotions after Sen. Tuberville ends blockade | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy. Tuberville had been under pressure from members of both sides of the political aisle to end his holds as senators […]

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Alabama

Alabama senator says white nationalists are racists after weeks of declining to say so | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday backed off his defense of white nationalists, telling reporters in the Capitol that white nationalists “are racists.” Tuberville’s brief comment in the hallway, after a regular weekly lunch with his GOP Senate colleagues, follows several media interviews in which he has repeatedly declined to describe white […]

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Alabama

Alabama’s Tuberville finds himself at center of storm on abortion, white nationalism | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) has placed himself at the center of a growing storm touching on abortion, the military and white nationalism, irritating colleagues and turning himself into a more high-profile political target. The former Auburn University football coach turned first-term Alabama senator has annoyed fellow Republicans with a hold on military promotions, earning rare criticism […]

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Alaska

Surprise Senate vote would overturn Biden environmental rule | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON – In a surprise victory for Republicans, the Senate on Thursday voted to overturn a Biden administration rule requiring rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells — a victory enabled in part by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Manchin, a key player on energy and […]

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