Dana Rubinstein
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Reporter at the NYT covering NYC
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Julie Menin, on Wednesday afternoon, assumed the speakership of the New York City Council, where she is poised to serve as a structural counterweight to the democratic socialist mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani. w/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/n...
Julie Menin Is Elected New York City Council Speaker
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January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Julie Menin, on Wednesday afternoon, assumed the speakership of the New York City Council, where she is poised to serve as a structural counterweight to the democratic socialist mayoralty of Zohran Mamdani. w/ @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/n...
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Trump casts his actions in Venezuela as a war on drugs. Experts say Venezuela is not a major drug producer, but a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through Venezuela heading to Europe not the US. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
The U.S. Indictment of Maduro Cites Cocaine Smuggling. Venezuela’s Role in the Trade Is Believed to Be Modest.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Trump casts his actions in Venezuela as a war on drugs. Experts say Venezuela is not a major drug producer, but a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through Venezuela heading to Europe not the US. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
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Eric Adams said he wanted to travel after he left office. Well, the former mayor is wasting no time. Just hours after attending Mamdani’s inauguration, a source has spotted Adams boarding an Emirates flight from JFK to Dubai. No indication if the trip is business or pleasure.
January 2, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Eric Adams said he wanted to travel after he left office. Well, the former mayor is wasting no time. Just hours after attending Mamdani’s inauguration, a source has spotted Adams boarding an Emirates flight from JFK to Dubai. No indication if the trip is business or pleasure.
"Government is slow as shit," says the now-former mayor, Eric Adams. "And the machinery is old and busted. And some people do nothing but throw sand in the gears...Now comes the fun part....I'll have a lot more to say in the days and weeks ahead." x.com/ericadamsfor...
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January 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM
"Government is slow as shit," says the now-former mayor, Eric Adams. "And the machinery is old and busted. And some people do nothing but throw sand in the gears...Now comes the fun part....I'll have a lot more to say in the days and weeks ahead." x.com/ericadamsfor...
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When he became mayor more than 1,400 days ago, Eric Adams’s schedule was stuffed. A ubiquitous presence, he branded himself the mayor of “swagger” who liked “sampling the product” of the city he led. But on his final day in office, Mr. Adams was nowhere to be found. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
On His Last Day, Adams Drops From View but Still Flexes His Muscle
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January 1, 2026 at 12:41 AM
When he became mayor more than 1,400 days ago, Eric Adams’s schedule was stuffed. A ubiquitous presence, he branded himself the mayor of “swagger” who liked “sampling the product” of the city he led. But on his final day in office, Mr. Adams was nowhere to be found. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
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SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, according to internal guidance obtained by The New York Times.
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Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
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December 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, according to internal guidance obtained by The New York Times.
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“We went through a period of embarrassment as a community because of the mayor's troubles” gothamist.com/news/it-was-...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“We went through a period of embarrassment as a community because of the mayor's troubles” gothamist.com/news/it-was-...
“Taking away help from deafblind kids? I don’t understand.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
Born Deaf and Blind, She’s Caught in Trump’s Anti-Diversity Crusade
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December 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“Taking away help from deafblind kids? I don’t understand.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday that he narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. military aircraft over the Caribbean after an Air Force refueling tanker passed in front of the commercial plane without broadcasting its position, according to air traffic control radio communications.
U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday that he narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. military aircraft over the Caribbean after an Air Force refueling tanker passed in front of the commercial plane without broadcasting its position, according to air traffic control radio communications.
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"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
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December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
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Read about Ahmed al Ahmed, local fruit stall owner and savior of who knows how many lives. May we all be this brave and righteous in a crisis.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Read about Ahmed al Ahmed, local fruit stall owner and savior of who knows how many lives. May we all be this brave and righteous in a crisis.
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More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Hundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
More than 250 people who were exposed to measles, including dozens of unvaccinated school-aged children, are quarantining in South Carolina as the state wrestles to contain an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people.
Though he said, without naming names, that he regrets trusting the wrong people, he says he has no regrets about hiring Ingrid Lewis-Martin (who was indicted), Tim Pearson (who was sued at least 4 times for sexual harassment) or Eddie Caban (who attracted a federal investigation.
December 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Though he said, without naming names, that he regrets trusting the wrong people, he says he has no regrets about hiring Ingrid Lewis-Martin (who was indicted), Tim Pearson (who was sued at least 4 times for sexual harassment) or Eddie Caban (who attracted a federal investigation.
Adams says it wasn't the indictment or the Trump admin's abandonment of his corruption charges that doomed his re-election bid. Rather, "We were not receiving the support we needed from our media in this city.” He describes the case, inaccurately, as a "leg-room case." ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Mayor Adams weighs in on his legacy, achievements
He will leave as New York City’s second Black mayor, and the first one-term mayor in more than three decades.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Adams says it wasn't the indictment or the Trump admin's abandonment of his corruption charges that doomed his re-election bid. Rather, "We were not receiving the support we needed from our media in this city.” He describes the case, inaccurately, as a "leg-room case." ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
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December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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NEWS: At least 12 Afghans have been arrested by ICE in the Albany area in the past week as scrutiny of these immigrants mounts after the DC shooting of National Guard members. Others are being called in for questioning including a family of 4 yesterday
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Afghan family's call to ICE check-in highlights fear caused by immigration crackdown
Supporters waited outside the Malta facility for hours on Monday morning, hoping they would reemerge.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
NEWS: At least 12 Afghans have been arrested by ICE in the Albany area in the past week as scrutiny of these immigrants mounts after the DC shooting of National Guard members. Others are being called in for questioning including a family of 4 yesterday
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The history of the Adams mayoralty, according to Adams:
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The history of the Adams mayoralty, according to Adams:
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Prison guards are turning visitors away after their body scans pick up “normal anatomy, medical conditions, and predictable artifacts.”
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State Prisons Are Turning Away Visitors After Scanners Pick Up Their…
Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they’re turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical supplies.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Prison guards are turning visitors away after their body scans pick up “normal anatomy, medical conditions, and predictable artifacts.”
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
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EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
In an interview, Bruna Ferreira, who chose the White House press secretary as her son’s godmother, contested the portrayal of her as a criminal, absentee mom.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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The Mamdani transition team said on Friday that it had raised more than $3 million to date from nearly 30,000 people, using contributions as large as $3,700 from wealthier donors to supplement thousands of smaller contributions.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Mamdani transition team said on Friday that it had raised more than $3 million to date from nearly 30,000 people, using contributions as large as $3,700 from wealthier donors to supplement thousands of smaller contributions.
The next morning, Mr. Mamdani was off to TriBeCa, where a Hunt oil fortune heiress and a major cryptocurrency advocate held another fund-raiser for the mayor-elect.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The next morning, Mr. Mamdani was off to TriBeCa, where a Hunt oil fortune heiress and a major cryptocurrency advocate held another fund-raiser for the mayor-elect.
At a private home in the West Village on Tuesday evening, a cryptocurrency billionaire, a Qualcomm heir and a son of George Soros hosted a sold-out fund-raiser for Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s incoming mayor.
December 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
At a private home in the West Village on Tuesday evening, a cryptocurrency billionaire, a Qualcomm heir and a son of George Soros hosted a sold-out fund-raiser for Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s incoming mayor.
Between transition planning meetings, Mr. Mamdani has been dialing donors and spending mornings and evenings glad-handing with the city’s wealthy, much as other politicians do. w/ @jeffcmays.bsky.social and Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
Mamdani Woos Wealthy Donors Alongside Grassroots Givers for Transition
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December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Between transition planning meetings, Mr. Mamdani has been dialing donors and spending mornings and evenings glad-handing with the city’s wealthy, much as other politicians do. w/ @jeffcmays.bsky.social and Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...
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People who have seen video of the U.S. military’s first boat strike in September in the Caribbean Sea said two survivors climbed atop the overturned hull and waved to something overhead. The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the strike.
Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack
The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the Sept. 2 strike in the Caribbean Sea.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
People who have seen video of the U.S. military’s first boat strike in September in the Caribbean Sea said two survivors climbed atop the overturned hull and waved to something overhead. The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the strike.