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Democratic leader Harry Reid says Senate leaders have reached a bipartisan deal to avoid default and end the government shutdown, now in its 16th day.
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Voters are heading to the polls in New Jersey for the US Senate special election between Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan.
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Republican Joe Lhota on Wednesday released the New York City mayoral campaign's harshest ad to date, using footage of a recent biker gang attack to suggest that the city would return to its violent, crime-filled past if Democrat Bill de Blasio is elected.
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Democrat Bill de Blasio and Republican Joe Lhota met in their first debate ahead of next month's New York City Mayoral election.
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Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown.
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Gov. Chris Christie makes no apologies for his tough talk in a debate with Sen. Barbara Buono.
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Cory Booker's path to Wednesday's U.S. Senate election has been bumpier than anticipated.
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Eyewitness News wants your questions for tonight's New York City Mayoral debate on Channel 7.
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The Senate's top two leaders both expressed optimism Monday that they were closing in on an agreement to prevent a national financial default and reopen the government after a two-week partial shutdown.
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Senate Republicans and Democrats hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default in just four days and end a partial government shutdown that enters its third week.
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This week, a closer look at the violent confrontation between a group of motorcyclists and an SUV on the West Side Highway.
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Republicans and Democrats in Congress lumbered through a day of political maneuvering Saturday while a threatened default by the Treasury crept uncomfortably closer and a partial government shutdown neared the end of its second week.
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Sarah Palin is slated to join the Republican running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey at a campaign event days before the special election.
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More beer brewers are tapping into their potential under a New York state law enacted this year.
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Senate candidate Steve Lonegan fired a campaign advisor after comments about Cory Booker.
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The latest impacts: New aircraft grounded, military chaplains silenced and a crab harvest jeopardized in the Bering Sea.
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A state judge has ordered New York parks officials to stop enforcing their recent ban on outdoor smoking, agreeing with a smokers' rights group that the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation exceeded its authority.
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A government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others.
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Cary Booker, the father of Newark Mayor Cory Booker, passed away in Las Vegas Thursday at age 76 after suffering a recent stroke.
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The latest New York City mayoral debate was missing one thing - the race's front-runner.
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With one week to go before a special election for U.S. Senate, Democrat Cory Booker is betting that New Jersey voters will find Republican Steve Lonegan's support for the government shutdown and opposition to gay marriage too extreme.
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President Barack Obama says that in Janet Yellen he's found a tough and proven leader to take over as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refused to rule out a 2016 presidential run Tuesday night during the first debate in his gubernatorial re-election campaign.
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Brooklyn's DA, who lost the Democratic primary election, is actively campaigning on the Republican line.
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The Supreme Court is opening for business in the midst of a partial government shutdown.
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Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan faced off in their first debate in the race for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey on Friday.
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The House has passed a bill to give 800,000 furloughed federal workers retroactive pay once the government reopens.
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Using overnight hours this weekend to debug the system, the Health and Human Service Department hopes to fix the technological problems that overwhelmed the launch of new health insurance markets.
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Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday.
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Bill de Blasio has a huge lead in the polls in his bid to become the first Democrat elected mayor of New York City since 1989.
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Republican Gov. Tom Corbett compared the marriage of same-sex couples to the marriage of a brother and sister during an appearance on a Friday morning TV news show.
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A federal judge has ruled that a New York State law that bans merchants from imposing surcharges on customers who pay by credit card is unconstitutional.
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Lauren's Law requires anyone who applies for a New York state driver's license or learner's permit to answer whether they wish to be added to the Donate Life Registry.
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A new poll shows Democrat Bill de Blasio leading Republican rival Joe Lhota with 71 percent of likely voters in the race for New York City mayor.
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Overloaded websites and jammed phone lines frustrated consumers for a second day as they tried to sign up for health insurance under the nation's historic health care overhaul.
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In a runoff election marked by low turnout and high cost, Councilwoman Letitia James defeated state Sen. Daniel Squadron to become the Democratic party nominee for public advocate.
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The Defense Department says it has temporarily suspended all sports competitions at the service academies as a result of the partial government shutdown.
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A Senate panel has approved the nomination of Caroline Kennedy to serve as U.S. ambassador to Japan.
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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at a time that the three-decade estrangement between the United States and Iran may be nearing an end.
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The website is now fully accessible on smartphones and tablets. Improvements also have been made to its back-end technology infrastructure.
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Locked in a deepening struggle with President Barack Obama, House Republicans on Saturday demanded a one-year delay in major parts of the nation's new health care law and permanent repeal of a tax on medical devices as the price for preventing a partial government shutdown threatened for early Tuesday.
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The Senate dealt an emphatic defeat to a core of rebellious young conservatives Friday and approved legislation preventing government agencies from closing on Tuesday.
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President Barack Obama is promoting the benefits of his health care law before new insurance exchanges open for business next week.
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Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, endorsed the Democratic nominee last week.
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Job-seekers in New York City could keep their private lives on social media off-limits to prospective employers under a proposal local lawmakers are discussing.
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Filibuster or no, Sen. Ted Cruz' marathon speech on the Senate floor made one point: Obamacare had to go.
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