All posts tagged "Ceremoniesandevents"

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden was back in Philadelphia Monday on an afternoon that in many ways previewed his 2024 campaign. Three scenes from his visit — his 9th to the city this year — provided a snapshot of Biden’s campaign strategy and some of his looming challenges as he readies for a likely rematch with former President Donald Trump next year. Biden spoke to firefighters in Francisville, where he touted federal grant money that will help staff and equip the department. It was part of an ongoing attempt by the campaign to connect his administration’s legislative achievements to tangi......

CHICAGO — As the Republican National Committee embarks on a strategy to encourage mail-in-voting — a method strongly opposed in the past by former President Donald Trump — it also is backing an appeal in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn an Illinois law that allows mail-in ballots cast on or before Election Day to be counted up to 14 days afterward. The RNC, which is promoting a “bank the vote” program to get Republicans to pledge to vote by mail, joined with the National Republican Congressional Committee in filing a court brief in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the e......

NEW YORK — Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered Wednesday night outside the News Corp. Building two blocks from Rockefeller Center, where a separate crowd had gathered for the annual tree lighting ceremony. Several protesters were arrested at the demonstration. They chanted “free, free Palestine” as they waved Palestinian flags and held signs, some reading “call it what it is, genocide.” At least one person held up a sign of a swastika, with arrows pointing to the words “Israeli Military,” an image from the protest showed. Meanwhile, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, an 80-......

On the heels of winning the city’s 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, Eric Adams called up the head of the FDNY and urged him to clear the way for the Turkish government to open its gleaming new consulate in Manhattan despite safety concerns at the high-rise building, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to the Daily News on Monday. The source, who was not authorized to discuss the matter with the press and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Adams’ outreach to then-FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro in late summer 2021 is being scrutinized by federal investigators as part of a public corru......

SEATTLE — In a major political shake-up for Washington's 2024 elections, state Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz is dropping out of the gubernatorial race to run for Congress. In an announcement Friday morning, Franz said she's running to represent the 6th Congressional District — with the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, the Gig Harbor Democrat who abruptly announced yesterday he won't seek a seventh term. Franz, a Democrat who has served as state lands chief since 2017, said her decision was made after talking with voters around the state about their concerns, such as rising price......

CHICAGO — Hundreds turned out Friday afternoon in Brighton Park to march in protest of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to erect winterized tents to house 2,000 migrants in an empty parking lot. Many residents of the neighborhood — which has historically been a haven for immigrants — are worried about the plan to house thousands of migrants. They think politicians are not listening to them. Ruth Diaz, a Mexican American who has lived in Brighton Park for 33 years, was one of about 300 people who turned out for the march. Diaz said the close to 21,000 migrants who have arrived since last August hav......