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Gov. Kathy Hochul. (Mike Groll/Workplace of Governor Kathy Hochul) Gov. Kathy Hochul urged President Trump’s administration on Monday to launch $400 million in federal funds that the state can use to assist 1.5 million New Yorkers warmth their houses by way of the Residence Vitality Help Program (HEAP). Hochul and upstate Rep. Paul Tonko are making the demand after the federal authorities reopened final week following a 43-day shutdown, the longest in U.S. historical past. The state had not been in a position to begin this system as a result of shutdown, in line with Hochul’s workplace. HEAP supplies eligible…

President Trump’s Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi introduced on July 24, 2025 that the Justice Division is suing New York Metropolis over its sanctuary metropolis legal guidelines. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Picture President Donald Trump has made capital punishment one of many centerpieces of his felony justice agenda. In an inflammatory government order issued on Jan. 20, the day he took workplace, Trump claimed “that only capital punishment can bring justice,” condemned President Joe Biden’s moratorium on federal executions, and denounced “politicians and judges for defying and subverting the laws of our country.”                               Throughout the remaining months of Trump’s first time period…