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WASHINGTON — President Biden, in the midst of a political reset aimed at getting him out of Washington to emphasize the Democrats’ case to voters ahead of November’s midterm elections, traveled Thursday to New York City to embrace its new mayor — and his approach to handling crime and public…

NEW YORK — President Joe Biden praised New York Mayor Eric Adams’ crime-fighting agenda Thursday and unveiled a new federal initiative aimed at stemming a flow of illegal weapons from southern states that has contributed to the city’s recent spike in violence.

The president pressed for community intervention programs and said it is ‘outrageous’ gun manufacturers are exempt from lawsuits

Despite a binary media narrative, the vast majority of the U.S. is in favor of quality, accountable policing.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is pushing back against the suggestion there was anything wrong with his dinner this week with disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo

President meets New York City mayor Eric Adams two weeks after fatal shooting of two NYPD officers – follow all the day’s politics news

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams enjoyed a two-hour dinner with Andrew Cuomo at a popular Italian restaurant in Manhattan on Tuesday night, raising eyebrows from critics of the former governor, who resigned last year amid a flurry of sexual misconduct accusations.

Gun violence was already on the rise during the pandemic, and now it's spiking anew, and cities are struggling with how to manage it

Democrats everywhere have struggled with balancing necessary and important policing and criminal justice reform with the reality that violent crime has surged.

A string of high-profile violence in New York City has frayed nerves, but the nation's largest city remains relatively safe

Following a deadly year for law enforcement, competing narratives about what’s behind the violence have obscured root causes, Alex Woodward reports