After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.” By Sam Roberts Arthur L.

Washington — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that Democrats will offer a clean three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for a vote next week, when the ...

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Disney’s animated sequel Zootopia 2 has a post-credits scene, and it isn’t a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, either: It’s simultaneously a capper on the movie’s events, a direct callback to the first ...

Allan Sherman achieved national fame in the 1960s with parody songs. (Photo credit: Sid Avery) Allan Sherman was a Jewish American comedy legend who earned fame as a song parodist throughout the 1960s ...

ALBANY – Politicos across the Empire State are mourning the death of legendary power broker Sid Davidoff, who spent decades ironing out deals for some of New York’s most influential leaders. He was 86 ...

New York’s political community mourned the death of Sid Davidoff, a government relations veteran, lobbyist and beloved “tough guy” whose roots go back to when he was an administrative assistant to New ...

ConocoPhillips posted Q3 2025 adjusted EPS of $1.61, raised its ordinary dividend by 8% to $0.84 per share, lifted full-year production guidance to 2.375 MMBOED, trimmed 2025 operating cost guidance, ...

Presidential history keeps a fixed guest list, and no matter how successful I get, I’m only allowed to invite certain names—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, Reagan.

Sid Davis − the last surviving journalist who witnessed the swearing-in of President Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One amid the tumult of his predecessor John F. Kennedy's assassination − has died.

The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. Danny Cullenward is a climate economist and ...