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“Dems have a real problem,” a prominent Democratic lawmaker in New York City tells me.“Something I learned on this job is that if someone tells you they’re experiencing something, don’t waste your time telling them they’re not experiencing it.”The pol was talking about state Democrats’ instant rejection of Mayor Adams’ latest abrupt call for…

NEW YORK -- New York's Summer Streets program kicked off Saturday.New Yorkers took over the streets on foot and on bikes, celebrating the car-free streets.This is the 14th year of the program, and this year, it's been expanded.Mayor Eric Adams was among the bikers celebrating the extension from the Brooklyn Bridge to East Harlem."What is…

WASHINGTON — It sounded like a simple solution to the shortage of monkeypox vaccine: Merely by changing the way doses are injected, the federal government could vaccinate five times as many people with the supply it has in hand.But the approach — injecting one-fifth of the current dose into the skin instead of a full dose into underlying fat —…

WASHINGTON — A divided Senate took a crucial step on Saturday toward approving Democrats’ plan to tackle climate change, bring down health care costs and raise taxes on large corporations, with a test vote that paved the way to enact a significant piece of President Biden’s domestic agenda in the coming days.The measure advanced on a party-line…

The police in Albuquerque are investigating the killings of three Muslim men that they say may be connected.Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41, two Pakistani men who attended the same mosque, were fatally shot within a week of each other, the police said. Mr. Hussain, who was killed on Monday, was the planning and land use…