Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday the city has reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with 11 union federations representing thousands of uniformed municipal workers. The Adams administration reached an agreement with a coalition of uniformed officers representing more than 32,000 city employees, including NYPD detectives, sheriffs and captains, firefighters, sanitation […]

washington CNN — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved a decades-old law that prioritizes placement of Native American children with Native American families or tribes in child custody proceedings, rejecting a challenge from several foster parents. In 1978, the law was passed to protect tribal sovereignty after Congress documented the […]

The Biden administration has been quietly negotiating with Iran to limit Tehran’s nuclear program and release imprisoned Americans, according to officials in three countries, part of a U.S. effort to ease tensions and reduce the risk of a military confrontation with the Islamic Republic part of a larger effort. The […]

Former President Donald Trump gestured after speaking at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, earlier Tuesday after pleading not guilty to dozens of felony charges in a Miami court He is accused of hoarding classified documents and refusing government demands to return them. Andrew Harnik/AP hide title switch […]

Houston business starts at 88.7FM or 9am CT listen online. Join the discussion at 713-440-8870, talk@houstonmatters.org or @HoustonMatters. On Wednesday’s show: Former Presidents. Donald Trump’s appearance in a Miami courthouse after being indicted last week was historic. But that’s not the only story worth discussing in politics this week. We […]

Advocates for changing New York’s criminal justice law have prepared a to-do list for the state legislature when lawmakers begin a brief two-day session next Tuesday. The parliament’s Democratic leadership has yet to formally announce an agenda. But after lawmakers narrowly approved a measure in the Senate that would automatically […]

Good morning. Donald Trump yesterday became the first former U.S. president to face federal criminal charges after pleading not guilty to all charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump was greeted by chaotic scenes in a Miami federal courthouse, where hundreds of protesters gathered to celebrate or […]

He was a founding advisor to the American Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce and did business with the organization’s head, Reza Vaziri, a high-ranking Iranian official before the revolution, according to his company biography. They worked with the government to acquire mining rights in Azerbaijan in 1997, before being absorbed by […]