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Republican senators confronted Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday over his decision to try the Sept.

Flight cancellations appear on screens near AirTran ticketing counters at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta Thursday, Nov.

Mayor Mike thinks having the trials in NYC is "fitting." The announcement that Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terrorists will stand trial in New York City, has Empire State politicians taking sides: IN FAVOR: Mayor Michael Bloomberg "I support the Obama Administration's decision to prosecute 9/11 terrorists here," says NYC mayor ...

Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer says health care reform that includes a public option can pass the Senate.

The security measures includes a watchtower for when the trial of the five Sept.

A telecommunications failure triggered scores of flight delays across the nation Thursday, but the system has been repaired and traffic is returning to normal, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Organizers described them as immigration reform "house parties." Across the country last night, in churches, schools, immigrant support centers and private homes, backers of immigration reform gathered around telephones as Hispanic U.S. legislators laid out the strategy for pushing a reform of the immigration system in 2010.

WASHINGTON - How New York state would fare under proposed health care reform remains an open question, but there's no doubt that state government and, to some extent, county governments would share in the cost of expanding health coverage to more Americans.

The dollar's appeal as a safe haven sent it higher in trading Thursday after reports on housing and unemployment raised fears that the economy will be weak next year.

Share + Nov 20, 2009 3:00 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Republican presidential hopeful and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a campaign stop Jan.

With the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed 9/11 mastermind and his four alleged co-conspirators in New York, the city gets the dubious title of Terror Trial Capital of America.

There are already three terror-related trials currently going through the courts in either Manhattan or Brooklyn. In the past, the city has seen seven major terror-trials, including such high-profile cases as Ramzi Yousef convicted in 1996 of the first World Trade Center bombing, and Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, a blind cleric convicted in 1995 of plotting to bomb buildings.

When the Jelly Pool Parties had to leave McCarren Pool, one would assume that they were done.

Expressing frustration over the Obama administration's light touch on China's yuan exchange rate, two U.S. senators asked the Commerce Department on Thursday to investigate alleged Chinese currency "manipulation." Sen.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government's $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used to lower the soaring federal debt.

Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

Sen. Charles Schumer on Wednesday proposed a tax deduction for deer hunters who donate their processed venison to food pantries and soup kitchens.

Chuck Schumer @ the Williamsburg Waterfront, Summer 09 JELLY's Pool Parties are a business - not a charity, but they have consistently provided great free concerts that support artists while doubling as a great place to hang out on Sundays during the summer.

The federal government has put 10 companies on notice that their products were identified in a crackdown on phony remedies for swine flu, Sen.

The Obama administration came out swinging today in support of a criminal trial for the alleged plotters of the Sept.

Governor signs Executive Order No. 30 Establishing the New York 2010 Census Complete Count Committee Governor David A. Paterson has signed Executive Order No.