National News

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to halt construction on Empire Wind 1, a wind farm project off the coast of Long Island. This directly affects the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park, the project's offshore wind hub.

New York Attorney General Letitia James was hit with a federal criminal referral for instances of alleged mortgage fraud, according to a letter obtained by the New York Post.

A new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Found that U.S. consumer sentiment is starting to fall.

The Social Security Administration will perform anti-fraud checks on all claims filed over the telephone and flag claims that have fraud risk indicators starting Monday, April 14.

Upset over Mayor Eric Adams allowing federal officials back at Rikers Island, the City Council passed a resolution that enables itself to sue him.

Several international students from New York University, City University of New York and Fordham University had their visas changed or revoked by the Department of Homeland Security.

Melanie Krause, the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, will likely leave the agency due to disagreement over the Treasury Department's decision to share taxpayer data with the Department of Homeland Security, the Washington Post reported.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants grant money returned, saying it was used to support illegal immigration policies.

New York will not comply with an order from the Trump administration to certify that school districts are eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, Chalkbeat reported.

The Trump administration's implementation of tariffs on imported goods will likely slow the U.S. economy down and lead to higher inflation, according to Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve.