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WASHINGTON — New York isn’t just the prime target of al Qaeda plots — it’s the No. 1 recruiting ground for homegrown terrorists, a top terrorism researcher told The Post.
He has picked battles with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) over Hurricane Sandy aid, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) over fundraising in New York and Grover Norquist over the anti-tax pledge, and most recently, he literally fought with boxer “Irish” Josh Foley in an exhibition match.
President Barack Obama, working to restart talks in Congress on a broad deficit-reduction package, is wrestling with how deeply to immerse himself in negotiations out of concern that his involvement could impede a compromise.
The TSA whined yesterday that it’s just too darn hard for agents to find bombs — unless the terrorists use explosives straight out of a Loony Tunes cartoon.
That was the agency’s sorry excuse to explain how Newark Airport screeners were completely outmatched by an undercover fed who stuffed an IED in his pants and slipped through two layers of security.
WASHINGTON - The federal government announced plans to cover the full cost of four coastal rebuilding projects in New York City and Long Island, a decision that will save the state and city hundreds of millions of dollars.
Immigrants are essential to Long Island's economy because of the jobs they fill and the vibrancy they bring to communities, business leaders and advocates said at a Patchogue church Monday during a panel discussion on the contentious issue.
The former chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Monday called on the head of the TSA to “go back and look” at a new policy that would allow pocket knives on airplanes.
A congressman is calling for an extensive security review at New Jersey's Newark Liberty Airport after a newspaper reported that a simulated explosive got past screeners.
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers seeking a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion imprisoned a century ago for his romantic relationships with white women, renewed their efforts on Tuesday.
Anxiety is rising among House Republicans about a strategy of appeasement toward fiscal hard-liners that could require them to embrace not only the sequester, but sharp new cuts to federal health and retirement programs.