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Two Republican senators knew of some explosive details lurking inside an inspector general’s report when on April 2 they reached out to Richard Grenell, the newly installed acting director of national intelligence who was already making his mark in just two months. The senators had read classified footnotes that showed Russia fed disinformation for the…

An armed man is dead after hijacking a bus and leading police on a chase and shootout that injured two officers in the Dallas area on Sunday morning.Authorities received a call at 11:00 a.m. local time that a man entered a bus and fired a weapon, shooting out several bus windows, according to a statement…

April 19, 2020 | 1:07pm The worst of the coronavirus’ tear through the Empire State appears to have passed, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday — but there’s one big ‘if,’ he stressed, as another 507 New Yorkers have died. The total number of hospitalizations continued its steady decline in the 24-hour period ending at midnight…

April 19, 2020 | 10:34am Enlarge Image Steve Mnuchin (left) and Donald Trump Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he is “hopeful” that Congress will strike a deal Sunday on replenishing the small business loan program that ran out of cash last week. “I’m hopeful that we can reach an agreement…

A new poll shows that nearly three-quarters of voters support transitioning the 2020 presidential election entirely to mail-in ballots, despite significant criticism from President Donald Trump and other Republicans.The survey conducted by Harvard and Harris Insights and Analytics found that 72 percent of respondents backed conducting the presidential election entirely by mail, while just 28…