New York Headlines

• Trump’s Unlikely Return to Power

  (by Jonathan Swan, John Pappas, Christina Shaman, Christina Thornell, Nikolay Nikolov and Pierre Kattar for The New York Times 20 minutes ago)
  Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House in a far stronger position. He’s facing a depleted opposition and a more compliant Congress. Jonathan Swan, a politics reporter for The New York Times, breaks down how President Trump overcame significant challenges to consolidate his power over the Republican Party and voters in the four years since he lost the ...
  

• Eric Adams to Attend Inauguration After Invite From Trump

  (by Emma G. Fitzsimmons for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Mayor Eric Adams will attend Donald J. Trump’s inauguration after a last-minute invite. Mr. Trump has said he is considering offering Mr. Adams a pardon in his federal corruption case.
  
  

• Eric Adams set to attend inauguration — after Trump’s team specifically invited him

  (by Craig McCarthy for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Mayor Eric Adams will attend the inauguration of Donald Trump after the president-elect’s team specifically asked for the Big Apple’s leader to come to Washington, DC. Hizzoner will also attend a private party with the newly sworn-in President Trump. “In the early hours of Monday morning, the Trump administration reached out inviting Mayor Adams to attend the inauguration...
  
  
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• Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals

  (by Peter Baker for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Acting on the day he leaves office, President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by his incoming successor, Donald J. Trump, who has vowed “retribution.”
  
  

• NJ offers NY companies grants to allow NJ-based employees to work in Garden State — and avoid congestion toll

  (by Carl Campanile for The New York Post 3 hours ago)
  Garden State Gov. Phil Murphy is launching billboard ads to promote a $20 million program that will compensate New York-based firms that allow their commuting employees to work in New Jersey -- and avoid the hated new $9 congestion toll.
  
  

• Trump Will Strip Protections from Career Civil Servants, Miller Says

  (by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan for The New York Times 11 hours ago)
  The incoming deputy chief of staff told lawmakers that early action would include directives to give President-elect Donald J. Trump more control over federal workers, as well as on energy and immigration.
  
  

• Trump’s anti-wind-power plans are potential blow to NY, NJ: ‘Just the beginning’

  (by Carl Campanile for The New York Post 14 hours ago)
  The order would be a potential blow to states such as New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts that are depending on the clean energy to help meet what critics call pie-in-the-sky goals.
  
  

• Adams Accuses Former Prosecutor of Bringing Case to Help His Own Career

  (by Emma G. Fitzsimmons for The New York Times 21 hours ago)
  A lawyer for Mayor Eric Adams argued in court documents that Damian Williams, the former federal prosecutor who charged the mayor with bribery, had brought the case for his own political benefit.
  
  

• The Life and Legacy of Peter Forrest, the Charismatic Lead Singer for 24-7 Spyz

  (by Corey Kilgannon for The New York Times 23 hours ago)
  Peter Forrest was the charismatic lead singer of 24-7 Spyz, which did shows with Jane’s Addiction. Last week, Mr. Forrest, 64, was found beaten to death in the ambulette he drove for a living.