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Our forces are down. Sometimes, recruitment is hard. I’m finding the same thing with even corrections officers and state police, but people are not opting for these careers anymore, and part of it may be the fact that people have been very…

There is another family which is one that is often taken for granted by too many outside these rooms. That is the NYPD.

a gunman from a state with weak gun laws brought an AR-15 to New York.

By signing this bill into law, California is again going on record to support survivors and victims of human trafficking, while penalizing those who solicit minors.

Let there be no mistake - we do not tolerate violent crime in Arkansas. If you target innocent people, law enforcement will hunt you down and bring you to justice.

I had just had it. I kept expecting that Israel would wake up and realize what an awful thing they were perpetuating, and that surely they would at least open up humanitarian aid. They just continued to not do it, and I just reached the…

My litmus test will be simple: No aid of any kind as long as there are starving children in Gaza due to the action or inaction of the Israeli government.

Donald Trump asks for 5 seats and Greg Abbott automatically bends the knee. The 2026 election is being rigged. California won’t sit back and watch this happen.

There was very much security in that building. To have a company hire an off-duty police officer — I don’t know how you get more secure than that.

We respect all rights, but no one should claim as a constitutional right the ability to bear an arm, and I assure you our Founding Fathers did not contemplate when our constitution was written.

New York has some of the strongest gun laws in the nation. We banned assault weapons. We strengthened our Red Flag Law. We closed dangerous loopholes. But our laws only go so far when an AR-15 can be obtained in a state with weak gun laws…

Congress must have the courage to say ‘we’re a great nation. Our citizens deserve better.’

We should be outraged by the firing of April Doss, a deeply principled public servant, apparently for the role that she played in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s bipartisan investigation into Russian election interference.

I said, 'Is there anything we can do for you?' And in her broken English, she just said, 'Pray for us.'

I don't know what to say to you to lift this pain off your heart, but I want you to know that we love you, as a city and as a state we love you.

An immigrant from Bangladesh, he joined the NYPD to protect his city — and gave his life doing so.