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A Timeline of George Santos’s Rise and Fall

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Alyce McFadden
The disgraced former congressman was sentenced to prison, years after his credentials and career began to unravel. Then President Trump commuted his sentence.

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George Santos was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison for crimes including wire fraud and identity theft.

U.S. Empties Migrant Detention Space at Guantánamo

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Carol Rosenberg
A group of 18 detainees had been held at the offshore base for less than a week. They were deported days before a court hearing where lawyers are challenging the holding of migrants there.

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In February, Marines were practicing on each other at the start of the migrant detention operation at Guantánamo Bay.

After Facing Life in Prison, a Legal Trailblazer Steps Into Freedom

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Maia Coleman
James Comer’s case helped end de facto life sentences for young offenders in New Jersey. He had been convicted of felony murder as a teenager, after his companion in a robbery shot a victim.

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Over two decades, James Comer’s case rose to New Jersey’s highest court, opening the door for dozens of inmates to seek sentence reductions.

NYC Halts Midtown Bus Lane Plan Following White House Threats

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Stefanos Chen
Federal authorities ordered a halt to yet another transit project in New York City, this time a plan to add bus lanes along 34th Street in Manhattan, after the Trump administration threatened to withhold funding.

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The plan to add bus lanes to 34th Street, a major thoroughfare that cuts across Manhattan, was designed to improve the commutes of thousands of people each day.

Cuomo All but Begs Sliwa to Drop Out. No Chance, Sliwa Says.

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Nicholas Fandos
The morning after a contentious debate, Andrew M. Cuomo ramped up his attacks on Curtis Sliwa, the Republican mayoral nominee, as he continued to hunt for Republican votes.

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Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is running a distant second in the New York City mayor’s race to Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman and the Democratic nominee.
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