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Mayor Eric Adams says New York City needs more cops after years of officers leaving the department. “We can use more,” Adams said on the “Morning Joe” program on MSNBC Monday. “I’m very clear on that.” “The numbers are down, but based on the numbers, no one does it better than the New York Police Department.” The NYPD has lost more than 2,000 uniformed officers over the last few years as the pandemic and anti-cop sentiment during the Black Lives Matter protests caused many to reconsider the job and resign or retire. Prior to the pandemic, the city had about...

A Quiet Exit for a Forgotten Ebola Czar When Ron Klain leaves his post as the White House's "Ebola response coordinator," or czar, sometime early next year, don't expect a big send-off from President Obama, much less a declaration of mission accomplished. In all likelihood, the disease will still be raging in parts of West Africa, and the U.S. will still have a sizable military presence there to combat it. The CDC will still be warning of the possibility of isolated cases on domestic soil, and the Department of Homeland Security probably won't have lifted the heightened security and...

Sean Hannity may be making plans to leave New York after all. He has put his Long Island estate up for sale, asking $3.6 million, Newsday reports. Hannity said on Jan. 20 he would leave his home state after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on a radio program that Republicans who are "right-to-life, pro-assault weapons, anti-gay … have no place in the state of New York because that's not who New Yorkers are."

TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hinted Monday that Iran was considering withdrawing from the worldwide Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and said he did not think the U.N. Security Council would impose sanctions on Iran. "Those who speak about sanctions would be damaged more" than Iran, he told a news conference. "But no particular event will happen, don't worry." He also renewed his criticism of Israel, calling it a "fake regime" that cannot continue to exist. Israel has long identified Iran as its biggest threat, and these concerns have grown amid repeated calls by Ahmadinejad for Israel's destruction. "Some 60 years...

What is it that we are trying to accomplish in Iraq? Obviously we want a stable government, but at what point do we declare victory and 'exit' ? So, the Iraqi elections are early next year. We should tell the new iraqi government that if they need help and protection they should ask us to stay, so that it is clear that we are not occupiers, but a force staying in an arab country at the request of arab government. We should also make sure that there is a range of candidates campaigning for iraqi government that campaign on the...