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In a dramatic incident captured on video, U.S. Department of Homeland Security police Wednesday handcuffed one of Rep. Jerry Nadler aides in the congressmember's Manhattan office, which is in the same federal office building as an immigration courthouse. In the video, which was shared with Gothamist and filmed by a person who was monitoring activity in immigration court, DHS officers entered Nadler’s district office and accused staff members of “harboring rioters.” A Nadler staffer is seen crying and being handcuffed. Another officer is at a door trying to enter a private area of the office while a staffer asks for...

Republicans Seem To Be Stinging The Blues January 7, 2005 By DAVID LIGHTMAN, Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON -- As President Bush and the Republican Party plot policy strategy for 2005, Northeast lawmakers are shuddering. They see increasingly strong evidence that the GOP isn't too troubled by the concerns of this blue corner of the country. They know Bush not only lost Connecticut and the Northeast in November, but virtually ignored them during the campaign. And voters in the six New England states and all the states that border them have been shifting away from the Republican mainstream for more than...