Michael Gold

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Politics Reporter at The New York Times

covering Congress for @nytimes. ex-New Yorker but trying not to talk about it all the time. i'm the rhoda. 🏳️‍🌈.

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As Donors Work Against Mamdani, Top Democrats Stop Short of Backing Him

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Dana Rubinstein |Benjamin Oreskes |Michael Gold

The day after Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani rocked the nation’s largest city by becoming the presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee, New York’s political leaders declined to formally endorse him, and some donors to former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo considered coalescing behind Mayor Eric Adams.
Republican lawmakers cheer strike on Iran as top Democrats condemn it

6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Robert Jimison |Michael Gold |NYT Washington

Top Republicans in Congress swiftly rallied behind President Donald Trump on Saturday after he ordered strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, even as senior Democrats and some GOP lawmakers condemned it as an unconstitutional move that could drag the United States into a broader war in the Middle East. In separate statements, the leading Republicans in Congress, Speaker Mike Johnson and Sen.
Republican Lawmakers Cheer Strike on Iran as Top Democrats Condemn It

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Robert Jimison |Michael Gold

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Republicans in Congress praised President Trump’s decision to hit Iran. Many Democrats and some G.O.P. lawmakers said he should have consulted Congress.
ICE imposes new rules on congressional visits

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Michael Gold

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has imposed new limits on visits by members of Congress and their staff to immigration enforcement facilities, intensifying a conflict between federal immigration officials and Democratic lawmakers.
ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Michael Gold

5 hours agoOne of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicles exploded on a test stand in Texas late on Wednesday night, as the company prepared for the tenth test flight of the heavy-lift rocket system. SpaceX said “all personnel are safe and accounted for” in a post on X, and claimed there are “no hazards to residents …
ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michael Gold

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Senate Democrats Want Noem to Testify After Senator Is Pushed and Handcuffed

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Michael Gold

Senate Democrats on Tuesday called on Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, to testify at a hearing on Capitol Hill about the forcible removal of Senator Alex Padilla of California from a news conference she was holding last week.
The Blogs: Nobody’s Child – My Mother’s Southern Jewish Upbringing

1 week ago | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Michael Gold

My Mom went to jail when she was ten years old. Her father wasn’t happy. The road to Mom’s trip to prison began in Russia. My grandfather was about seventeen years old when he had just been drafted into the Czar’s Army for the Russo-Japanese War of 1905. My grandfather, Max Ravdin (Ravdin means “rabbi of the court,” from Hebrew), was not eager to join. The term of service was twenty-five years. The 1903 Kishinev pogrom was particularly horrific.
Republicans in Congress grill Democratic governors on immigration

2 weeks ago | twincities.com | Michael Gold |Grace Ashford

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans on Thursday questioned three Democratic governors about their states’ immigration policies, amplifying a partisan clash as President Donald Trump challenges California officials and anti-deportation protests spread across the country.
House Republicans Move to Put Their Stamp on D.C. as Budget Fix Languishes

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Michael Gold

The House passed bills imposing voting and policing policies on the District of Columbia, but the G.O.P. has refused to consider a measure to restore hundreds of millions of dollars of its funding. Three months ago, President Trump urged House Republicans to "immediately" fix a $1.1 billion budget hole they forced on Washington, D.C. This week, the lawmakers have instead advanced bills to impose their policy agenda on the city's Democrat-led government - without addressing the funding shortfall.