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President Joe Biden speaks during a Cinco de Mayo event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Washington. First lady Jill Biden stands at right. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden meets with Amazon labor union head

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, left, speaks during a news conference during U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm's visit to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Granholm visited the school to announce $3 million in Energy Department funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions to work on decarbonizing programs. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Dems deploy Jim Clyburn to Staten Island to boost bid for House seat pickup in midterms

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Elijah Ramos stands outside the the Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island borough of New York at a bus stop on March 16, 2022. An independent group formed by former and current Amazon workers are trying to unionize a company warehouse in New York City. If successful, the effort at the Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island could lead to the first unionized Amazon facility in the U.S. (AP Photo/Haleluya Hadero)

Grassroots labor group takes on Amazon in NYC union fight

By Haleluya Hadero - Associated Press

FILE- In this July 17, 2015 file photo, former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, center, leaves following his sentencing at federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Grimm, who went to prison for tax fraud and once threatened to throw a TV reporter off a balcony, is set to announce Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, that he will try to reclaim his old seat in Congress. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen, File)

Post prison, ex-congressman Grimm running for old seat

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2015 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers the keynote address at the University of Nebraska Foundation’s The Peter J. Hoagland Integrity in Public Service Lecture Series, in Omaha, Neb. As the mayor trumpets his progressive political vision, his travels have taken him far beyond the borders of New York City. It is commonplace for New York City mayors to become national figures, but experts note that de Blasio is risking being perceived as someone who has forgotten about his home. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Does NYC mayor, now a national figure, risk trouble at home?

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press