Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has won re-election, NBC News projects. Ocasio-Cortez, 33, a prominent progressive, had the endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in a solid Democratic-leaning district that covers part of the Bronx, Queens and Rikers Island. She has served in the House since 2019 and is a member of “the squad,” which includes five other progressive Democrats. For…

The national fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives was being partly decided Tuesday on a battleground that seemed unlikely a year ago: New York City’s suburbs. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson and Lynda Baquero report.

During a House Oversight hearing about the climate crisis, Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., got into a heated exchange with Raya Salter, executive director of the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Adriano Espaillat wrote a letter to Homeland Security regarding the migrants bussed to NYC from the Texas border, who are missing important immigration court dates because they aren’t getting their mail — a problem the U.S. Representative said “was no fault” of the migrants. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

A funding fight has turned into a war of words between two power players in NYC politics, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams of playing dirty regarding the city’s budget. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is accusing City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams of playing “dirty politics” by allegedly punishing council members who voted against the budget — and Adams is firing back at the progressive lawmaker.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., discussed the gun lobby and how profits correlate with gun deaths in America.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting married – and in keeping with her brand, she confirmed the news on Twitter.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is getting married – and in keeping with her brand, she confirmed the news on Twitter. The Queens Democrat, 32, tweeted confirmation of an Insider article that reported she and long-time partner Riley Roberts got engaged in Puerto Rico last month. Ocasio-Cortez met Arizona native Roberts, a web developer and consultant, when they were students at Boston…

A Florida man was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday for menacing phone calls in which he threatened to behead House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Paul Vernon Hoeffer, 60, of Palm Beach Gardens, pleaded guilty in January to threatening the Democratic lawmakers and Kim Foxx, the top prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois, in a series of phone calls between 2019...

In some of the calls, the 60-year-old warned of “all-out war” and a “civilian army,” according to a plea agreement

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s office says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and “is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home.”

Workers, politicians and experts alike say the term is inaccurate and offensive.

Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize at least one cafe.

Starbucks workers at three cafes in Buffalo, New York, voted this week to decide if they will form a union.

In a House debate on Wednesday, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona said that if he were to be censured by the House for the video he posted on Twitter depicting violence against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “so be it, it is done.”

On Wednesday, the House debated a resolution that would censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for tweeting an animated video in which he struck Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., with a sword.

The House has voted to censure Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video that depicted him killing Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with a sword.

The House censured GOP Rep. Paul Gosar and stripped him of committee assignments for posting a video that depicted him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona is facing censure in the House over a violent video he posted online