Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) apologized late Thursday night for wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume portraying pop star Michael Jackson during a college party in 2006. “Obviously ...

Washington — Rep. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican in a tight race for reelection, apologized for wearing blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume when he was in college. A photo of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — On October 3, the New York Times published a screenshot of a 2005 photo of Republican New York Congressmember Mike Lawler wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume.

On Thursday, Rep. Mike Lawler of New York awkwardly tried to moonwalk away from controversy surrounding an unearthed photo of the Republican donning blackface as a college student in 2006.

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler says he’s sorry for wearing blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume when he was in college nearly two decades ago. The first-term Westchester lawmaker ...

“It was really an effort to pay homage to somebody who was a musical idol for me.” Rep. Mike Lawler on the Blackface photo: “Obviously I can’t change what happened 18 years ago. But I certainly, with ...

Trigger warnings have been issued for photographs of people in blackface costumes at traditional English folk events. The game of Haxey Hood and Christian agricultural celebrations both ...

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty New York Congressman Mike Lawler wore blackface while dressing as Michael Jackson for Halloween in 2006, according to photos obtained by The New York Times.

Incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is fighting back following reports nearly 30 days before Election Day accusing the House Republican of wearing blackface and dodging racist rhetoric. Lawler is up ...

NEW YORK — Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) at least twice in the past month has missed or sidestepped opportunities to condemn racist language in public settings, POLITICO has learned on the heels of ...

If the 2008-09 financial crisis gave us the recessionistas—the fashion-conscious consumers on a budget—the past few years have brought the inflationistas—the former designer-goods chasers ...

Albany, N.Y. — U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler said he was sorry Thursday after the New York Times obtained photos of him wearing blackface about two decades ago at a college Halloween costume party where ...