4 d. ago Is Queens the new political belleweather of America? | Michael Massing

National news organizations have treated the borough like flyover country. It’s time to change thatAs the extraordinary Oval Office meeting between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani shows, there’s a new bellwether in American politics.For years, Ohio played that role. In every election from 1964 to 2016, the state voted for the winning presidential candidate, and every four years journalists would travel there to interview voters in Columbus and Cincinnati, Dayton and Youngstown. But in 2020 Biden won without carrying the state, and today Ohio is deeply red, costing it its bellwether status. Several other states once considered battlegrounds – Iowa, Missouri, and Florida – have also turned firmly Republican.Michael Massing is an American writer based in New York City. He is a former executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Gordon Ramsay 'confronted by Adam Peaty's mother at engagement party where he was filming Netflix series'

Olympic swimmer Peaty, 30, and his fiance Holly Ramsay, 25, have reportedly uninvited his mother Caroline from their Christmas wedding

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4 d. ago Mamdani reveals the strangest thing he saw in Trump’s Oval Office: ‘I had no idea’

New York City mayor-elect reflects on surprisingly friendly visit with President Donald Trump last week

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4 d. ago Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani review – can you really rehabilitate Idi Amin?

The anthropologist and father of New York’s mayor-elect offers a revisionist view of modern Ugandan historyChildren of Ugandan Indians are having a bit of a moment. Electropop boasts Charlie XCX; statecraft, the Patels: Priti the shadow foreign secretary, Kash the FBI boss. And while the ones who go into politics have tended to be conservative, we now have a counterexample in Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who clinched the New York mayoralty at the beginning of this month.The anomaly is best explained by the politics of his father, Mahmood Mamdani. The apple, it seems, did not roll especially far down the postcolonial hillside. Mahmood, professor of government and anthropology at Columbia University, has long styled himself as the left’s answer to VS Naipaul. Where the Nobel-winning curmudgeon surveyed postcolonial Africa with disdain, revelling in the wreckage of independence, Mamdani presents a more forgiving view: pathos instead of pity, paradox instead o...

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5 d. ago Seth Meyers on Trump’s meeting with Mamdani: ‘I’ve never seen Trump this smitten before’

Late-night hosts reacted to the president’s surprisingly friendly Oval Office meeting with New York’s mayor-electLate-night hosts discussed Donald Trump’s strangely friendly meeting with New York’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Zohran Mamdani receives surprise message from Arsenal legend

Watch as a delighted Zohran Mamdani receives a surprise video message from Arsenal legend Ian Wright.

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6 d. ago Watch: Zohran Mamdani receives surprise message from Arsenal legend Ian Wright on Adam Friedland show

Watch as a delighted Zohran Mamdani receives a surprise video message from Arsenal legend Ian Wright.

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6 d. ago Zohran Mamdani says he still believes Trump is a ‘fascist’ after cordial White House meeting: Latest

Democrats being accused of sedition say they will not be intimidated by Trump

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8 d. ago Spike Lee ‘puzzled’ by Trump’s ‘quick turnaround’ on Zohran Mamdani

New York City mayor-elect Mamdani met with the President for the first time on Friday

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8 d. ago Insider reveals why Trump went soft on Mamdani during surprise love

A GOP insider has revealed Trump's conciliatory move towards New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is all part of a master plan.

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8 d. ago ‘Loyalty should be a two way street’: Marjorie Taylor Greene nods to rift with Trump in resignation letter – US politics live

Greene announced her departure in a video and statement posted on X, denouncing Republican party establishmentMarjorie Taylor Greene to resign from office effective January 2026Trump news at a glance: president meets Mamdani at White House and it was nice?Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House oversight committee, has sent a letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, urging the justice department to release the complete trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, despite the newly launched investigation into several Democrats’ ties to the late sex offender.“There is already a concern President Trump will attempt, on dubious legal grounds, to exploit a provision which allows DoJ to withhold information relevant to ongoing investigations,” Garcia wrote. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago I ❤ NY: Queens recognises Queens as Trump gives Mamdani warm reception

No fists, no fire – the president and the mayor-elect met in Washington, and things went bewilderingly, bizarrely wellThe armies of lefty America and of Maga were assembled ready to watch their champions do battle. After all, Donald Trump had called Zohran Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” and “total nut job.” The incoming democratic socialist New York mayor in turn had called the Republican US president a “despot” and “fascist”.But anyone expecting to see fists fly and shirts torn in the Oval Office was in for a disappointment. Trump, 79, and 34-year-old Mamdani actually got on rather well. In fact beautifully, bewilderingly, bizarrely well. Instead of Batman v Superman, this was Toy Story besties Woody and Buzz Lightyear. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as Zohran Mamdani meeting takes deeply weird turn

It was supposed to be the biggest Oval Office showdown since Zelensky. Or at least since Elon's kid wiped a bogey on the Resolute Desk. It did not go as expected

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9 d. ago Trump caves to socialist Mamdani and says 'you can call me fascist' in extraordinary concession

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, two generational rivals on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, met in the Oval Office on Friday.

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9 d. ago Donald Trump branded a fascist to his face by Zohran Mamdani

The much-hyped showdown between Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump was astonishing - but not for any of the reasons people expected

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9 d. ago Weary Trump caves to socialist Mamdani and says 'you can call me fascist' in extraordinary concession

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, two generational rivals on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, met in the Oval Office on Friday.

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9 d. ago Trump says he ‘absolutely’ would live in Mamdani’s New York during unexpectedly cordial first meeting – US politics live

Much anticipated sit-down comes same day US House of Representatives passed resolution denouncing ‘horrors of socialism’Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House oversight committee, has sent a letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, urging the justice department to release the complete trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, despite the newly launched investigation into several Democrats’ ties to the late sex offender.“There is already a concern President Trump will attempt, on dubious legal grounds, to exploit a provision which allows DoJ to withhold information relevant to ongoing investigations,” Garcia wrote. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump warns Zelenskyy 'he'll have to like' peace deal or 'just keep fighting'

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over his peace plan during his first meeting with New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House.

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9 d. ago Zohran Mamdani arrives at White House for first meeting with Trump – US politics live

Earlier today, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution to denounce the “horrors of socialism”Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House oversight committee, has sent a letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, urging the justice department to release the complete trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, despite the newly launched investigation into several Democrats’ ties to the late sex offender.“There is already a concern President Trump will attempt, on dubious legal grounds, to exploit a provision which allows DoJ to withhold information relevant to ongoing investigations,” Garcia wrote. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Ted Cruz compares Tucker Carlson to Zohran Mamdani in bizarre rant: ‘Very dangerous’

Cruz said Carlson ‘had gone down a very dark path’ and then compared him to Zohran Mamdani

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