3 d. ago Trump confronted by MAGA viewer ‘not happy’ over rising costs in Fox News interview: ‘Please do something’

The president said that prices were ‘already down’ but the biggest problem was that other Republicans were not talking about how affordable things were

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3 d. ago Trump voters for Mamdani and a new left coalition: the biggest surprises from New York’s election

Political analyst Michael Lange, a born and raised New Yorker who predicted Zohran Mamdani would win, discusses election night’s trends and surprisesUS politics live – latest updatesTwo days before the New York mayoral election, Michael Lange made a big electoral prediction – not just of who would win overall, or in each borough or neighborhood, but block by block. Lange, a political analyst born and raised in New York City, has spent over a decade in progressive politics and has become something of a local celebrity this year for his deep dives into city data and polling.He published his highly detailed prediction map – which correctly forecast that Zohran Mamdani would win although failed to predict Andrew Cuomo’s strong performance – on his Substack, the Narrative War. Lange has a flair for witty coinages. He highlighted, for instance, the divide between the “commie corridor”, stretching from Park Slope to Bushwick to Astoria, where he predicted (accurately) that Mamdani would wi...

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3 d. ago Zohran Mamdani NYC Mayor win could 'inspire left' sparking huge changes in UK

The massive victory for young left-wing Zohran Mamdani, in the New York City mayoral race, could signal a huge moment for change in the left and the Labour Party in the UK

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3 d. ago The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty

For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous endsZohran Mamdani was forged in the era of Donald Trump. He came to socialism through watching Bernie Sanders run for the US presidency in 2016, in the contest that ultimately gave us Trump I. Last November, a few days after the election of Trump II, he asked voters why they’d backed that guy. The conversations prepared Mamdani in his battle for New York, and the film of them reveals so much about the politics of this era that it repays watching.Those of us schooled in the tactics of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair might roll our eyes at yet another “listening exercise”, starring a powerbroker and his retinue in some beautifully lit hall, but this is no such thing. Here stands an unknown on a street corner in the Bronx, waving a placard as doughtily as a Seventh-Day Adventist. Rather than read off a Rolodex of platitudes, this politician sees his public – some of ...

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3 d. ago CNN Democratic strategists David Axelrod and Van Jones left stunned by Mamdani’s victory speech: ‘The tone was off’

Mamdani, who barely cracked 50 percent in his win, eschewed a call for unity, as is traditional after a contentious race, and instead leaned into an at-times thumping victory lap, leaving CNN’s panel a bit stunned

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3 d. ago Five biggest takeaways from Democrats’ blue tsunami election night that should have Trump worried

Record voter turnout, a revolt against Trump and DOGE in Virginia, affordability remains a throughline and all should worry Trump, Mike Johnson and the Republicans, Eric Garcia writes. Plus, one tough lesson for Democrats

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3 d. ago Election results live: Trump left to lick wounds as Mamdani and Newsom savor huge night for Democrats

‘So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up,’ incoming NYC mayor Mamdani said

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3 d. ago US election results live: Trump left to lick wounds as Mamdani and Newsom savour huge night for Democrats

‘So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up,’ incoming NYC mayor Mamdani said

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4 d. ago US regional elections — as it happened: Virginia and New Jersey governor wins give Democrats confidence boost

Left-wing candidate Zohran Mamdani, who shocked political establishment, will be first Muslim to lead US’s biggest city

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4 d. ago Election 2025 live updates: Voters from California to NYC reject Trump messaging as Mamdani, Spanberger make history

Mamdani was elected as the first Muslim NYC mayor, and Abigail Spanberger will become the first female governor of Virginia

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4 d. ago Democrats win Virginia governor race as US voters offer verdict on Trump

New York mayoral contest draws strongest turnout in decades as regional elections test country’s mood

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4 d. ago Karoline Leavitt says New York is Trump’s ‘home’ despite being a registered voter in Florida

The president has threatened to withhold funding to New York City if Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is elected

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4 d. ago Trump makes unfounded claims of voter fraud in California as high

Leavitt says it’s ‘absolutely true’ that there’s fraud in the state’s elections, but didn’t provide evidence

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4 d. ago De Niro to JLaw: should celebrities be expected to speak out against Trump?

Trump’s second term has stars calling out the president – but others choose to remain silent, questioning whether it makes any differenceIf you were hoping Jennifer Lawrence might be able to tell you who to vote for and why, you’re in for some disappointment. “I don’t really know if I should,” the actor told the New York Times recently when asked about speaking up about the second Trump administration – and she’s not the only one. “I’ve always believed that I’m not here to tell people what to think,” Sydney Sweeney recently told GQ, after a year in which she was the subject of controversy over a jeans ad and a possible Republican voter registration. This marks a shift from Donald Trump’s first term, when more celebrities seemed not just comfortable speaking out against the administration, but obligated to do so. Now voters will no longer be able to so easily consult with Notes-app-made posts on Instagram to decide who and what they care about before they head to the polls. The era o...

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4 d. ago Sadiq Khan revives his feud with Donald Trump as he urges New Yorkers to elect left

The London mayor threw his support behind Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani in the battle to run America's largest city.

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4 d. ago NewsNation was the first to call 2024’s election. Can they do it again on Tuesday?

‘This is a fun-sized election in which we have races that are going to tell us a great deal about what voters are thinking one year into Trump 2.0,’ NewsNation political editor Chris Stirewalt told The Independent.

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4 d. ago Democrats fight to rebuild in key state races on election day

With polls showing signs of recovery after a popularity slump, Tuesday’s results will test whether the party can rebuildOne year after Donald Trump won his way back into the White House, voters are going back to the ballot box in a test of the president’s popularity and whether Democrats are able to rebound from their catastrophic losses of 2024.With governor’s mansions, mayoral offices, statehouses and mid-cycle redistricting on the line in closely watched contests from Trenton, New Jersey and Richmond, Virginia to New York City and beyond, the party is pinning its hopes on locally rooted campaigns aiming to blunt a national conservative message that has surged in recent years. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election

President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post and says he does not want to send ‘good money after bad’On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, President Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Trump threatens to withhold federal funds from New York if Mamdani wins mayor’s race: Live updates

New York City mayoral election is one of several closely-watched races that will provide insight into how voters are responding to Trump’s agenda

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5 d. ago Trump reveals devastating plan for NYC if 'communist' Mamdani gets elected while rejecting comparisons: 'I'm a much better looking person'

The president's declaration came during an appearance on CBS' 60 Minutes after host Norah O'Donnell said Mamdani had been described as a left-wing version of Trump.

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