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US President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani held their third meeting on Monday, discussing immigration, housing and affordability. At a news conference, Trump praised Mamdani and said he wanted him to succeed as mayor. The two also agreed to continue discussions on a proposed Queens housing project, while acknowledging their continuing differences over immigration policy. Read More…
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed an executive order revoking a series of controversial directives issued by his predecessor, Eric Adams, signed on or after September 26, 2024, and still in effect as of December 31, 2025, including measures that had been presented as support for Israel. The move effectively annulled several orders, including one adopted last month that barred city agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel. Another revoked directive, signed in June, endorsed a broad definition of anti-Semitism that classified certain forms of criticism of Israel… Read More…
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Zohran Mamdani, the young upstart of the US left, was sworn in Thursday to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump. After the clocks struck midnight, bringing in 2026, Mamdani took his oath of office at an abandoned subway stop to begin managing the United States' largest city. He is New York's first Muslim mayor. According to The New York Times, Mamdani took the oath on the Holy Quran, making him the first mayor of New York to… Read More…
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New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has pledged to make the fight against Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism a priority when he takes office next week. Mamdani issued the statement following a targeted harassment campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch, a Palestinian student at Brown University. The incoming mayor revealed on social media that Kharbouch was subjected to death threats after conspiracy theorists falsely linked him to a deadly shooting. The targeting was triggered by a circulated photo of Kharbouch wearing a keffiyeh. "As Mayor… I will make it my job to cherish… Read More…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said he still planned to visit New York despite incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani's pledge to arrest him in compliance with the court warrant. "Yes, I'll come to New York," Netanyahu said in a virtual interview with the New York Times' Dealbook forum on Wednesday. Asked if he would seek to speak to Mamdani, Netanyahu replied, "If he changes his mind and says that we have the right to exist, that'll be a good opening for… Read More…
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New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed former US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairperson Lina Maliha Khan, a renowned Pakistani-American legal scholar, to co-chair his transition team, he announced. Maamdani, 34, the first Muslim and a South Asian, will be sworn in on January 1, 2026. He will lead the biggest city in the US, a job which comes with a $116 billion budget and global scrutiny. Khan, 36, who led the FTC during the Biden administration, will co-lead the Mamdani transition team with three other veterans of New York… Read More…
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US right-wing influencers falsely linked New York´s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to the Daesh militant group, amplifying a fabricated statement that garnered millions of views on social media, researchers said on Thursday. Among the influencers who linked the fake communique to Mamdani was Laura Loomer, a conservative influencer who has Trump’s ear. "The Muslims can’t think of a better way for the Muslims to celebrate the victory of a Muslim mayoral candidate today than by committing an ISIS (Islamic State) attack in NYC," Loomer wrote in a post on X that… Read More…
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US President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States had lost "sovereignty" after New Yorkers elected Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor, while Mamdani stated he was ready to engage with his critics on the issue of the cost of living. "We'll take care of it," Trump said on Wednesday without explaining what he meant, while claiming the country's largest city would become communist. In a speech in Miami a day after Mamdani's convincing victory, Trump added that the Florida city "will soon be the refuge for those fleeing… Read More…
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A far-right Israeli minister has urged New York's Jewish residents to flee and settle in Israel following Zohran Mamdani's victory in the city's mayoral election, branding the 34-year-old Democratic "socialist" a "Hamas supporter." "The city that once stood as a symbol of global freedom has handed over its keys to a Hamas supporter," Israel's right-wing Minister of Diaspora and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli wrote on X. "New York will never be the same again, especially not for its Jewish community," he added. Read More…
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A year ago, Zohran Mamdani was a political nobody, and now he’s been elected as the mayor of New York in a historic victory that’s grabbed attention around the world. The Democrat defeated independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, former governor of New York state, and Republican contender Curtis Sliwa. Read More…
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