Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won’t officially take office until Jan. 1, but the challenges awaiting him are already stacking up — and some may not wait for Inauguration Day. The 34-year-old state assemblyman and democratic socialist will be thrust into national debates over immigration, federal funding, and the direction of the Democratic Party the moment he … Read more

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist who narrowly won New York City’s mayoral race this week, will face steep challenges when he takes office on Jan. 1, 2026, political strategists told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Mamdani captured 50.4% of the vote Tuesday, edging out former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent … Read more

A California judge ruled Friday that a wrongful termination lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom and one of his top appointees can move forward, clearing the way for potentially damaging discovery ahead of the governor’s expected 2028 presidential bid. Former Brigadier General Jeffrey Magram, once a top commander in the California National Guard, alleges Newsom “facilitated … Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to halt a lower court order that required the government to fully fund Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments during the ongoing government shutdown. The unsigned order, issued by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, pauses the mandate of a federal judge in Rhode Island … Read more

A Democratic lawmaker lost her seat in a landslide after leaving an expletive-filled, threatening voicemail for freshman Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) in July. The message came shortly after Sheehy and most Senate Republicans voted to advance the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping spending package that fulfilled several of the president’s key campaign promises. The … Read more

Democrats jubilant over Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral’s race on Tuesday got a reality check from a newly released survey on Friday. A string of off-cycle election victories on Tuesday highlighted the strength of an energized liberal base nationwide and hinted at the Democratic Party’s potential path back to power. However, … Read more

President Donald Trump said Thursday he has directed the Department of Justice to investigate whether major meatpacking companies are illegally driving up beef prices, warning that corporate “collusion” may be hurting both consumers and ranchers. In a post on social media, the president said the department must determine whether the industry is engaged in “illicit … Read more

The Department of Homeland Security has reached out to New York City police officers disgruntled by anti-cop socialist Zohran Mamdani’s Tuesday mayoral victory in a bid to recruit them as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. On Thursday, the agency’s official X account posted a message inviting members of the New York Police Department to “join … Read more

A Boston, Massachusetts, judge accused of trying to help an illegal immigrant avoid arrest by ICE apparently had no idea about the escape plan, and only inadvertently assisted in its execution, a state investigation has concluded. Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph did let the illegal immigrant leave her courtroom and go back to the courthouse’s lock-up … Read more

A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with his effort to overturn his criminal conviction in the hush money case in New York City. Trump is seeking to transfer the case from New York state court to federal court, arguing that a federal judge should dismiss the jury’s 34-count … Read more