New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Sunday he still believes President Trump is a fascist and despot despite their surprisingly cordial meeting at the White House on Friday — but believes they can work together on affordability.

“Everything that I’ve said in the past, I continue to believe,” Mamdani said on NBC’s “Meet the ...Read more

If Donald Trump was bent on ruining South Africa’s Group of 20 Summit as part of his overarching attack on the multilateral order, let it be said that he didn’t succeed — but he widened the cracks.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, beset by Trump’s false claims of White genocide in his country and a U.S. boycott, managed to get ...Read more

Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he plans to contact Donald Trump to express concern over the U.S. military buildup near Venezuela, warning that the situation could destabilize South America.

“I’m very concerned about the military apparatus the U.S. has deployed in the Caribbean Sea,” Lula told reporters at the end of the G20 ...Read more

President Donald Trump doubled down on his call for six Democrats — including two members of Congress representing Pennsylvania — to be jailed over a video directed at U.S. troops.

Writing on his Truth Social platform Saturday night, Trump once again claimed without evidence the six Democrats were traitors for telling troops to “refuse ...Read more

The Trump Administration and Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey continue to spar over the release of Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding and soaring energy costs as the weather gets colder.

After sending the Boston Herald a written response Friday to Gov. Healey’s call for President Donald Trump to release the LIHEAP funding ...Read more

Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to avoid jail went awry Saturday, when police detained the former Brazilian president after he took a soldering iron to a court-mandated ankle monitor and sparked fears that he planned to flee.

Now the question is whether Bolsonaro just torched the Brazilian right’s efforts to find a challenger to Luiz Inacio Lula ...Read more

The Trump administration is advertising for “deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign.

The call for judges by the U.S. Department of Justice marks the latest step in an enforcement strategy that has spread from border cities to major metropolitan areas. It reflects an effort to speed up every...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. by her parents when she was 1, Sara has lived in California nearly all her life. As an undocumented immigrant, she pays in-state tuition rates at East Los Angeles College — $619 per semester, a fraction of the $5,286 charged to out-of-state students.

Because of her immigration status, ...Read more

Virginia’s 1st Congressional District could be in play for Democrats for the first time in recent history headed into the 2026 midterm elections.

Represented by Republican Rob Wittman, the district saw a surge of Democratic support Nov. 4. Across the board, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger performed better than Leslie Mehta, Wittman’s 2024 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration is working behind the scenes on fallback options if the Supreme Court strikes down one of his major tariff authorities, looking to replace the levies as quickly as possible.

The Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative have studied Plan B options if the court ...Read more

She was once President Donald Trump’s most loyal Georgia warrior, the congresswoman who declared he won the 2020 election, fought fiercely for his policies and styled herself as the embodiment of his political movement.

Now U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is stepping down from office after a bitter political divorce with the man who once ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently became the latest target of President Donald Trump’s ire, said she will resign from Congress after the new year.

Greene, a Georgia Republican, will leave with roughly a year left to serve in her third term in office. She has not said what she will do next, although she has a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently became the latest target of President Donald Trump’s ire, said she will resign from Congress after the new year.

Greene, a Georgia Republican, will leave with roughly a year left to serve in her third term in office. She has not said what she will do next, although she has a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the one-time MAGA stalwart from Georgia who dramatically split with President Donald Trump in recent months, announced Friday evening that she will resign from the House in January.

“I’m going back to the people I love, to live life to the fullest as I always have, and look forward to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently became the latest target of President Donald Trump’s ire, said she will resign from Congress after the new year.

Greene, a Georgia Republican, will leave with roughly a year left to serve in her third term in office. She has not said what she will do next, although she has a ...Read more

During an extraordinarily cordial meeting at the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump showered New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani with compliments and vowed to be “a big help” to his incoming administration — sparking perhaps the most improbable bromance in American politics.

The sympatico tone was a shocking turnaround for...Read more

WASHINGTON — A top Democratic super PAC is making a major investment into an upcoming Tennessee special election, seeking to make a statement ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

House Majority PAC, which has ties to House Democratic leadership, announced on Friday a $1 million investment across television and digital platforms to boost ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday warmly welcomed one of America’s most powerful self-described democratic socialists to the Oval Office, saying he hopes New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has a “great” term that builds a safer and more affordable Big Apple — after harshly criticizing him for months.

“The better he does...Read more