Donald Trump speaks during an event about drug prices on Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP Photo Alain Stephens is an investigative reporter covering gun violence, arms trafficking, and federal law enforcement. For the second time in a decade, Washington has shut itself down in a …
A view through the gate of the Islamic University of Gaza, where bombed buildings have doubled as shelters for families amid the genocide, on Oct. 16, 2025. Photo: Khames Alrefi/Anadolu via Getty Images Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi is a 19-year-old writer and poet from Gaza. She is currently a second-year English literature student at the Islamic University …
A push to block Donald Trump from making war on Venezuela fell short in the Senate on Thursday when nearly every Republican sided with the White House. Advocates for the war powers resolution sought to cast it as an embodiment of MAGA non-interventionism in a bid to sway Republican senators. The GOP, however, largely lined …
Zohran Mamdani speaks during the Fighting Oligarchy town hall on Sept. 6, 2025, in New York City. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Boy does it feel good in New York City. On Tuesday night, just over 30 minutes after polls closed, Zohran Mamdani won the election to become the city’s next mayor. To do so, he …
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and staff have administered what experts said was shoddy medical treatment to at least a dozen detainees at its Batavia, New York, facility in the past two years, according to the findings of a new investigation. Serious injuries went untreated, medications were denied or scaled back, and needed medical …
On Tuesday, voters in Virginia, New York City, New Jersey, Texas, California, and Mississippi overwhelmingly supported Democratic candidates and ballot initiatives. In New York, despite facing racist opposition from both Republicans and much of the Democratic establishment, Zohran Mamdani sailed to victory. The new mayor-elect won over 50 percent of the vote in a three-way …
In June 2010, Las Vegas police conducted a no-knock raid on Trevon Cole’s apartment, where he lived with his nine-months-pregnant fiancée. Cole, who occasionally sold small amounts of marijuana, rushed to the bathroom to flush a bag down the toilet. An officer followed and shot him in the head, killing him. Cole was unarmed. The …
Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday night, ushering in a rare moment of optimism for progressives seeking to push the Democratic Party left and New Yorkers hoping he’ll make the city more affordable. But in order to implement his sweeping agenda, Mamdani will have to confront an establishment that tried …
Weeks before his New York City mayoral victory, Zohran Mamdani prepares to speak outside a Bronx mosque on Oct. 24, 2025, in the Bronx borough of New York. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images On Friday night, early votes had already been cast in their many thousands for Mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani. Rabbi Angela …
Polls have closed in New York City, where a contentious race with the possibility of a socialist Muslim mayor garnered national attention and presented a test for the future of the Democratic Party. Results from more than 800,000 mail-in and early voting ballots showed Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani leading by just under 12 points in …