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The New York mayor-elect sells a political message further to the left than any American politician has dared to in recent memory, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

By quoting Eugene Debs, a Jewish-American socialist, and Jawaharlal Nehru, a secular Indian nationalist, Mamdani signalled his pluralist worldview.

Mamdani's ambitious ideas to boost affordability in New York are now at a crossroads with President Trump.

New York has chosen its millennial mayor. More importantly, it has chosen an Indian-origin Muslim immigrant, Zohran Kwame Mamdani. As clubs and bars across the city were brimming with people, as friends came to watch the results together, emotions were palpable on Tuesday night. And finally, as the race was…

The fate of the US president’s signature, globe-rattling economic policy is in the hands of a court he shaped

Hours after California voters approved a new congressional map that could help Democrats win five more House seats next year, California Republicans filed a lawsuit.

With President Donald Trump’s trade and tariff policies facing scrutiny at the Supreme Court, economist Peter Schiff has said that the apex court could be doing Trump a favor by striking them down.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) dismissed speculation about a 2028 presidential run, using the moment instead to unleash sharp criticism of Republican leaders over what she called their failure to address the nation's mounting health care crisis.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said a string of Democratic victories on Tuesday, including Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral race, delivers a clear message for 2026: that voters are rejecting "Trumpism."