Democrats swept major 2025 elections:

Zohran Mamdani won NYC mayor, Mikie Sherrill won New Jersey governor, and Abigail Spanberger became Virginia’s first female governor; Democrat Jay Jones also won VA attorney general.

California passed a House-map measure favoring Democrats, and Pennsylvania kept its Democratic Supreme Court majority.

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Front cover of the New York Post after Zohran Mamdani's victory.

Trump:

…AND SO IT BEGINS!

Zohran Mamdani:

Hope is alive.

Zohran Mamdani:

Politics is no longer something that is done to us, now it is something that we do.

Zohran Mamdani:

No more will New York be a city where you can traffic in Islamophobia and win an election.

Zohran Mamdani:

So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching. I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.

Zohran Mamdani:

New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.

Zohran Mamdani:

So hear me President Trump when I say this: To get to any of us, you'll have to get through all of us.

Zohran Mamdani:

I am young despite my best efforts to grow older.

I am Muslim.

I am a democratic socialist.

And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.

Washington carried out a new strike against a suspected drug trafficking boat.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum dismissed a report that the U.S. is planning an anti-cartel mission inside Mexico, saying no such operation will occur and Mexico does not agree to it.

Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral race, becoming the city’s youngest mayor since 1892 and its first Muslim and Africa-born mayor.

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YouTube deleted the channels of three major Palestinian human rights groups, erasing 700+ videos documenting Israeli war crimes.

Google says it acted to comply with Trump administration sanctions tied to the groups’ cooperation with the International Criminal Court.

Source: The Intercept

Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams received 6,382 votes despite having withdrawn from the race earlier.

Zohran Mamdani won the NYC mayoral election with more than 50% of the vote, giving him a clear majority and a strong governing mandate.

A UPS MD-11 cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, erupting into a fireball.

All 3 crew members and at least 4 people on the ground were killed; 11 others on the ground were injured.

China’s Fujian (Type 003) — its first EMALS-equipped, fully domestic aircraft carrier — is expected to be officially commissioned today.

The U.S. submitted a UN Security Council proposal to lift sanctions on Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Interior Minister Anas Khattab ahead of Sharaa’s planned White House visit.

Source: Reuters

Zohran Mamdani:

We have toppled a political dynasty.

I wish Andrew Cuomo the best in his private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.

The U.S. government shutdown has reached 36 days, now the longest in history, as Trump and Democrats remain deadlocked.

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