A Mamdani 2025 win could be costly: How the leftist win could shape the 2026 midterms
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A Mamdani 2025 win could be costly: How the leftist win could shape the 2026 midterms
Trump says he’s awarding Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Gaza aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg returns to port due to storm
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Starmer criticises Reform and Tory ‘scaremongering’ as MPs return to Westminster
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Chicago resigned to fate and prepares for federal troop arrival as soon as next week
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US denies visas for Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly
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Pentagon is reinstalling portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that includes a slave
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Vance goes after NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani: ‘He should show more gratitude to the United States’
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Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra removed from office over call with ex-Cambodia leader
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