If Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral election in November, he may discover what his predecessors did — mayoralty is a graveyard for political careers.

New York’s state budget will take a $3 billion hit next year from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, a top state official said Thursday.

Donald Trump is doing a lot. The president of the United States threw political gasoline on two of America’s biggest cities, floating the idea of federal takeovers of New York City and Washington D.C. On top of that, he called mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani out of his name, among other things.

Zohran Mamdani is familiar to those who have experienced socialism before, but in a democracy, there should be no sympathy for his supporters.

With the fighting in Iran over, President Trump is considering whether to pursue a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. He is also urging a new cease-fire deal to end the fighting in Gaza.

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Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City will likely see periods of heavy rain in addition to potentially damaging wind gusts beginning Tuesday afternoon as severe storms fire up over more than 85 million people across the heavily traveled Interstate 95 corridor.

The Wings split with Phoenix, winning 98-89 at home on Thursday before falling 102-72 in Phoenix on Monday. Arike Ogunbowale (thumb) and DiJonai Carrington (rib) were out Monday, but rookie guards Paige Bueckers, Aziaha James and JJ Quinerly combined for 44 points. That's a perimeter trio to watch.