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Trump and Zohran Mamdani find common ground: From the Politics Desk

In countless ways — their backgrounds, their policies, their ages — President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani could not be more different. But the similar manner in which the two ... Read More

What's at stake in the Trump-Mamdani meeting? A political analyst breaks it down

Political analyst and professor at Mt. Saint Vincent University J.C. Polanco spoke with CBS News New York about what's at stake in the meeting. "This is a wonderful opportunity for Mayor-elect Mamdani ... Read More

How Ro Khanna is looking to build on his Epstein files victory: From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign ... Read More

Trump says he and Mamdani will meet Friday in Washington, setting up clash of political opposites

President Donald Trump says he will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in Washington later this week. Read More

What to know about today’s key races, from NYC’s mayoral race to history in the making in Virginia

Elections in multiple states on Tuesday are set to gauge how voters feel in the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency — and whether Democrats have improved their standing with the midterm ... Read More

More housing will give us more political power

As Democrats rightly celebrated major election night victories, it’s worth pausing on a quieter but equally consequential win. New York City voters just approved ballot proposals 2–5, a slate of ... Read More

The Unlikely Center of 2025 Politics: California

Newsom’s approval rating in California was on a downward trend from 2020 to 2024. A U.C. Berkeley poll conducted in April found that by more than 2 to 1, voters felt he was giving more attention to ... Read More

This 26-year-old political strategist has a new vision for the Democratic Party

Morris Katz is a 26-year-old political strategist who wants to take the Democratic party in a new direction. Leila Fadel talks to him about the candidates he's backing and his vision for the future. Read More

Dorean Taylor's Mesa election win signals shift in city politics

Dorean Taylor was sworn in as Mesa's newest District 2 council member on Nov. 17 after winning a recall election earlier in the month. Read More

Jack Schlossberg, Member of Kennedy Political Dynasty, Is Running for Congress

The 32-year-old said he will run as a Democrat for the New York City seat of U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, who announced he's retiring. Read More

What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us

But either way – responding to crisis or finding a public change of heart – is a reminder that voters are the ultimate arbiters in a functioning democracy. Today, as in late-19th-century America, ... Read More