Trump discussed New York City's mayoral race during a Cabinet meeting but said he was 'not getting involved' in endorsing any candidates.

Trump's threat to take over cities, in particular New York, is a "menace of federal overreach and an affront to self-governance through fair democratic elections," said Politico. But his comments may have been "just political saber rattling, the natural escalation of a president who loves to shock with his rhetoric."

Trump labels New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani a "communist" as Republicans aim to paint the progressive assemblyman as an extremist ahead of midterm elections.

A change to a nuclear-related license fueled the claim that the Trump administration lifted U.S. sanctions on Russia.

Political upstart Zohran Mamdani secured another key endorsement Wednesday, earning the support of the United Federation of Teachers, New York City’s most powerful teachers’ union, a day after the president of the United States threatened to overtake the five boroughs should the 33-year-old be elected mayor.

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.

A temporary federal prosecutor appointed by President Donald Trump claimed that federal judges extended his term in office — but the judges in question came out to say they had done no such thing. According to Syracuse.

Buffalo News cartoonist Adam Zyglis appeared to blame President Trump and DOGE spending cuts for the deadly floods.

Trump floated taking over the city under a Mamdani mayoralty, saying “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to.”

A federal court sentenced Alexi Saenz – leader of an MS-13 branch in Long Island – to 68 years in prison just before the July 4 weekend. His

President Trump threatened Tuesday to use federal power to seize control of New York City if “communist” Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor.