Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway.Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City at the old City Hall subway station early Thursday.
As commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation, Michael Flynn will seek to implement one of the new mayor’s central campaign planks.Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced Michael Flynn, left, as his Transportation Department commissioner after the mayor’s swearing-in ceremony at the old Ci
The mayor-elect’s turnaround came as he selected Kamar Samuels to lead New York City’s school system at a precarious moment.Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Kamar Samuels as New York City’s schools chancellor. He starts on Thursday.
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s first Muslim mayor, put his hand on Islam’s holiest book at his swearing-in ceremony.Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City placing his hand on a Quran as he is sworn in on Thursday.
After a year of Russian advances, the goal for 2026 is simply to survive, said one officer in eastern Ukraine. “It’s hard to make any plans,” he said.A Ukrainian serviceman of the Da Vinci Wolves Battalion carrying an artillery shell before firing toward Russian positions at the front line in easter
The assessment rebutted a claim that the Russian leader made to President Trump in a phone call this week.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called Russia’s claim “a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, as well as Russia’s own refusal to t
The troops had nearly no presence in two of the cities, Portland and Chicago. But the decision signaled a retreat, at least for now, in one of the president’s most audacious attempts to test his power.National Guard troops in Los Angeles in June. President Trump abandoned his effort to deploy the Gu
The ruling is a win for Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has vigorously opposed President Trump’s moves to control California’s National Guard since the summer.California National Guard troops on patrol at a federal building during protests in Los Angeles in June.
The former special counsel accused President Trump of “exploiting” violence on Jan. 6, 2021, according to an interview released by House Republicans.Jack Smith, the former special counsel, during a break in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month.
The famously prickly comedian found a sympathetic adversary in the director of a CNN documentary about him. Their conversation with a reporter was … spirited.“He had looks and talent, and he had a chance,” Zenovich said of Chase, adding, “He made it as much as he could, but I think he turned to drug
The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag.A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. American officials have
The U.S. military attacked a convoy of three boats in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, and two more on Wednesday, as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against people suspected of drug trafficking.A Coast Guard cutter in San Juan, P.R. An undetermined number of people survived strikes by the
In 2026, there will be journeys to the moon and Mars, new visions of the cosmos and a solar eclipse that might be worth traveling for.The Space Launch System rocket, which will carry the Artemis II NASA mission, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 20.
Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit.
The president seems to be at war with the Democratic-led state as he raises the pressure on Colorado leaders to release a convicted election denier, Tina Peters, from state prison.The Arkansas Valley Conduit would provide clean water to 50,000 Colorado residents by diverting water from the Arkansas
The president said he blocked the bills to save taxpayers’ money. But he has grievances against a tribe in Florida and officials in Colorado.President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.
The twisting saga that separated the Hashemis in Oregon from their infant son has reached a new dead end: President Trump’s hold on all visas to the United States.Sayed Anas Hashemi, 3, has been separated from his family since he was a month old.
Ticket sales in North America totaled $8.9 billion for the year, up 2 percent from 2024. But the box office remains far below prepandemic levels.Movie theaters sold slightly more tickets in 2025 than in 2024, a small but meaningful uptick for a struggling industry.
The floods that struck last week just before the first anniversary of the January wildfires show how extreme weather is defining life in the L.A. region.“You have to live with the fact that it’s a dangerous place,” said Paige Fillion, who fled her home during the January wildfires and lived through
In China, trafficking marijuana is punishable by death. But in the United States, it has become a lucrative sideline for some favored sons of the motherland.
There was a lot to tie up after five seasons and nearly 10 years, and the show gave itself another two hours to do it. Here are the major events.Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown, right, with Linnea Berthelsen) had a very difficult choice to make in the “Stranger Things” series finale.
How did we get here? I don’t want to know.
The new year will pose numerous problems that won’t be so easily overcome.
Amid mounting street protests, businesses, universities and government offices stayed closed Wednesday under government orders, in 21 of 31 provinces, including Tehran.Tehran on Wednesday as businesses, universities and most government offices were told to close.
