In the closely watched New York City Democratic mayoral primary, no candidate reached the 50% threshold needed to be declared the winner outright. But after a strong showing by state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is conceding the Democratic primary. The New York City Board of Elections reported as of 10:30 … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Enjoying a surge of support from progressive and younger voters, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani is a big step closer to becoming mayor of the nation’s most populous city. While the Associated Press had yet to project a winner in New York City’s Democratic Party mayoral primary Tuesday … Read more
NEW YORK — New York City is using ranked choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election Tuesday, a system that takes some explaining, even for New Yorkers who have used it before. Voters’ understanding of how ranked choice works could play a role in which candidate comes out on top in a race that … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said last week that the United States is becoming one of the “worst countries” in the world. “I mean, I grew up in a dictatorship and I don’t even remember ever witnessing anything like that to have a democracy, a beacon of … Read more
The high-profile Democratic governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York are defending their states’ immigration policies in a Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Thursday — weighing in on the ongoing Los Angeles protests over immigration enforcement. JB Pritzker of Illinois, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Kathy Hochul of New York are taking questions from the … Read more
The three other candidates carved up the balance of the total vote: Representative Josh Gottheimer, of New Jersey’s Fifth Congressional District; Stephen Sweeney, a former State Senate president; and Sean Spiller, the president of the New Jersey Education Association. “I’m going to protect our rights — including a right to an abortion,” Ms. Sherrill told … Read more
CNN — Republicans on Tuesday formally blocked a request from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee, something Democrats hoped to do in order to advance stalled judicial nominations. Senate Democrats are seeking to temporarily replace Feinstein on the powerful panel that processes judicial nominees as the … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz his country is ready for a ceasefire brokered by the United States, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of aiming for the “total defeat” of Ukraine. In the exclusive sit-down interview in Kyiv with Raddatz, co-anchor of ABC News’ “This Week,” Zelenskyy said Putin is uninterested in … Read more