Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor
On your phone, on the street, on Taxi TV—you’ve been seeing New York’s new leader wherever you turn, whether you want to or not.
Is the World Cup bump real? MLS is going to find out
MLS stakeholders want to turn the interest in this summer’s North American World Cup into ‘rocket fuel’ for the league. Are those realistic expectations? In 1998, a full eight years before Major League Soccer debuted, it got its first “World Cup bump”. Fifa had just awarded the 1994 World Cup to the United States, but … Read more
How ICE went from post-9/11 counterterror agency to center of the immigration fight
As Democrats continue to withhold funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), former agency leaders argue their demands for new guardrails would mark the most direct congressional intervention in the agency’s operations — a turn for a post-9/11 agency that has largely defined its own operations. John Sandweg, a former acting director of Immigrations … Read more
Trump’s bid to name Penn Station after himself looks like a presidential shakedown | Mohamad Bazzi
The US president’s relentless self-aggrandizement spree continues amid hypocrisy and shifting explanations As a real estate developer, Donald Trump built his empire on ostentatious displays of wealth, substantial tax breaks – and lots of free publicity. As president, he has deployed the power of the state to expand his personal brand, adding his name to … Read more
Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested at Sandringham estate | First Thing
Police assessing if Mountbatten-Windsor shared sensitive information with Jeffrey Epstein. Plus: how plastic production has doubled Good morning. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. What other information has the force shared? Thames Valley police previously said they were reviewing allegations that a woman was … Read more
Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ to hold first meeting, with key U.S. allies absent
President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” will convene for its long-awaited first meeting on Thursday, with the next stage of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza in focus
‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science
As Trump slashes science funding, young researchers flee abroad. Without solid innovation, the US could cease to have the largest biomedical ecosystem in the world In April 2025, less than three months after Donald Trump returned to the White House, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put out its latest public health … Read more
US Builds Up Weaponry in Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran
The United States military is pushing more warships and weapons into the Middle East to protect U.S. allies and bases there. President Donald Trump has been contemplating strikes on Iran while simultaneously pursuing diplomatic talks to reach a deal in restricting Iran’s nuclear program as well as its missiles. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.
‘No expense has been spared’: Inside a luxury jet DHS wants to buy for deportations
WASHINGTON — An executive jet the Department of Homeland Security has told the White House’s Office of Management and Budget it needs for immigrant deportation flights and Cabinet officials’ travel features a bedroom with a queen bed, showers, a kitchen, four large flat-screen TVs and even a bar, according to images of the aircraft obtained … Read more
Immigration operations in Minnesota leave behind a more polarized populace
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have divided Minnesotans even more sharply than adults nationwide, new polling shows