New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing his first major crisis just over a week after taking office. Known for his staunch support of Palestinian rights, Mamdani’s recent condemnation of a Queens protest has left his base shocked and netizens questioning his political future. As the first Democratic Socialist mayor of NYC, every move Mamdani makes is under a microscope. Is he abandoning his roots, or is he simply trying to govern for all 8 million New Yorkers?

Newly surfaced Epstein-linked case files have thrown Trump back into the center of a fast-escalating storm, a storm the Department of Justice has already moved to shut down with a blunt, categorical denial. These documents, packed with heavy redactions, outline a disturbing allegation made by an unnamed woman whose identity is completely wiped from the record. According to the FBI notes, the woman accused both Trump and Jeffrey Epstein of raping her inside a luxury property, an accusation she reportedly feared taking to the police, claiming she would be killed for speaking up. WATCH