Donald Trump’s unpopularity, the fact that candidates met the moment in their elections, and the logic of off-year elections propelled the opposition party to a big victory.
Zohran Mamdani
The Minneapolis Mayoral Race Is the One to Watch. Really
A three-candidate alliance could unseat a popular incumbent and hand City Hall to a pol most voters didn’t choose.
In Zohran Mamdani’s New York
Journalist Ross Barkan once ran for the New York statehouse with Mamdani as his campaign manager.
GOP Budget Bill: One Big Betrayal
On today’s episode: Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” turns on his own voters, Zohran Mamdani topples Cuomo in New York, and the Iran strike may have backfired.

