Real estate titan compares 'tax the rich' slogan to racial slurs

Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steve Roth slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Tuesday earnings call.

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Keir Starmer braces for his week from hell

Local and national elections pose the biggest test yet to the British prime minister’s battered authority.

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Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition,’ spokesperson says

President Donald Trump blamed his ally's condition on Democrats.

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Former Olympic hammer thrower emerges as Italian left’s new champion to take on Meloni

The mayor of Genoa is staying coy on whether she will make a big push into national politics before a general election expected next year.

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Trump saw 2 kings, Charles saw something much different

In only the second such address by a sitting British monarch, Charles called for “unyielding resolve” in defense of Ukraine and discussed the Magna Carta, which declared that even kings must obey the law.

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King Charles to meet New York Mayor Mamdani in New York

The unlikely duo will both attend a wreath laying at the 9/11 memorial in downtown Manhattan on Wednesday.

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Farage and Polanski get ready to chew through the London ‘donut’

Populists on the right and left are upsetting the old order in the U.K. capital — and risk dealing Prime Minister Keir Starmer another hefty blow.

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Greens and Reform UK both set to surge in London elections, poll shows

The first ever YouGov MRP poll for London councils illustrates the scale of the populist challenge facing Labour in its capital stronghold.

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A mayor talks about how local gov’t is different from state and national gov’ts. Local gov’ts provide vital services, he says. In doing so, there’s constant demand for results and few incentives for dividing people. It’s why, when you go to national gatherings of #mayors, “you really can’t tell who’s a Republican and who’s a Democrat.” https://www.governing.com/politics/mayors-bring-time-tested-tools-to-a-new-era-of-politics
Mayors Bring Time-Tested Tools to a New Era of Politics

America’s mayors share challenges — and a unique power to address them — says Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt.

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