Zohran Mamdani
Blizzard blankets NYC in snow, thousands of US flights cancelled
The powerful storm dropped more than 30 centimetres of snow across parts of the US north-east, forcing the cancellation of some 5700 flights.
- Rajesh Kumar Singh and Rick McKay
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Millions shiver as big freeze grips United States
At least 30 people have died as the country endures what has been called the worst winter storm to hit the country in a decade.
Mamdani uses first speech to make clear he will stand up to Trump
The New York mayor unapologetically promised to lead as a democratic socialist, issuing a warning to those who believed he might moderate his positions after taking office.
- Laura Nahmias
- Analysis
- US politics
Odd couple Trump and Mamdani sing from same song sheet in remarkable meeting
“I’ll be cheering for him,” the US president said of the man he had previously branded a communist lunatic, completing his backflip on the Muslim democratic socialist mayor-elect.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope
Zohran Mamdani and Pauline Hanson are prospering on opposite sides of one of the most defining divides in modern politics: city versus country.
- Waleed Aly
Why the ultra rich are abandoning New York, as the city loses its finance-capital status
High local taxes, housing costs and a drop in finance-industry jobs mean New York City is losing its allure.
- The Economist
Trump made this the new political test – Mamdani just showed the left how to ace it
Two weeks before the New York election, Zohran Mamdani appeared on an edgy anti-woke podcast. His answers had the host in stitches – and drew 1.9 million views.
- Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Escape from New York: Wall Street is fleeing from Mamdani
Wall Street’s top earners are turning to an unlikely corner of the country to shelter from the mayor-elect’s tax raid: Texas.
- Melissa Lawford
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Show us what you really believe, Albanese: This lesson in politics stretches 50 years
Gough Whitlam and New York’s mayor-elect illustrate just how important belief is in politics.
- Sean Kelly
- Analysis
- US politics
Why Trump’s ‘Mirabella moment’ is going viral
The president’s perceived failure to address Americans’ affordability gripes – one of his central campaign issues – means these kinds of images and motifs are finding a ready audience.
- Michael Koziol