Political clash between VP Vance and PA governor Shapiro over SNAP benefits hints at potential 2028 presidential rivalry as shutdown impacts hungry families.

The proposal was the idea of Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. He shopped it around to Democratic senators before it was rolled out and spoke immediately after Schumer on the floor. Peters has been part of rank-and-file discussions with Republicans to find a way to reopen the government.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist in the state Assembly, will become New York City's first Muslim mayor and its first mayor of South Asian descent.

Entering the mayoral race with under 1% support, Zohran Mamdani's prospects of winning initially seemed unlikely. Here are some of the ways he turned the race around.

STEFANIK AND BLAKEMAN TAKE SHOTS ON THE AIRWAVES: The New York GOP’s two favored candidates for governor have spent the last two days lobbing thinly-veiled hits at each other — and another guy who was briefly considering the gig is sitting back and watching it all unfold.

Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s next mayor exposed a deepening rift between traditional Democratic Jewish voters and younger progressives — one that could reshape politics for years in the metropolitan area with the world’s largest Jewish population outside Israel.

Mamdani’s victory in New York offers “a beacon of hope” for embattled activists and others in Uganda. The lesson is that “we should allow young people the opportunity to shape, and participate in, politics in a meaningful way,” Kabushenga said.

Rep. Jared Golden, whose district is the most pro-Trump in the country represented by a Democrat, says he’s “grown tired of the increasing incivility and plain nastiness” in politics.

Billy Bob Thornton criticized celebrities who use award shows as political platforms, saying stars should focus on thanking supporters instead of causes.