President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday as part of a renewed effort to end the conflict in Ukraine. This will be Zelenskyy’s third visit to the White House this year.
New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and Curtis Sliwa squared off for a debate on Thursday in a bid for the seat that current Mayor Eric Adams is vacating in 2026. Cuomo served as governor of New York from 2011 to 2021, and is running as an independent. Mamdani, who describes himself as a democratic socialist, has served as a member of the New York Assembly for the borough of Queens since 2021. Republican candidate Sliwa, founder of crime patrol group Guardian Angels, previously ran for New York City mayor in 2021 but lost to Adams….