The California Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s new congressional district maps, alleging Democrats illegally used race as the primary factor in redrawing boundaries to favor Latino voters. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seeks to invalidate Proposition 50, which voters approved on Tuesday to implement legislature-drawn maps for ... Read more
Zohran Mamdani’s surprising transition team revealed after winning NYC mayoral election .QN
It’s a team of revivals. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani revealed his transition team Wednesday, just hours after his historic win – stacking it with alums from Bill de Blasio’s administration, along with a progressive darling. Lina Khan, who drew lefty swoons as former President Biden’s FTC chair, will serve as one of the four co-chairs on Mamdani’s transition team, the incoming socialist mayor announced ... Read more
NYC Jewish groups vow to hold ‘hostile’ Zohran Mamdani accountable: ‘Normalization of antisemitism just got very loud’ .QN
New York City Jewish organizations grappling with anti-Israel Zohran Mamdani’s stunning mayoral victory Tuesday night have vowed to hold the mayor-elect “fully accountable.” “Tonight the quiet normalization of antisemitism just got very loud. For years, Mayor-elect Mamdani’s activism was steeped in coded language about Jews, performative boycotts, exclusion, and overt hostility toward Israel,” Sarah Forman, Executive ... Read more
Son of famed Iranian American poet arrested in NJ in connection with Michigan ISIS-inspired terror plot: sources. QN
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — The son of noted Iranian American poet Roger Sedarat has been arrested in tony Montclair, New Jersey, in connection with an alleged ISIS-inspired terror plot uncovered in Michigan last week, law enforcement sources said. Milo Sedarat was arrested at his father’s home in Montclair on Tuesday, sources told The Post. Roger Sedarat is an award-winning Iranian American poet and a professor ... Read more
NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani sticks to his socialist guns in fire-breathing victory speech .QN
He’s seeing red. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani delivered a fire-breathing victory speech late Tuesday, sticking to his socialist guns and boldly promising to deliver on his sweeping agenda. The Uganda-born Mamdani, 34, claimed his historic victory on behalf of all immigrant New Yorkers, and called out Islamophobic attacks on his campaign. “As Eugene Debs once said, I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity,” he ... Read more