A popular Catholic leader, Bishop Robert Barron, slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration line promoting the “warmth of collectivism," saying, “God’s sake, spare us."
Zohran Mamdani has started off his term as New York City's mayor by rescinding a host of orders by former Mayor Eric Adams, creating task forces on housing and drawing the ire of Israel.
Trump delayed a planned increase in tariffs on imported upholstered furniture, kitchen cabinets and vanities for one year, keeping the current 25% rate instead of raising it to 50% for cabinets and vanities and 30% for furniture as originally scheduled for Jan. 1.
The Trump administration amped up the pressure on Minnesota to hand over voter data, with the head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sending a letter to Minnesota's secretary of state demanding such records.