President Donald Trump was geared up for a show of federal force in San Francisco, a city he's blasted as everything wrong with liberal governance. Then conversations with some of the Bay Area's most prominent tech leaders and the mayor changed his mind.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, pledged Friday to further embrace his Muslim identity in response to growing attacks by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his surrogates that he characterized as "racist and baseless."

President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday night, furious over what he called a "fake'' television ad from Ontario's provincial government that quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs -- Trump's favorite economic tool.