Fox News Politics Newsletter: Mamdani’s ‘Radical Positions’ Alarm New Yorkers, Says Expert

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-Russia and China tick Doomsday Clock toward midnight as Hiroshima bombing hits 80 years

-Prediction market traders bet ‘the Kevin’s’ are Trump’s Fed chair picks

Mamdani’s ‘Visceral Disdain’ for Cops ‘Scares a Lot of New Yorkers’: Expert

New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s past stances on policing are a legitimate reason for New Yorkers to be concerned, despite his recent walkbacks, according to a New York City crime expert who spoke to Fox News Digital. 

“I think what scares a lot of New Yorkers about the policy positions taken by Zohran Mamdani over the years is that he has exhibited not just a lack of appreciation for the men and women that stand on that [police] line, but a visceral disdain for them, which has led him to push for things like defunding and dismantling the police,” Rafael A. Mangual, senior fellow and head of research for policing and public safety at the Manhattan Institute, told Fox News Digital, shortly after a gunman killed four people in midtown Manhattan, including a NYPD police officer. 

“It’s not so much as just that he said, well, I wanna allocate some of this money to other places. He has gone so far as to say that we should dismantle the entire department.”…READ MORE.
 

White House

STAR WARS: Space-based missile-killing Golden Dome tech aims for crucial test before Trump leaves office: Lockheed Martin

AIRSPACE ARMS RACE: Trump admin cuts red tape on commercial drones to compete with China’s dominance of the market

CHILLING POSTS: Pennsylvania man charged for allegedly threatening to kill Trump before he took office

‘PATRIOTS’ WANTED: Trump administration ends age cap for ICE officer positions in major recruitment drive

‘WIDESPREAD ADOPTION’: SCOOP: Trump admin, OpenAI partner to unleash artificial intelligence on federal government

GONE WITH THE WIND: EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin nixes giant wind farm approved ‘last minute’ by Biden team

TRUTH IS OUT THERE: Tulsi Gabbard tells podcaster aliens may be real: ‘We’re continuing to look for the truth’

World Stage

NUKES OF HAZARD: Russia and China tick Doomsday Clock toward midnight as Hiroshima bombing hits 80 years

KREMLIN GAMBIT: Trump hails ‘highly productive’ talks with Putin despite no ceasefire, ‘secondary tariffs’ still on

TESTING TRUMP: Russia, China practice destroying ‘enemy’ submarine in naval drill after Trump moves US nuclear assets

‘ALARMING SIGN’: NATO member scrambles jets after Russian drone attack near border, as Witkoff meets with Putin

TIGHTENING CONTROLS: Italy law would regulate gender transition treatment for minors

Capitol Hill

PALMETTO POLITICS: EXCLUSIVE: GOP governor nominee pushes redistricting to oust state’s lone House Dem

POWER PLAY POLITICS: GOP congressman vows ‘all options are on the table’ to stop US-wide redistricting war

MIDTERM BATTLES: Senate Democrats are feverishly recruiting top candidates to win back majority in 2026

‘THUGS’: Trump blasts Schumer, Democrats as ‘country-hating thugs’ amid blockade on Senate nominees

‘I DON’T CARE’: MTG declares she’s ‘radically AMERICA FIRST,’ telling those who are not, ‘YOU are the enemy’

Across America 

LAWMAKERS LOCKED OUT: NYC Dems reportedly trapped after trying to access Brooklyn ICE facility

RED FLAG DONOR: Virginia Dem gubernatorial candidate and ex-CIA officer took $50K from CCP-linked tycoon

CITY HALL SHOWDOWN: Mamdani-style activist, liberal incumbent advance to Seattle mayoral runoff

‘JUST CAN’T HAPPEN’: NYC mayor flips script on Mamdani amid scramble to walk back anti-police rhetoric

WARNING SIGNS: NYC gunman Shane Tamura seen angering police officers in bodycam video during 2023 arrest

MOTOR CITY SHOWDOWN: Detroit mayoral race is set: councilmember vs. pastor

SHE’S IN: Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn launches campaign for governor

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