How a New York taxi driver and mayor Zohran Mamdani united for change
The unlikely friendship forged during a 15-day hunger strike highlights the ongoing fight for New York’s struggling drivers
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Trump administration sued over ban on immigration from 75 countries
US president has sought to restrict people from countries he and other officials cast as undesirable
At least 29 dead across multiple US states after winter storm brings deep snow and ice
Almost 200m people from Texas to New England under cold alerts amid travel disruption and widespread power cuts
No hands, no driver, no problem? San Francisco’s love affair with robo-taxis
As autonomous driving vehicles spread across the Bay area, women are among their keenest users
Zohran Mamdani promises ‘new era’ for New York City in first speech as mayor
Democratic socialist is formally sworn in by Vermont independent senator Bernie Sanders
Zohran Mamdani’s unlikely rise as New York mayor — and the enormous job ahead
He is the first Muslim to govern America’s largest city and the first democratic socialist to lead the hub of global capitalism in decades
If it’s closing time for Jimmy’s Corner, then it’s last orders for New York
If the property titans who run the city have no room for this famous beat-up bar, then what is left?
Fifth Avenue to Grafton Street: The magic of Christmas windows
Festive tradition that started as a storytelling space to draw in passersby has a fascinating history, and particular family resonance for this writer
Maureen Dowd: My brother believes that America will never buy socialism
Cracks are beginning to show in Trump’s ironclad hold on the Republican Party but Democrats should hope Mamdani flops
To get things done, Ireland needs more engineers and fewer lawyers
A country run by engineers will build and accelerate into the future, while one run by lawyers will litigate and decelerate
Zohran Mamdani reaches out to White House to arrange meeting with Donald Trump
New York’s mayor-elect said he hopes to press US president to help ease affordability crisis
Make no mistake, American democracy remains in a perilous state
This week’s wins for the Democrats may increase the chances of Trump using authoritarian means to retain his grasp on power
Zohran Mamdani and Catherine Connolly built their campaigns from similar playbooks
Ireland’s president-elect and New York’s incoming mayor succeeded in disrupting politics by building broad coalitions of disaffected voters
Europe’s left takes heart from Zohran Mamdani’s radical rise in New York
USA-ELECTION/EUROPE (PIX, TV):Mamdani victory fires up Europe's left against right-wing surge at home
After fairytale in New York, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani starts a new chapter
City’s rising star and mayore-elect may reflect a shifting mood among the electorate
The Irish Times view on US elections: signs of life for Democrats
Wins arrive at the close of a bleak year defined by self-doubt and internal recriminations
Zohran Mamdani has lifted New Yorkers out of their pessimistic and reactionary funk
The promise is simple: a city worth living in, that everyone can afford to live in
Trump threatens to cut federal funds if Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election
US president alludes to support for Andrew Cuomo but Mamdani maintains lead in latest polls
Donald Clarke: Jimmy Kimmel was very polite about his recent Irish trip. But he is mistaken
I’m glad the TV host had a good time here but Irish people are no more polite or generous than his fellow citizens back home
Would Zohran Mamdani’s plan for free buses work in Dublin?
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has tapped into frustration with city’s service by pledging to make it free
High-end amenities in office buildings? These New York tenants say no thanks
Older buildings have an obvious appeal in times of economic uncertainty – they’re cheaper
‘The Irish thing always sells over here’: a New York shop selling Foxford blankets, Guinness prints and Sinéad O’Connor totes
Dubliner Alison Doyle left her stressful job in tech sales to open Irish homeware and gifts shop Irving Green
New York high-rise apartment building partially collapses
No injuries reported so far, the city’s fire department says
Him star Julia Fox: ‘I don’t enjoy adrenaline any more. I just want everything to be calm and soft’
Having endured trauma and instability in her youth, the New York-Italian artist and actor has since had ‘a huge revelation’
Eric Adams drops out of New York City mayoral race
Adams says it had been impossible to mount winning campaign
AI analysis finds €81,000 painting dismissed as copy is a work of Caravaggio
Testing determines 85.7% probability that work, entitled The Lute Player, is an original by Italian master painter
Ice officer ‘relieved of his duties’ after video shows him pushing woman to floor
Monica Moreta-Galarza was pleading on behalf of her arrested husband when officer pushed her to the ground
Devices capable of crashing mobile phone network uncovered near UN headquarters
Security services also discovered cocaine, illegal firearms and servers in New York operation
What the HSE wants from its next chief executive
Plus: Malachy McCourt faces ‘public hanging’ in New York, a leafy problem for Irish Rail, and Barack Obama makes a well-timed visit to Dublin
Three killed and eight wounded in Brooklyn lounge shooting
Multiple gunmen open fire inside crowded lounge in New York early on Sunday morning
Three wounded in New York Times Square shooting
Two teenagers and man (65) are in a stable condition as 17 year-old male in custody
New York shooting: Police officer among four killed in Manhattan as gunman named
Police say Shane Tamura (27) took his own life after attack in skyscraper that houses NFL headquarters
Wall Street gets the chills in New York’s ‘hot commie summer’
Much of ‘democratic socialist’ mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s wishlist requires state approval
‘The capital of capitalism’: New York’s old brigade plot how to stop the rise of Zohran Mamdani
The party’s candidate for New York’s mayoral election will face a wily political operator in Eric Adams
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