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Politics / November 5, 2025 Democrats stormed back to dominance, winning all three statewide races and a stunning 13 seats in the House of Delegates. Ad Policy The crowd cheers winning Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spannberger in Richmond.(Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images) “This is surreal,” victorious Virginia House of Delegates candidate Kimberly Pope Adams declared as she walked into her raucous victory party Tuesday night. In 2023, the Democrat lost her race for this Virginia House seat by only 53 votes. On Tuesday night, she won with 53 percent of the vote, defeating Republican incumbent Kim Taylor overwhelmingly,…

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani holds hands with Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a campaign rally in October. All three identify as democratic socialists. Angela Weiss/AFP hide caption toggle caption Angela Weiss/AFP New York City has elected a democratic socialist as its next mayor. Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won with a progressive platform focused on making the city more affordable, through free bus service, frozen rents, universal childcare and a higher minimum wage, among other ideas. The state assemblymember represented both the Democratic Party and the Working Families Party on the ballot. He quoted prominent late-19th and…

November 5, 2025 At a DSA watch party, I got to see history unfold as Zohran Mamdani’s victory was announced. Ad Policy New Yorkers celebrate as NY1 projects Zohran Mamdani winner in the mayoral election, at the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden on November 4, 2025, in the Astoria neighborhood of New York City. The watch party was one of many hosted by the Democratic Socialists of America in support of Mamdani.(Jeremy Weine / Getty Images) Bushwick, Brooklyn—The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) watch party here was supposed to kick off when the polls closed at 9 pm. But when…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a secure briefing with lawmakers and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on November 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Tom Brenner/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Tom Brenner/Getty Images North America Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed a group of top congressional members behind closed doors on Wednesday following President Trump’s orders for a wave of unprecedented U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats that are raising the specter of a new war. Legal analysts have broadly described the strikes as illegal under both U.S.…

Ad Policy Donald Trump greets John Roberts in the House Chamber of the US Capitol, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images It can be tempting to look away from the Supreme Court. The cases are complicated, the traditions archaic, and these days the decisions are almost always devastating and the reasoning often perverse. But alas, the court is too important to ignore, particularly as John Roberts and his five ultra-conservative colleagues have turned it into a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. Luckily, we at The Nation are blessed to have perhaps the only person in America…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories NPR’s senior political editor/correspondent Domenico Montanaro joins the newsletter today to break down the 2025 off-year elections. Up and down the ballot, Democrats did well, from the marquee gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey to a key redistricting ballot initiative in California and even state Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania. Here are five takeaways from the 2025 off-year elections: Voters cast their ballots at a polling station…

Politics / November 5, 2025 Though he would eventually condemn Trump, the former vice president rejected transparency, the rule of law, and constitutional principles. Ad Policy Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the 35th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 7, 2008. (Chuck Kennedy / MCT / Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Dick Cheney spent the last years of his long public life in open conflict with the Republican Party whose modern form he spent decades shaping. In a dramatic 2022 television ad that he recorded in support of his daughter Liz’s doomed congressional…

The sun sets the day before the Supreme Court on Oct 6 in Washington, D.C. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a consequential case with potentially profound economic consequences for the country and the presidency: The issue is tariffs. Standing in the Rose Garden last April, President Trump proclaimed what he called “liberation day,” a day that “will be remembered as the day American industry was reborn.”   Oral arguments in the case are set for 10 a.m. ET. Listen here:…

Editorial / November 4, 2025 If Zohran Mamdani governs as he campaigned, he will prove that the people have the power to shape their own future. Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani campaigns in Brooklyn on Election Day.(Adam Gray / Bloomberg) This article appears in the December 2025 issue, with the headline “Mamdani’s Mandate.” Zohran Mamdani has no higher responsibility than to be a great mayor of New York City. It is, after all, his job, now that New Yorkers have elected him to the highest office of America’s largest and most dynamic municipality. Yet, as he succeeds, Mamdani has the potential…

Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters during a gathering in June. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent — as well as the youngest in over a century — to hold the position. The 34-year-old, Ugandan-born democratic socialist defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday’s election, according to a race call by the Associated Press. It’s a remarkable ascent for Mamdani, who was a…