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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, one of the top elected leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America, said he does not support erasing U.S. borders, replacing the Supreme Court or eliminating the Senate.

Democrats, who on Tuesday won significant majorities in the House and Senate, said they plan to immediately vote to remove Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and will also seek to oust Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has officially given opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form the next government.

Tens of thousands of people, many of them dressed in red, marched through Amsterdam on Sunday in a mass demonstration aimed at pressing the Dutch government to take more decisive action against Israel over Gaza.

President Trump said Friday that the U.S. launched "minor strikes" on a strategic island off the southern coast of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.

Some Democrats are promising to push for more clean energy to help tackle rising energy costs when they take control of Congress in January, though President Donald Trump says he will use his veto power aggressively.

Congress returns Monday to grapple with midterm election fallout and decide what, if any, legislation on a long to-do list can pass in the final weeks of the Republican majorities.

Democrat Scott Colom hasn't won Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, but the local prosecutor was welcomed as a historic figure Friday as he strolled through the Farish Street business district where civil rights leaders once organized.

U.S. Central Command said late Saturday it disabled a St. Kitts-flagged ship after it ignored multiple warnings and attempted to leave the region after visiting an Iranian port.

A couple are facing charges, accused of luring an 81-year-old man to a Cecil County, Maryland, residence and torturing him with hot syrup so that he would divulge the code to his safe.