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Nov 21, 2025 - World

Ideologically opposed president and New York City mayor-elect will meet after months of combative rhetoricUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect, are scheduled to meet at the White House this afternoon in an encounter between two ideologically opposed leaders with conflicting visions for the nation’s largest city.The meeting marks the first face-to-face discussion between the combative Republican president and the defiant democratic socialist who secured a commanding electoral victory last month with over 50% of the vote. The meeting comes after months of back and forth, with Trump only recently having called Mamdani a “communist lunatic” while the incoming mayor has pledged to “Trump-proof” New York City and accused the administration of pursuing policies designed to punish the metropolis. Continue reading...

Nov 21, 2025 - World

The Interior Department is proposing as many as 34 offshore lease sales, including 21 off the coast of Alaska, six along the Pacific Coast and seven in the Gulf of Mexico, renamed the Gulf of America by President Donald Trump.

Nov 21, 2025 - World

Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist who takes office in January, said he sought the meeting with Trump to talk about ways to make New York City more affordable.

Nov 21, 2025 - World

Just one in 13 early career GPs work full-time, NHS figures show, with job stress and childcare significant factorsMuch of the health secretary’s plans to reinvent the NHS hinge on moving services from bed-blocked, overstretched hospitals to “neighbourhood health centres” where possible, and to general practice.However, while Wes Streeting hopes to make it easier for patients to see their doctor, thousands of GPs have been dramatically cutting back their surgery hours in recent years. Continue reading...

Nov 21, 2025 - World

Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against MaduroFederal investigators have been interviewing multiple people who are pushing unfounded claims that Venezuela helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned.Two promoters of the conspiracy theory have repeatedly briefed the US attorney for the district of Puerto Rico, W Stephen Muldrow, and have shared witnesses and documents with officials, according to four sources. Muldrow declined to comment. Continue reading...