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Zohran Mamdani gestures as he speaks during a watch party for his primary election in New York on June 25.

After a stunning NYC primary, national Democrats try to embrace Zohran Mamdani’s energy, if not always his ideas

By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN New York (CNN) — New Yorkers aren’t the only ones trying to wrap their heads around Zohran Mamdani. Democratic Party operatives and elected officials around the country are both flabbergasted and inspired by the 33-year-old democratic socialist’s stunning success in Tuesday’s mayoral primary. In text chains and private conversations, they are

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Emil Bove attends at Manhattan criminal court in New York on January 10.

Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies allegations in whistleblower report and says he’s not a ‘henchman’

CNN By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Emil Bove, was pushed to repeatedly deny several accusations of corruption – one made by a whistleblower at the Justice Department – during his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I am not anybody’s henchman,”

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Zohran Mamdani was a disruptor in the New York City mayoral primary. His mother did something similar in Hollywood

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — If Zohran Mamdani looks comfortable on camera, there’s a reason for that. The 33-year-old democratic socialist stunned the political world after he was backed by voters in the Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday. The formal outcome won’t be known until at least July 1, when New York City releases

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