NYC MAYORAL ELECTION: Zohran Mamdani, the young democratic socialist who has been rising in the mayor’s race, is now ahead of Andrew Cuomo with just two weeks until the Democratic primary, a new poll reviewed in full by POLITICO found. The survey found Mamdani beating Cuomo 35 percent to 31 percent.

Housing and Construction Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf of United Torah Judaism stepped down from his ministerial role on Thursday, citing continued frustration over the coalition’s failure to uphold commitments regarding the draft law and protections for yeshiva students.
In a resignation letter addressed to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Goldknopf wrote: “Despite my repeated warnings during Cabinet meetings, coalition leadership forums, and personal discussions, no agreement has been reached on the regulation of Torah students’ status. Therefore, I can no longer remain a member of this government.”

Egyptian officials are deporting dozens of pro-terrorist activists, including many Europeans, who arrived in Cairo intending to travel to the Gaza border.

It might be the best time for it. A lot of people think summer means everything goes out the window. No structure. No routine. Just survive until September. I get it. The kids are home. The schedules are upside down. There’s wet laundry in random places and someone always needs a snack. But here’s the truth no one really talks about: Summer is the perfect time to grow. Not because you have tons of quiet or freedom (ha). But because you don’t. When things feel looser, less predictable, and a little bit out of control… that’s when you get to practice becoming the version of yourself you want to be. You get to say: “I was a more present mother this summer.” “I didn’t lose my mind every bedtime.” “I want to eat healthy and exercise every day.” “I got more patient. I connected more.

A man from the United Kingdom appears to have miraculously made it out alive from the catastrophic Air India crash on Thursday that took over 200 lives. Local authorities and video footage confirm that the passenger was seen walking away from the wreckage with only minor injuries.
Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, who had been seated in 11A aboard the Boeing 787-8, is currently hospitalized, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik said in a statement to ANI news.
According to the Hindustan Times, Ramesh was spotted hobbling along the road, dazed but conscious, amid the aftermath of the crash, which occurred shortly after the plane departed from Ahmedabad airport and slammed into a residential area.

President Trump discuses the “Trump Accounts” in the One, Big, Beautiful Bill in which the government will provide a $1K contribution in a tax-deferred account for every newborn citizen: “Will make it possible for countless American children to have a strong start at life.”

BROOKLYN – Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of a $36.9 million project to rehabilitate the bridge carrying Fort Hamilton Parkway over the Gowanus Expressw

A scientist from China has been accused of attempting to bring biological substances into the United States from Wuhan and of misleading authorities about the operation.
Authorities arrested Chengxuan Han on Sunday after she arrived in the U.S. at Detroit Metropolitan Airport following a flight from Shanghai. According to federal documents, she now faces charges of illegally importing items into the country and providing false information to government officials.
This incident marks the third time in recent weeks that a Chinese researcher has been implicated in trying to transport biological materials into the state of Michigan.

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