U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was considering taking over governance of Washington, D.C., and suggested he could take similar action in New York because of his distaste for the leading candidate for mayor there.

During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump was asked about the New York City mayor’s race. Mamdani won the Democratic primary last month, drawing the ire of Trump. Mamdani is a self-described democratic socialist. Trump has consistently referred to Mamdani as a communist; Mamdani has said that he is not.

Trump cannot take over New York City, but “there are ways in which he can make life difficult,” Columbia University legal expert Richard Briffault told Newsday in a story getting to the truth behind Trump’s words.

Donald Trump suggested the federal government might seize control of New York City and Washington D.C., citing concerns about crime and ineffective lo

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The federal budget bill signed by President Donald Trump will cost New York billions per year in healthcare funds and is expected to reduce enrollment in its government-run health plans by hundreds of thousands.

With the fighting in Iran over, President Trump is considering whether to pursue a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. He is also urging a new cease-fire deal to end the fighting in Gaza.

Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City will likely see periods of heavy rain in addition to potentially damaging wind gusts beginning Tuesday afternoon as severe storms fire up over more than 85 million people across the heavily traveled Interstate 95 corridor.