In a speech following his public swearing-in, Mamdani promoted core campaign promises of universal childcare, affordable rents and free bus service.

The man who was attacked has received medical treatment, according to the statement. 

Iran’s latest wave of unrest began with the kind of trigger that regimes fear because it spreads through every class: money.

The tanker was en route from Iran to Venezuela when the Coast Guard attempted to apprehend it. The Coast Guard has been chasing the tanker for almost two weeks.