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Trump reveals ‘one thing in common’ he has with Mamdani after Oval Office love fest
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President Donald Trump sat down with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office Friday, marking the first time the socialist politician whom the administration has labeled a «communist» met with the MAGA chief.
The pair found unity during their meeting, with Trump telling the media the pair share the mission of a better New York City.
«We have one thing in common,» Trump said Friday. «We want this city of ours that we love to do very well. And I wanted to congratulate the mayor. He really ran an incredible race against, you know, a lot of smart people, starting with the early primaries against some very tough people, very smart people. And he beat them, and he beat them easily. And I congratulated him, and we talked about some things in very strong common, like housing and getting housing built and food and prices.»
The president and mayor-elect met at the White House Friday afternoon before opening the Oval Office doors to the media for questions. Trump predicted New York City, his hometown, will get a «great mayor» while remarking that the White House would be there to assist.
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President Donald Trump meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Nov. 21, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
«I think you’re going to have, hopefully, a really great mayor and the better he does, the happier I am,» Trump said. «I will say there’s no difference in party, there’s no difference in anything. And we’re going to be helping him, to make everybody’s dream come true, having a strong and very safe New York.»
Ahead of the meeting, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called Mamdani a «communist» while remarking that Trump’s doors are open to any U.S. leader no matter their political party.
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Trump remained seated during his press event, while Mamdani stood by his side and fielded a handful of questions. The pair shared a hopeful outlook for the future, with Trump arguing that, despite their political differences, they will work together and also share a handful of priorities, namely affordability and lowering the cost of living for Americans.
«He’s got views that (are) a little out there, but who knows? And then we’ll get to see what works, or he’s going to change also. We all change,» Trump said. «I changed a lot. Changed a lot from when I first came to office, it’s now quite a while ago, quite a while. My first term was great. We had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We’re doing even better now. We’re doing much better now than we did even in the first term. And I can tell you, some of my views have changed.»
The president predicted Mamdani «is going to surprise some conservative people, actually, and some very liberal people.»
The president predicted that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani «is going to surprise some conservative people, actually, and some very liberal people.» (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
The mayor-elect added that he was appreciative of the meeting and said it largely focused on how to better New York City and pull citizens out of spiraling costs.
«I think both President Trump and I — we are very clear about our positions and our views,» Mamdani said. «And what I really appreciate about the president is that the meeting that we had focused not on places of disagreement, which there are many, and also focused on the shared purpose that we have in serving New Yorkers.
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President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
«And, frankly, that is something that could transform the lives of the 8.5 million people who are currently struggling under a cost-of-living crisis, with one in four living in poverty,» he said. «And the meeting came back again and again to what it could look like to lift those New Yorkers out of struggle and start to deliver them a city that they could do more than just struggle to afford it, but actually start to live in it.»
Trump quipped during the press event that the media showed an outpouring of interest in the meeting, remarking that despite hosting many high-profile events with foreign nations, his meeting with the next chief of New York City drew «hundreds of people waiting» outside as just a small gaggle of reporters could file into the Oval Office.
Fox News senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich pressed Mamdani at one point on his past remarks describing Trump as a «fascist,» and the president jumped in to tell him it’s easier to «just say yes.»
«Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?» Heinrich asked.
« I’ve spoken about …» Mamdani began to answer before Trump said, «That’s OK. You can just say yes.»
«OK, all right,» Mamdani continued.
«It’s easier. It’s … it’s easier than explaining it. I don’t mind,» Trump added.
Trump praised Mamdani as a «rational person» who has the trajectory of making New York City safe and bringing down costs.
The sun sets on the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City Nov. 15, 2024. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
«I met with a man who wants to … really wants to see New York be great again,» Trump said. «And I can say again because New York was great, you know, when I came down to Washington initially. The city was so hot and was doing great. We were having some telltale signs of problems. We had a mayor that was not doing a great job, but still it was moving along. And it went bad. It really went, you know, pretty bad. And he can, I think it’s been at lower points, but it went pretty bad.»
Mamdani, who has been accused of holding antisemitic views, wrapped up the press event by pledging he would work to secure a safe New York City for its large Jewish population.
«I care very deeply about Jewish safety, and I look forward to rooting out antisemitism across the five boroughs and protecting Jewish New Yorkers,» he said.
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Mamdani won his election Nov. 4 while squaring off against Republican challenger Curtis Sliwa and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent after losing his Democratic primary election to Mamdani over the summer.
Mamdani will be sworn in as the Big Apple’s mayor Jan. 1.
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Argentina le dio refugio a un brasileño condenado por el intento de golpe de Estado a Lula da Silva en 2023
Por primera vez, Argentina concedió el estatus de refugiado a un brasileño que escapó de su país a mediados de 2024 después de ser condenado por el ataque a las sedes de los tres poderes en Brasilia el 8 de enero de 2023.
La decisión fue adoptada por la Comisión Nacional para los Refugiados (Conare), citada por la agencia de noticias EFE.
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El diario Folha de Sao Paulo y el portal G1 destacaron que se trata de la primera vez que Argentina da refugio a un brasileño condenado por la intentona golpista de seguidores de Jair Bolsonaro contra el presidente Luiz Lula da Silva.
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La Conare concedió el estatus de refugiado a Joel Borges Correa, condenado en su país a una pena de 13 años y medio de cárcel por su participación en los hechos de enero de 2023. Se encuentra detenido en Argentina desde noviembre de 2024 tras un pedido de extradición en su contra por parte de la justicia de Brasil.
“Se han evaluado los hechos y circunstancias alegados y la prueba aportada, los que fueron confrontados con la situación objetiva del país de origen, todo lo cual permite encuadrar la solicitud formulada en las previsiones de los mencionados instrumentos legales, considerándose por tanto al peticionante necesitado de protección internacional como refugiado”, señaló la Conare. Simpatizantes del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, irrumpieron en el Congreso Nacional, en Brasilia, el 8 de enero de 2023. (AP Foto/Eraldo Peres)
La resolución fue notificada este martes a los abogados de Borges Correa.
La Conare, organismo que funciona bajo la órbita de la Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, perteneciente al Ministerio de Seguridad Nacional, destacó que el reconocimiento de la condición de refugiado “no implica un juicio de valor sobre la situación imperante en su país de origen y es un acto declarativo e imparcial”.
Hay 300 pedidos de refugio
Borges Correa fue detenido en noviembre de 2024 en un control vehicular tras haber ingresado de forma irregular a Argentina en abril de ese año y tras recibirse un pedido de extradición en su contra, que fue procesado en paralelo con su solicitud de asilo.
El brasileño, de 47 años, estuvo un año detenido en la cárcel de la localidad de Ezeiza. En diciembre pasado se le otorgó la prisión domiciliaria, mientras la Corte Suprema analiza su apelación a la resolución en primera instancia en favor de su extradición.
Según explicó Pedro Gradín, integrante de la defensa de Borges Correa en representación de Hourbeigt Abogados, tras la resolución de la Conare la Justicia argentina debe ahora proceder de inmediato a suspender la causa de extradición contra su cliente.
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“Consideramos que es una resolución ejemplar desde el punto de vista técnico”, añadió. Además, destacó que Borges Correa fue condenado injustamente en un caso de persecución política y en el que se violaron sus garantías.
“Ojalá esto siente un precedente para los otros solicitantes de asilo”, subrayó, aunque aclaró que la Conare debe analizar individualmente cada una de las más de 300 solicitudes presentadas por simpatizantes del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) que se fugaron a Argentina tras ser apuntados por la Justicia de su país por su participación en el asalto del 8 de enero de 2023 a las sedes de la Presidencia, el Congreso y el Supremo.
En octubre de 2024 el Tribunal Supremo de Brasil pidió la extradición de 63 implicados en el ataque de 2023 que se fugaron a Argentina para evitar ser procesados o, en los casos de los que ya han sido condenados, cumplir condenas de cárcel por cargos como intento de golpe de Estado.
La Corte Suprema de Brasil condenó a más de 800 personas por el asalto en Brasilia para incentivar una intervención militar contra el Gobierno de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, que había asumido el poder una semana antes.
Según la investigación, aquel ataque fue el colofón de una serie de acciones golpistas que buscaron mantener en el poder a Bolsonaro, tras perder las elecciones presidenciales de 2022 frente a Lula.
El pasado 11 de septiembre, el Supremo condenó a Bolsonaro a 27 años y 3 meses de prisión por “liderar” ese complot golpista.
(Con información de EFE)
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Top Iranian cybercriminal on FBI most wanted list reportedly killed in US-Israeli strike
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A top Iranian hacker long wanted by the FBI was killed last week following a joint Israeli strike on Iran, according to an Iranian media outlet.
Mohammad Mehdi Farhadi Ramin, an Iranian man accused of stealing the identities of American citizens and accessing national security data, died in the city of Hamadan, Iran International said, adding that his funeral was held on Monday.
Farhadi had been wanted by U.S. authorities since 2020 for his «alleged involvement in malicious cyber activity» dating back to at least 2013, according to the FBI.
Among his alleged crimes, Farhadi reportedly targeted companies, universities, U.S. defense contractors, and nonprofits to access sensitive data. Authorities say he also stole credit card information and Social Security numbers belonging to U.S. citizens to fund illicit activities, while marketing some of the stolen data on the black market.
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Mehdi Farhadi has been wanted by U.S. authorities since 2020. (FBI)
Ramin was first indicted on Sept. 15, 2020, by a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, for his alleged involvement in a massive, coordinated cyber intrusion campaign on behalf of the Iranian government.
Ramin and a co‑defendant reportedly vandalized websites with ideological messaging meant to project Iranian influence, including images of burning Israeli flags and threats that appeared to «signal the demise» of countries viewed as rivals to Iran, including the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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An aerial view shows the cityscape of Hamadan, Iran, on Dec. 14, 2025. (Mobina / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
«They brazenly infiltrated computer systems and targeted intellectual property and often sought to intimidate perceived enemies of Iran, including dissidents fighting for human rights in Iran and around the world,» the Justice Department previously said.
«This conduct threatens our national security, and as a result, these defendants are wanted by the FBI and are considered fugitives from justice.»
An FBI wanted poster alleges that Mehdi Farhadi committed «malicious cyber activity» targeting the U.S. and other countries. (FBI)
Authorities alleged that the suspect also compromised email accounts by creating hidden automated forwarding rules that secretly sent all incoming and outgoing emails directly to him and his co-conspirators.
Top Iranian hacker Mehdi Farhadi was reportedly killed last week in Iran. (FBI)
Officials emphasized that these actions allowed Iran to access a massive volume of stolen information, including hundreds of terabytes of data related to national security, foreign policy, civilian nuclear research, aerospace and unpublished scientific studies.
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A senior Trump administration official and former acting U.S. attorney for D.C. is under disciplinary review for his role in President Donald Trump’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative — sparking outrage from the Justice Department, which assailed alleged ethics violations against Ed Martin as a «partisan» effort, and one that unfairly targets Trump and his allies.
The disciplinary charge, filed Friday to the D.C. Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility and published Tuesday, centers on a letter sent by Martin to Georgetown Law last February while Martin was serving as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
Martin allegedly demanded in the letter that Georgetown Law provide information about its DEI practices and teachings, according to the ethics complaint. It states that without «further explanation,» and without receiving a response from Georgetown Law, Martin then announced he would be imposing sanctions on the school — instructing his staff not to hire any students, fellows, or interns affiliated with the university.
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The Justice Department blasted news of the ethics complaint, telling Fox News Digital on Tuesday that the complaint represented yet another «clear indication» of unfair and «partisan» treatment from the D.C. Bar, a body they argued has continued «to target and punish those serving President Trump while refusing to investigate or act against actual ethical violations that were committed by Biden and Obama administration attorneys,» representing what DOJ spokesperson described as «a clear indication of this partisan organization’s agenda.»
The complaint was signed by the disciplinary counsel for the D.C. Bar, Hamilton Fox, whose role allows him to function similarly to a prosecutor for attorney misconduct cases. Fox previously donated thousands to Obama’s first presidential campaign in 2008, according to FEC records reviewed by Fox News Digital.
The complaint accuses Martin of violating the First and Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution by using his role as a government official to demand that the university change its teachings; failing to give the university a time frame to respond; and threatening adverse action against Georgetown Law for teaching a particular viewpoint.
It also accuses Martin of conducting unauthorized, ex parte communications with the chief judge and senior judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit after he was asked to respond to a complaint about his remarks to Georgetown Law. «In that letter, he stated that he would not be responding to Disciplinary Counsel’s inquiry, complained about Disciplinary Counsel’s ‘uneven behavior,’ and requested a ‘face-to-face meeting with all of you to discuss this matter and find a way forward,’» the complaint said, noting that Martin had copied White House counsel onto the email.
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Ed Martin speaks during a press conference on May 13, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The Justice Department’s second-highest-ranking official, Todd Blanche, sharply criticized the complaint on social media Tuesday, noting: «The DC Bar is such a blatantly Democrat-run political organization.»
«Thank God I’m not a member, and trust me, I never will be,» Blanche said in a post on X.Martin, a former defense attorney who helped represent individuals charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, has made headlines during his short time at DOJ. His path to confirmation to serve as U.S. Attorney for D.C. stalled last year amid concerns from some Senate Republicans, prompting Trump to install Martin last May as the Justice Department’s pardon attorney.
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Emil Bove, now a U.S. Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals speaks with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche before his confirmation hearing in 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Trump also tapped Martin at the time to head up the Justice Department’s so-called «Weaponization Working Group,» or the newly formed internal body within DOJ tasked with probing federal prosecutions viewed by the administration as unfairly partisan.
Martin was removed last month from his role heading up the working group, though no reason for his removal was immediately provided.
The complaint will now be kicked to D.C. Court of Appeals for next steps and review — a notoriously lengthy process that will likely take months, if not longer.
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News of the ethics complaint comes just days after the Justice Department filed a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register that would allow the department to suspend state bar investigations while the DOJ conducts its own review.
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