-Florida mayor predicts ‘substantial exodus’ of NYC businesses if Mamdani wins

–Jack Smith defends subpoenaing Republican senators’ phone records: ‘Entirely proper’

-Republican calls for public database naming illegal immigrants facing deportation

Former top leader of radical group tied to Mamdani has been on AOC’s campaign payroll for years

FIRST ON FOX: A former top leader and “lifetime member” of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has been on the payroll of “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, D-N.Y., campaign since she first ran for Congress in 2018.

Frank Llewellyn, the former director of the largest socialist organization in America and a founding member of the socialist group that would later become DSA’s sister organization, serves as the treasurer for both Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign and her political action committee, Courage to Change.

Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign has paid Llewellyn a total of over $250,000 for payroll, travel and other administrative expenses dating back to 2018, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings reviewed by Fox News Digital. Disbursements range from $77.50 for cellphone, travel and internet stipends and salary payments of $1,281 approximately every two weeks…READ MORE.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., (left) employs Frank Llewellyn, a former national director of the Democratic Socialists of America. (AP; Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

White House

WORST OF WORST: DHS arrests worst of VA illegals in the closing days of campaign

President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speak at the start of a NATO leaders summit in The Hague, Netherlands June 25, 2025.  (JOHN THYS / AFP)

DIPLOMACY IN MOTION: Trump meets NATO’s Rutte as Ukraine peace talks take center stage after Zelenskyy visit

FINAL PUSH: Trump jumps into New Jersey race as GOP chases rare flip of governor’s seat

Side by side photos of President Donald Trump, left, and New Jersey Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli. (Getty/AP)

World Stage

TOKYO REBOUND: Japan plans to tell Trump it will build up its military after years of 1% defense spending

Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to announce a boost to defense spending. (Kyodo News via AP:Eugene Hoshiko/AP)

‘DAYS OF DESTINY’: Vance hails ‘days of destiny’ as VP seeks to build on ceasefire agreement

PUTIN SAYS NYET: Trump, Zelensky agree on crucial aspect to end Ukraine war: ‘good compromise’

Juan Carlos Pinzon is floating a run for high office in Colombia. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Image)

ALLY TURNED ENEMY: Alliance with US ‘dismantled’ by leftist Petro regime, Colombia’s former defense minister says

Capitol Hill

FAITH UNDER FIRE: Cruz leads Senate push to hold China accountable for Beijing church crackdown

Sen. Ted Cruz is leading a Senate resolution condemning China’s persecution of Christians. (Jose Cabezas/Reuters; KCNA via Reuters)

HEATED STANDOFF: White House slams Jeffries’ dismissal of bill to pay troops as government shutdown enters day 22

Across America 

NUMBERS GAME: Trump-backed North Carolina House map approved by lawmakers as Republicans aim to pick up seat

MAGA MOMENT: MAGA stars hit campaign trail in blue-leaning New Jersey as Republicans aim to flip governor’s office

Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida, right, joins New Jersey GOP gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli on the campaign trail at a diner in Linden, N.J. on Oct. 22, 2025 (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

POLITICAL CALCULUS: Clinton campaign alum urges Jeffries, Schumer not to ‘take the bait,’ get ‘bullied’ into Mamdani endorsement

ELECTION INTEGRITY: California Republicans launch voter ID ballot push, need 875K signatures by deadline

‘SHAME ON YOU’: WATCH: Scathing report exposes what New Yorkers think of sanctuary policies as Mamdani victory looms

Migrants and asylum seekers arrive at Roosevelt Hotel in New York City in January 2024. (J. Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)

RETURN BID: Former GOP senator emerges from private sector with new mission: ‘Somebody has to step up’

ARMED RESISTANCE: Los Angeles teacher says ICE agents are ‘not the only ones with guns’ after federal shooting

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-Mamdani accuses Cuomo of ‘Islamophobic rhetoric’ as contentious NYC mayoral race comes down to the wire

-Trump parachutes into key 2025 race as GOP aims to flip governor’s office in blue-leaning state

-Letitia James was arraigned in Virginia on federal bank fraud charges tied to 2020 home purchase

Zohran Mamdani lands long-waited key endorsement in New York City mayoral race

It took four months, but one of the top Democrats in New York State has finally endorsed New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani.

With Election Day closing in, Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the top Democrat in the U.S. House, on Friday announced his support for Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist state lawmaker from the New York City borough of Queens, in a statement to the New York Times.

“Zohran Mamdani has relentlessly focused on addressing the affordability crisis and explicitly committed to being a mayor for all New Yorkers, including those who do not support his candidacy,” Jeffries said…READ MORE.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has said he will weigh in on the NYC mayoral race, where Zohran Mamdani is the frontrunner, this week. (Angelina Katsanis-Pool/Getty Images; Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

White House

STEER CLEAR: Trump’s beef import plan ignores the real problem squeezing American cattle ranchers

TROOP LIFELINE: Mystery Trump ally donates $130M to cover troops’ paychecks amid shutdown chaos

President Donald Trump speaks during a visit with Michigan Air National Guard Troops April 29, 2025, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.  (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

ONGOING COOPERATION: FIRST ON FOX: Qatari embassy official reveals Biden admin role in new Idaho training facility finalized under Trump

‘SHAMELESS’: Trump admin accuses Hillary Clinton of stealing White House furniture as former first lady slams ballroom plan

The Trump White House accused former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of stealing White House furniture in a 2001 controversy as Democrats slam President Trump’s ballroom project. (Melina Mara – Pool/Getty Images)

FIRST DAUGHTER FURY: Chelsea Clinton rips Trump’s ‘disregard for history’ with White House ballroom construction

‘HIT HARD’: Democrats, liberal media’s violent rhetoric against Trump, Republicans goes back over a decade

TAXPAYERS WIN: Rubio ditches conference travel, slashes nearly $100M in expenses from Biden State Department bloat

Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, arrives for an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

World Stage

‘A BOLD DECISION’: Trump and Kim Jong Un should make ‘bold decision’ to meet during his Asia trip, South Korean official says

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting on the south side of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019.  (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Capitol Hill

BERNIE BREAKS RANKS: Sanders praises Trump, slams Biden on border: ‘You’ve got to have borders, period’

CAPITOL STALEMATE: Johnson shuts down House to pressure Schumer as government standstill nears one month

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Mike Johnson are at odds over the government shutdown. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz; REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

FEELING BLUE: ‘Stay tuned’: Jeffries repeatedly dodges Mamdani endorsement as self-imposed race deadline looms

Across America 

THE JOKER: Mamdani laughs off criticism that his tax hike proposals will compel New Yorkers to flee

THE THREE THREATENED: Dem staffer threatened to ‘put a knot’ on GOP lawmaker’s head, judge grants protection order

Asian American voters will play a big role in the New Jersey gubernatorial election as a DNC official warns the party should increase its AAPI outreach efforts in coming elections.  (Victor J. Blue/Getty Images;Mark Kauzlarich/Getty Images)

IN TROUBLE: Dems lagging in make or break outreach campaign that could decide New Jersey election, DNC leader warns

‘UNHINGED RHETORIC’: Dems urged to ‘stop siding with illegal aliens’ after activist rams agents in sanctuary city

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul during a press conference in New York City on November 6, 2024, discussing the impact of Donald Trump’s reelection as president. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

CAMPAIGN DRAMA: Letitia James ‘wreaking havoc’ on New York in ways voters may not even realize: GOP challenger

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