Trump’s praise for Mamdani upends Republican talking points as they bond over New York, working class and FDR – US politics live

President and mayor-elect refused to be drawn into talking about their differences despite repeated attempts to nudge them into conflictTrump and Mamdani form an unlikely alliance at White House meetingRobert Garcia, the ranking member on the House oversight committee, has sent a letter to the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, urging the justice department to release the complete trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, despite the newly launched investigation into several Democrats’ ties to the late sex offender.“There is already a concern President Trump will attempt, on dubious legal grounds, to exploit a provision which allows DoJ to withhold information relevant to ongoing investigations,” Garcia wrote. Continue reading…