In dueling speeches this weekend, the New York mayor faced a ‘nation of contradictions’ while the president offered a stump speech

New York mayor’s remarks at city hall to come just hours before Trump is set to deliver address at Mount Rushmore

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani will counterprogram President Donald Trump alongside other immigrants to the U.S.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a robust defense of the country's immigrant roots ahead of the 250th July 4 celebrations.

New York City mayor delivers sharp rebuke of ‘forces of division’ while seated behind the desk of the nation’s first president

The speech did not directly name President Donald Trump but was a clear rebuke to the president’s immigration crackdown and politics of exclusion.

The speech did not directly name President Donald Trump but was a clear rebuke to the president’s immigration crackdown and politics of exclusion.

Mamdani gave a solidly pro-immigration speech, flanked by recently naturalized citizens, hours before the president plans to give his own 250th anniversary address at Mt. Rushmore.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a powerful speech on America's founding and the importance of unity and progress.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani argued a true celebration of patriotism should confront both the nation’s ideals and its flaws, in a speech Friday on the eve of America’s 250th…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's remarks at an America 250 ceremony appeared to indirectly criticize President Trump.

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President Trump ushered in America's 250th anniversary with a darkly political speech that swerved from the typically apolitical, unifying speeches past presidents have given to…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a pro-immigration address on Friday marking the eve of the United States' 250th Independence Day celebrations, presenting an…

In his speech at Mount Rushmore, the president lauds American exceptionalism while taking aim at domestic ‘radicals and extremists’.

The US president and the mayor of New York both spoke on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary, but their messages could not contrast more.

The president's speech capped an Independence Day eve otherwise most notable for a brutal heat wave that gripped much of the eastern part of the country.

Although both men argued that the United States is exceptional, they offered fundamentally different explanations for why.

The US President spoke at Mount Rushmore last night, the penultimate stop in his tour to mark 250 years since America declared independence. It was filled with blood and soil-lite…

In his speech, Mamdani condemned “the powerful [who] have always known their answer: America, in their view, is an arena of supremacy where only a select few are allowed freedom.”

President Donald Trump's speech included soaring rhetoric on American exceptionalism and warnings about the threat of communism.