Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.

Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.

Children hug Mayor Mamdani.

Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx. 

In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.

Former Syracuse basketball player to be deported after more than a month in ICE custody

26 years old from South Sudan. He has been in the US since age 13, when he was recruited to the country for basketball.

Now being discarded as if he was human refuse.

Shame on Syracuse for not intervening.

www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04...

NOT WITH MY TAX DOLLARS.

It’s not just that this is a memorial Trump is building to honor himself. It’s the size & the location.

Twice the size of the Lincoln Memorial, and towering over Arlington National Cemetery, where two presidents and thousands who died in service to this country are buried.

Should cars be allowed back on this historic Brooklyn bridge? #restoration #brooklyn #bridge YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC

The 137-year-old wooden bridge over the Gowanus Canal has been closed for repairs since 2021.

And now that the Carroll Street Bridge restoration is nearly complete, there's a rare opportunity to pedestrianize the historic landmark in a rapidly-changing community. youtube.com/shorts/_hN6a...

President Donald Trump tells kids during the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll that they can sell his autograph for $25,000.

He Had a Full Ride at Duke—Until America Cut Him Off Student visas for Africa’s best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving behind empty seats and broken dreams.

Student visas for Africa’s best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving empty seats and broken dreams. “A punch to the heart,” said one woman who lost her scholarship.

Tracking Wait Times at Major U.S. Airports (Gift Article) Travelers are facing long lines at airport security as the partial government shutdown has strained T.S.A. staffing. The New York Times is tracking the latest available wait times across the country.

So the GOP has the house, senate, and oval office and we haven't paid the TSA employees a penny since the start of the Iran war.

Gift link.

Trump: I’m going to put ICE in the airports, where they will target and arrest all the illegals, especially Somalis, because I hate the Democrats

Headlines: Trump puts ICE officers in airports to ease long lines, provide relief for weary travelers

The Bourne Identity (2002) / The Hidalgo Legacy (2026)

The Covid-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official US count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. https://cnn.it/3NtbZYM

Leqaa Kordia is seen wearing a mask and carrying a Palestinian flag. A headline reads: ICE Releases Columbia Protester Who Was Held For 1 Year

Breaking News: A New Jersey woman who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in 2024 has been released from a federal detention center in Texas, where she had been held for more than a year. She has not been charged with a crime. nyti.ms/4sJs8In

Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

Breaking News: Scientists have been using methods that underestimated how high sea levels already are, a new study found. One result is that hundreds of millions more people are already living dangerously close to the rising ocean than Western scientists had previously estimated.

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

NOAA announces planned rollback of North Atlantic right whale protections There are fewer than 380 right whales left in the world, with roughly 70 females capable of bearing young.

NOAA announces planned rollback of North Atlantic right whale protections www.mainepublic.org/environment-...

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next.

What a disgrace.

Informational graphic for the CUNY Immigration Assistance Project. It includes the CUNY logo and the phrases "Immigration Assistance Project" and "Citizenship Now!" The main message highlights that the project is a rapid response legal resource for individuals affected by immigration policy changes, travel issues, or detention by law enforcement. A call to action at the bottom reads "Learn More" with a link to cuny.edu/CIAP.

CUNY's rapid response legal resource is available for current students and employees who have been impacted by immigration policy changes, are facing issues traveling in and out of the country or have been detained by law enforcement. For more information, visit cuny.edu/CIAP.

German soccer team cancels Minnesota visit due to ICE crackdown Bundesliga side Werder Bremen were planning to visit in May, though no matches were scheduled.

The pro German soccer team Werder Bremen have canceled a planned spring tour to Minnesota and Detroit, citing the controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Pride Flag Removed From Stonewall Monument at Trump’s Directive The move comes a year after the National Park Service scrubbed mentions of queer and trans people from its website, prompting protests at the NYC landmark.

A large Pride flag was quietly removed from New York City’s Stonewall National Monument on February 9 after a directive from the Trump administration, marking an alarming continuation of the federal government’s attacks on LGBTQ+ people.

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure project.

But there was a condition. https://cnn.it/4qDJXYd

Among the 300 layoffs was reporter Caroline O’Donovan, who covers tech companies and corporate accountability with a focus on Amazon.

The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn

An "investigation" that wouldn't exist except for Trump. C'mon NYT

Bon Iver says he is wearing a whistle at the Grammys
to honour the peaceful observers in Minneapolis

I can't get over the fact that the "don't tread on me" crowd is now like "well umm he had a gun and looked at some feds with the wrong attitude and didn't run away so OFC they shot him 14 times, he's so stupid for that."

Cognitive Dissonance at its finest.

(The Guardian) - Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter on Monday suggested he supports fans boycotting World Cup matches in the United States this year due to security concerns.

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

MULTIPLE videos don't show Pretti with a gun in his hand. Stop hedging and watering down your reporting.

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.

Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.