In a viral video making the rounds on X, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his staff are seen sprawled on ornate prayer rugs across the floor of a government office, American flag waving in the background, prostrating themselves in Islamic prayer before breaking the Ramadan fast with plates of food. They sit cross-legged like it’s the most natural thing in the world for public officials in the nation’s largest city.

When a retired military officer disappears from public view, it usually passes without much notice.

For nearly half a century, Iran’s Islamic Republic has been ruled by a clerical elite claiming divine authority over the state.

Texas Democrats just put on a show that would make reality TV producers blush... and not the good kind. In Tuesday’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, fiery U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett got trounced by state Rep. James Talarico. Instead of a graceful concession speech, Crockett rolled out the conspiracy playbook faster than you can say “stop the steal”—except this time, she was pointing the finger at Republicans for rigging her own party’s primary.