Obama’s surprise call to Zohran Mamdani revealed by NYT

August 14, 2025; 8pm: As California Governor Gavin Newsom lays out his plan to counter Trump's congressional power grab, the Republican Congressman making the case that NONE of this should be happening. Then, the brand new reporting about what Donald Trump says about Jeffrey Epstein's victims when the cameras are off. And the New York mayor's race says about the Democratic party on the whole. 

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