First Thing: Mamdani says socialist allies offer ‘national message’ to US

New York City mayor says Democratic candidates he endorsed speak to people struggling to make ends meet. Plus the best pictures from weekend Pride events across the USDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning. The New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, said on Sunday that he and a slew of Democratic socialist allies who prevailed in recent primary elections were carrying a “national message” to struggling working Americans hungry for a new kind of politics “coast to coast”. His endorsed candidates won Democratic nominations in three races for New York congressional seats, as well as for five state legislature positions in Albany.He said collectively they were carrying a “New Deal understanding” of Democratic politics to Congress and on to the “national stage”. It