After weeks of political gridlock, lawmakers voted 60-40 to approve a funding measure to reopen the federal government. The move brings an end to the longest shutdown in US history.

New York City may witness a landmark election as Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic Socialist and Muslim, is poised to become mayor. Polls show that Mamdani, writing just before Election Day, holds a lead in the nation’s largest city, marking a turning point in its political landscape.