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Ackman: Cuomo Likely To Win NYC Mayoral Election In One-On-One Race With Mamdani
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a “more than 50% chance” of winning the city’s November mayoral race in a head–to-head race with front-runner Zohran Mamdani, American hedge-fund billionaire Bill Ackman said on Sunday.
The prominent New York investor made the remarks in Israel following a lecture he gave at the University of Haifa, where he and his wife Neri are being awarded an honorary doctorate.
He predicted that New York Mayor Eric Adams, who is running fourth in a four-way race for City Hall according to the polls, will pull out of the race in the coming week, while the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, is likely to follow him out.
The latest polls give Cuomo a theoretical path to victory, but only in a two-way race against Mamdani.
The Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City, who has refused to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” has repeatedly pledged that, if elected, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be arrested if he enters the city.
“He’s never run anything,” Ackman said of Mamdani when the question of the New York race came up after the investor spoke out against the ills of socialism. “He was a rapper, but not a successful one,” noting the Assemblyman benefited from a weak field of candidates and being a good speaker.
Ackman, 59, one of the most prominent and influential figures in the U.S. capital market, has been a staunch and vocal supporter of the Jewish state in the nearly two-year-old war against Hamas in Gaza. He has also been a leading voice against the antisemitism on U.S. college campuses, including his alma mater, Harvard.
U.S. President Donald Trump had said on Friday that it appeared Mamdani was headed to victory.
“I call him my little communist, he’s my little communist mayor, you look at the other candidates, maybe one-on-one somebody could beat him, and I’m not looking at the polls too carefully, but it would look like he’s going to win. And that’s a rebellion,” Trump said on Fox and Friends. JNS
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Patel: Suspect’s DNA Found on Towel Covering Gun, Screwdriver
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Monday that forensic testing confirmed Tyler Robinson’s DNA on items connected to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, debunking conspiracy claims and even Robinson’s own mocking comments on Discord.
“I can report today that the DNA hits from the towel that was wrapped around the firearm, and the DNA on the screwdriver are positively processed for the suspect in custody,” Patel said during a televised appearance.
Authorities located the towel-wrapped rifle in the woods where surveillance cameras tracked the gunman escaping after jumping from a campus rooftop. The screwdriver was discovered in the sniper’s position at Utah Valley University, where the deadly shot into Kirk’s neck was fired.
Investigators are continuing analysis on the bolt-action hunting rifle that is believed to have been the murder weapon.
Patel also disclosed that a handwritten note from Robinson was recovered, in which he pledged to “take out Charlie Kirk” and declared he was “going to take it.”
The FBI chief commended the pace of the probe, pointing out Robinson’s arrest came just 33 hours after the shooting. He highlighted the contrast with prior lengthy manhunts and stressed the bureau’s “transparent and open” handling of the case.
According to Utah Governor Spencer Cox, Robinson has refused to cooperate since being taken into custody.
The 22-year-old suspect displayed no remorse and instead left mocking posts on Discord — a gaming-oriented platform often used by antifa-linked cells — suggesting he was following coverage of the manhunt closing in on him.
The timing of his online comments also hinted that the FBI’s $100,000 reward spurred acquaintances to interact with him.
“Wya?” one Discord user asked with a skull emoji, tagging Robinson’s handle just after the FBI released enhanced surveillance photos Thursday morning and unveiled the reward, according to The New York Times.
Within a minute, Robinson’s account replied that his “doppelgänger” was trying to “get me in trouble,” the report said.
“Tyler killed Charlie!!!!” another user responded in the chat.
The Times noted that screenshots of those exchanges were provided by a former classmate of Robinson’s.
Formal charges against Robinson are expected Tuesday. Officials have not officially stated a motive, but an affidavit indicated he recently told a relative he was considering killing Kirk.
Other posts attributed to Robinson, now facing potential capital punishment in Utah and in federal court, include:
• “My doppelganger trying to get me in trouble.”
• “Only if I get a cut” — when someone suggested turning him in for the FBI’s $100,000 bounty.
• “Better also get rid of this manifesto and exact copy rifle I have lying around,” he wrote after being warned, “Whatever you do, don’t go to a McDonalds anytime soon,” in reference to another charged assassin, Luigi Mangione.
• “In a red state??? nah CLEARLY the shooter was from California,” he quipped when a user speculated Trump would deploy the National Guard to Utah.
• “I heard the ammo had somethin about trans stuff on it, but they aren’t releasing photos or exact quotes,” Robinson wrote as media outlets reported about markings tied to transgender ideology. He added, “and also the claim wasn’t backed by the official FBI, just some dude in the briefing room,” indicating he was following press briefings closely.
• Minutes later, Robinson joked: “I’m actually Charlie Kirk, wanted to get outta politics so I faked my death, now I can live out my dream life in Kansas.”
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Tulsi Gabbard: Charlie Kirk Assassination ‘Definition of Terrorism’
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joined mourners in Washington, DC, on Sunday evening for a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was assassinated last week.
Holding back emotion, Gabbard described Kirk’s murder as the “definition of terrorism.”
“Ultimately, for every one of us, the time that we have in this world is temporary. Our time will come sooner or later. And so the critical question that we have for ourselves is, whatever time we have, what are we doing with it? How are we making the most of every day that we have?” she continued. “Charlie Kirk, every single day, carried out his mission motivated by his faith … and his unwavering dedication to defending our God-given freedoms enshrined in our Constitution and Bill of Rights.”
Gabbard emphasized that the attack was meant to suppress Kirk’s voice and those who shared his worldview, again calling it the “definition of terrorism.”
“They feel that their only recourse is to commit an act of violence, to silence those who oppose them, and to intimidate and terrorize others into silence. This is the definition of terrorism,” she said. “We cannot allow ourselves to be terrorized into silence.”
Kirk, 31, was shot and killed while addressing a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. He leaves behind his wife and two children. President Donald Trump paid tribute to him shortly after the tragedy.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” Trump wrote. “No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
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