## Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team as he prepares for New York mayoralty

Authored by theguardian.com

Speaking at a morning press conference in Queens, the 34-year-old democratic socialist revealed an all-female transition team led by Elana Leopold as executive director.

“In the coming months, I and my team will build a city hall capable of delivering on the promises of this campaign,” Mamdani told reporters.

In his first television interview since defeating Andrew Cuomo, the former governor, and Republican Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday night, Mamdani stressed the urgency of preparation.

“We owe it to this city to be ready on 1 January to start delivering,” he said on Wednesday.

New York’s incoming administration faces formidable obstacles, not least from Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to withhold federal funding from the city if Mamdani took office.

Later, standing next to outgoing mayor Eric Adams, Cuomo nodded as Adams warned: “New York can’t be Europe, folks.

The incoming New York administration said it would begin announcing deputy mayors and agency commissioners in the coming days. »

### Ed Sheeran praises reform to arts education in schools

Authored by bbc.co.uk

The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the broadening of the curriculum, but said "scrapping instead of broadening the EBacc is not the right move.".

"Without a costed plan and proper workforce strategy, these reforms will stretch teachers even further and fail our children," she said.

"It's ironic that the government keep asking for more and more from a pot that is actually getting smaller and smaller," Di'Iasio added. »

### Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority

Authored by mississippifreepress.org

After six years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

In the Mississippi Pine Belt region, Democrat Johnny DuPree won Senate District 45, previously held by Republican Sen. Chris Johnson of Hattiesburg.

Democrats will likely hold 18 Senate seats when the Mississippi Legislature returns to session in January 2026. »

### HUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fray

Authored by gamesfray.com

Words that are underlined link to explanations in our IP Lingo dictionary unless the underlined passages explicitly refer to other articles.

It relates to claims 1, 13, 25 and 26 of the patent.

If they fall, which we believe will most likely happen, the remaining ones (which depend on those claims) will fall as well. »

### Trinidad PM reiterates support for US war on drugs in the Caribbean

Authored by jamaicaobserver.com

Among those reportedly killed are two Trinidad and Tobago nationals, but Persad-Bissessar has reiterated her full support for President Donald Trump’s move to violently kill drug traffickers.

My Government will continue to support the US military drug interdiction exercises within the region”.

It said that the position at that meeting was not endorsed by the government of Trinidad and Tobago. »

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