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What to know:

• All three of Mamdani’s candidates won Tuesday, defeating two incumbents and essentially ensuring that two self-described democratic socialists will be elected to Congress in their deep blue districts. The mayor said it was a question of electing “better Democrats” who would “put working people back at the heart of politics.” 

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POLITICS

Trump heads to Capitol to speak with GOP senators who have grown increasingly frustrated with him

President Donald Trump on Wednesday will attend a closed-door Senate GOP luncheon for the first time in more than a year. Read more.

Why this matters:

• The president has pressured senators for months to focus on his proof-of-citizenship voting bill even though it doesn’t have the votes to pass. At the same time, he has blocked them from confirming one of his own nominees, asked them to fund parts of his White House ballroom project despite opposition and forced them to defend his Iran war even as they question the strategy and endgame. Still, senators said ahead of the meeting that they hope to focus on unity, not disagreements.

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US NEWS

8 convicted in Texas immigration center shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in prison

A former U.S. Marine reservist and seven others were sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison over a shooting last year that wounded a police officer during a demonstration outside a detention center near Dallas. Read more.

Why this matters:

• Prosecutors called the crime an act of terrorism and said the eight were linked to the leftist militant group antifa. The defendants’ attorneys denied any antifa ties.

   

• Benjamin Song, the Marine reservist who was convicted of opening fire during the July 4 demonstration outside the Prairieland Detention Center, was sentenced to 100 years in prison, the maximum punishment. The seven others received prison terms ranging from 30 to 70 years. All but one of the eight defendants sentenced Tuesday were convicted on terrorism charges.