When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.
Elmina Aghayeva has 114,000 followers on Instagram and has seemingly never posted about politics, unlike other Columbia University students detained by immigration officers.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani had what he called a "productive" meeting with President Trump on Thursday, charming the president with a mocked-up tabloid newspaper featuring his likeness. Why it matters: Mamdani and Trump have developed an unexpected, made-for-TV relationship despite their vast political differences. - The democratic socialist mayor and the Republican president had a shockingly cordial White House meeting in November, and have even texted back and forth since then . - Now Mamdani is trying to use their bond to help him deliver on his promises to make housing and daily life in New York more affordable. Zoom in: In their previously unannounced get-together Thursday, Mamdani presented Trump with a proposal to build…