WASHINGTON, D.C. — Though Americans were up in arms when news broke that lawmakers were pushing to give themselves an increase in salary, members of Congress insisted that they needed the pay increase to keep up with the inflation they caused.
A triumphant Zohran Mamdani, 34, took the oath of office to become NYC's 112th mayor just moments into the New Year -- kicking off an uncharted era with a proud socialist at the helm of the nation's l...