
David Freedlander
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David Freedlander
@freedlander
Political Columnist & Features Writer, @NYMag


Trump announces he will not attend his son's wedding

No word yet who the guests will be on tonight's series finale of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, but there are lots of black SUVs parked outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, the stage door has been covered with a tent and there are several police officers nearby.

Jeff Bezos blasts Mamdani for casting billionaire Ken Griffin as a 'villain' in viral video filmed outside NYC penthouse trib.al/4TPs7ih

‘New York’ Magazine has won the 2026 National Magazine Awards for General Excellence, the night’s top honor, and for Photography. The General Excellence award honored a body of work that included Lila Shapiro’s investigation into Neil Gaiman’s predations, the first major profile of Zohran Mamdani, and The Cut's exploration of the “Forever-35 Face,” and two print issues: one featuring Brock Colyar’s cover story on the rise of the West Village Girl, the other with Suzy Hansen’s sweeping essay on war crimes in Gaza. The Photography award honored work that included Stephanie Keith's portfolio of the ICE seizures of immigrants as they attend routine hearings at 26 Federal Plaza; the “Power” issue, with Elinor Kry's portraits of 13 up-and-coming Democrats on their home turf and Henry Leutwyler’s documentation of Misty Copeland on her final day at ABT; and the “Legends of Broadway” issue, in which 29 stars got back into costume to reenact their definitive roles before Mark Seliger’s lens. Read more about the awards: nymag.visitlink.me/9Hx43l

JUST IN: Mayor Mamdani is meeting with both Jamie Dimon and David Solomon today



300 is an incredibly small sample, but this is the 3rd poll in a row that has @JBKSchlossberg at 20% — seems, despite droves of media attention, his massive online following and famous lineage, he’s hit his ceiling




BREAKING from The Atlantic: Kash Patel has given out bottles of a personalized whiskey to FBI staff as well as civilians he encounters in his duties, according to eight people, including current and former FBI and Department of Justice employees and others who are familiar with Patel's distribution of the bottles. theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…





