{"id":170616,"date":"2025-11-04T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-election-day-2025-begins-for-nyc-mayor-va-and-nj-governors-as-trump-endorses-cuomo-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:09:16","slug":"live-updates-election-day-2025-begins-for-nyc-mayor-va-and-nj-governors-as-trump-endorses-cuomo-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/live-updates-election-day-2025-begins-for-nyc-mayor-va-and-nj-governors-as-trump-endorses-cuomo-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Election Day 2025 begins for NYC mayor, VA and NJ governors as Trump endorses Cuomo – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump endorsed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor over Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
Tune in to live NBC News election night coverage:<\/strong>
A super PAC supporting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York mayoral election is running a late ad that depicts Zohran Mamdani in front of video of the Twin Towers crashing down on 9\/11.
The ad quotes liberal streamer Hasan Piker, with whom Mamdani appeared earlier this year,\u00a0saying \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11\u201d\u00a0<\/a>during a 2019 livestream. Alongside Piker\u2019s stream, the ad includes video of one of the World Trade Center towers bursting into flames during the 2001 terror attack, with Mamdani superimposed on top of the video for a moment.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Former Vice President Mike Pence said in a statement this morning that he will “always be grateful” for Dick Cheney’s service “and his personal kindness during our time in office.\u00a0“
“Dick Cheney first represented\u00a0Wyoming in Congress and went on to serve with distinction alongside three American presidents, as White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States,” Pence wrote in a post on X<\/a>.
“Throughout his long career, he was an American patriot who championed the men and women in our Armed Forces and the importance of maintaining a strong national defense for America\u2019s security at home and abroad,” he added.
Trump<\/a>\u00a0might get his summit with\u00a0Kim Jong Un<\/a>\u00a0after all.
That\u2019s the view of South Korea\u2019s main spy agency, which said today there was a high possibility that\u00a0North Korea<\/a>\u00a0and the United States will hold talks next year after months of apparent disinterest from Kim.
Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to resume in-person diplomacy with the North Korean leader, but was unable to do so on his diplomatic tour of Asia last week.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Former President George W. Bush said in a statement this morning that history will remember Dick Cheney, who served as his vice president for eight years, “as among the finest public servants of his generation \u2014 a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held.”
Bush said he asked Cheney to join his ticket in 2000 after first enlisting him to find his vice presidential running mate.
<\/span>Cheney and Bush walk the White House Colonnade in 2007.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Paul Morse \/ George W. Bush Presidential Library<\/span>
“In our long discussions about the qualities a vice president should have \u2014 deep experience, mature judgment, character, loyalty \u2014 I realized that Dick Cheney was the one I needed.\u00a0I\u2019m still grateful that he was at my side for the eight years that followed,” Bush said.
“Dick was a calm and steady presence in the White House amid great national challenges,” he continued.\u00a0“I counted on him for his honest, forthright counsel, and he never failed to give his best.\u00a0He held to his convictions and prioritized the freedom and security of the American people.\u00a0For those two terms in office, and throughout his remarkable career, Dick Cheney\u2019s service always reflected credit on the country he loved.”
Elon Musk took to his social media platform today to complain that the “New York City ballot form is a scam!”
“No ID is required,” he wrote in a post on X<\/a> of the city’s voting process.
New York City uses signature verification for voters.
“Other mayoral candidates appear twice,” he continued to complain, referring to Mamdani appearing on both the Democratic and Working Families party lines as the nominee for each party.
It’s not unusual for candidates to run on multiple party lines in the state; one of Mamdani’s opponents, Andrew Cuomo, appeared on four lines in his successful 2019 run for governor.
And speaking of the former governor, Musk griped “Cuomo’s name is last in bottom right” on the ballot, although his name and his Fight and Deliver party are second to last in the picture he tweeted.
Cuomo is running as an independent after losing the Democratic nomination to Mamdani.
Trump reiterated his demand for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster<\/a> this morning, arguing that not doing so will help Democrats in the 2026 midterm and 2028 presidential elections.
The president wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post that it will be “impossible for Republicans to get Common Sense Policies done with these Crazed Democrat Lunatics being able to block everything by withholding their votes.”
“FOR THREE YEARS, NOTHING WILL BE PASSED, AND REPUBLICANS WILL BE BLAMED. Elections, including the Midterms, will be rightfully brutal. If we do terminate the Filibuster, we will get EVERYTHING approved, like no Congress in History. We will have FAIR, FREE, and SAFE Elections, No Men in Women\u2019s Sports or Transgender for Everybody, Strong Borders, Major Tax and Energy Cuts, and will secure our Second Amendment, which the Democrats will also terminate, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump wrote.
Trump warned that if the Senate doesn’t eliminate the filibuster for legislation, Democrats are “far more likely to do well in the upcoming Elections.” He argued it would lead to “a PACKED Supreme Court, 2 more States and 4 more Democrat Senators (D.C. and Puerto Rico), and 8 more Electoral Votes.”
“Remember, Republicans, they are going to end the Filibuster as soon as they get the chance We know this because they already tried, and the only two people who didn\u2019t go along are now out of office. But they have much less chance of WINNING if we have Great Policy Wins after Wins after Wins,” he wrote.
Trump has been pushing for the elimination of the filibuster in recent days as the government shutdown has dragged on. His demands, however, have been met with resistance within his own party<\/a>.
A Fox News report prompted Trump to call out Nigeria over the killing of Christians and then\u00a0threaten military action<\/a>, setting off a scramble in the White House over the weekend, according to multiple U.S. officials.
It\u2019s still unclear what \u2014 if anything \u2014 the administration will do to counter\u00a0Islamic militants in Nigeria<\/a>, but precision drone strikes are among the preliminary options being considered, two U.S. officials said.
A White House spokesperson declined yesterday to offer any details on the plans under consideration.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Several polling sites across New Jersey received bomb threats overnight, \u00a0Passaic City Mayor Hector Lora said in a statement.
Lora said that four to six threats were made at polling locations in Passaic, Newark, Patterson and Lodi, all cities just outside of New York City. He added that none of the threats were credible, but that local authorities are “doing safety checks out of an abundance of caution.”
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said in a statement on X that threats were emailed to polling sites in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Passaic counties, forcing some of the sites to close.
“Make no mistake: We will not tolerate any attempts to interfere with our elections, and we will swiftly hold accountable anyone who seeks to interfere with the safety or security of our electoral process,” Platkin wrote.
It\u2019s unclear if all of the threats Platkin referred to involved explosives. Bomb threats have become somewhat commonplace on Election Day in recent history.
The lengthy standoff between Trump and congressional Democratic leaders is poised to become the longest government shutdown in American history this week.
On Election Day, when voters will head to the polls in Virginia, New Jersey and New York, the shutdown will tie the record for the longest one ever.
If the shutdown continues into tomorrow, which lawmakers believe is almost certain, it will shatter that record, set during Trump\u2019s first term. That\u00a035-day federal closure<\/a>\u00a0in late 2018 and early 2019 resulted from a fight over Trump\u2019s demand for a border wall, which Democrats refused to fund.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
The Senate will vote at 11:30 a.m. ET today on the House-passed short-term government funding bill, the Senate\u2019s\u00a014th attempt to pass the legislation, which would reopen the government and keep it funded until Nov. 21.\u00a0
The measure is not expected to get the 60 votes it needs to advance, just like the 13 attempts before it. But the vote is happening as bipartisan talks among senators appear to be giving lawmakers new hope that something could break the impasse by the end of the week.\u00a0
Given the length of time that lawmakers have been considering the current bill, Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the Senate will have to draft a new stopgap measure because the current one expires in less than three weeks.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney,<\/a> a defense hawk and architect of the second Iraq war who served for decades in Congress and three Republican administrations, died last night of complications from pneumonia and cardio and vascular disease, his family said in a statement. He was 84.
Cheney served as vice president under President George W. Bush and as defense secretary under his father, President George H.W. Bush. Before that, he served in the U.S. House as a Republican from Wyoming and as White House chief of staff for President Gerald Ford.\u00a0
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
The lengthy standoff between Trump and congressional Democratic leaders is poised to become the longest government shutdown in American history this week.
Election Day will tie the record for the longest shutdown.
If the shutdown continues into tomorrow, which lawmakers believe is almost certain, it will shatter that record, set during Trump\u2019s first term. That 35-day federal closure<\/a> in late 2018 and early 2019 resulted from a fight over Trump\u2019s demand for a border wall, which Democrats refused to fund.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Trump made a last-minute push to boost Republican turnout in\u00a0Tuesday\u2019s races<\/a>\u00a0for governor\u00a0in New Jersey and Virginia<\/a>, but he only mentioned one GOP hopeful by name.
While Trump talked up Jack Ciattarelli, his preferred candidate for governor in New Jersey, he did not name the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia: Winsome Earle-Sears. Instead, he broadly urged supporters to vote for the entire GOP ticket.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Last night, Trump endorsed former Cuomo<\/a>, a lifelong Democrat running as an independent, in\u00a0New York City\u2019s mayoral election<\/a>.
The president urged voters not to cast a ballot today for Sliwa, saying it would be \u201ca vote for Mamdani.\u201d
\u201cWhether you personally like Andrew Cuomo or not, you really have no choice,\u201d Trump\u00a0wrote on Truth Social<\/a>.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Off-year elections provide the first big chance for voters across several states to make their voices heard this year \u2014 and shed early light on some major questions ahead of next year\u2019s midterm elections.
How are voters\u00a0responding to President Donald Trump\u2019s second term<\/a>? Can Republicans build on the president\u2019s gains with working-class voters and people of color, and will they be able to keep Trump\u2019s coalition engaged when he isn\u2019t on the ballot?
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
NBC News<\/p>\n

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