At 9 p.m. ET, CNN will host Shutdown America: A CNN Town Hall with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Kaitlan Collins will host, before an audience of Democrats, Republicans and independents, as well as those impacted by the shutdown. The event, from Washington, will also air on CNN International and CNN en Español .

As the NYC mayoral race nears its end, Zohran Mamdani is capitalizing on his anti-Trump rhetoric, while Andrew Cuomo is struggling to find a balance between opposing Trump and appearing weak.

NYC MAYORAL RACE: Three candidates for mayor of New York faced off tonight for their first debate of the general election: Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa. The debate aired on NBC New York and Telemundo New York, in partnership with Politico.

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