{"id":891617,"date":"2026-06-25T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/891617\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:04:41","slug":"morning-briefing-june-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/891617\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing: June 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, New York City. <\/b>Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

Another nice summer day is expected.<\/p>\n

Rain is likely late tonight and into Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\"\"\n<\/td>\nHighs:<\/b>\u00a0Low 80s
Lows:<\/b>\u00a0Upper 60s
Rain at night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hourly Forecast<\/a> |\u00a0Interactive Radar<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nIntroducing Spectrum News+
Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around NYC<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Mayor says primary wins shifts ‘balance of power’<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

The day after his endorsed candidates scored a clean sweep on primary night, Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday sounded validated and vindicated.<\/p>\n

Mamdani said the results show voters are embracing candidates focused on affordability and working-class issues. The wins could reshape New York\u2019s political landscape and set up new tensions with Democratic leadership, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who backed some of the defeated incumbents.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Strangers save man in Knicks parade rescue<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

A dramatic rescue during the New York Knicks championship parade is drawing praise after bystanders and an off-duty EMT worked together to save a man who collapsed atop a subway entrance.<\/p>\n

Simone Kelly recognized signs of a possible overdose and used Narcan provided by someone in the crowd before coordinating a safe rescue. Now honored by the city, Kelly hopes the incident highlights the importance of harm reduction, overdose awareness and community action.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Amtrak and MTA spar over participation in Penn Station redevelopment<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

A dispute is emerging over the future of Penn Station after redevelopment leader Andy Byford invited the MTA to formally join the project through a memorandum of agreement.<\/p>\n

MTA Chair Janno Lieber rejected the proposal, citing concerns about lease protections and the federal government’s role in the project.<\/p>\n

Amtrak maintains the agreement would not weaken the MTA\u2019s rights or require financial contributions, while state officials are urging all parties to work together.<\/p>\n

Around the Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Trump berates Senate Republicans over Iran war vote after calling off bill signing<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0House speaker looks to reconciliation process to pass Trump’s voter ID bill<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0NATO’s Trump whisperer meets the president in effort to appease him before next month’s summit<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, New York City. Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner Another nice summer…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":765010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,9428,7448,258110,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-891617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-app-top-stories","tag-erin-pflaumer","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116810421642576331","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}