This is AP Newsminute.

Despite calling New York's newly-elected mayor a "communist" and a "total nut job" during the fall campaign, President Trump and Zohran Mamdani had a friendly meeting in the Oval Office Friday.

The two leaders discussed housing affordability and the cost of living.

Torrential rains struck parts of Southern California Friday, leading to warnings about flash floods and possible mudslides.

A potent weather condition, known as an atmospheric river, is blamed for causing at least six deaths in the region this month.

A sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while attempting to serve an eviction notice at a home near Vero Beach, Florida.

Several other people were injured in the shooting, including a second deputy and the accused shooter.

The Capitol Christmas Tree has arrived in Washington after a 3,000 mile journey from Nevada.

It's a 53-foot high red spruce named "Silver Belle," from Nevada's Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.