LONDON (AP) — Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has signed a new contract to keep him at the Premier League club until 2032.
The 45-year-old Andrews took on his first head coach role when he signed a three-year deal in June last year to replace Thomas Frank, who departed for Tottenham, and the Irishman has guided Brentford to seventh place in the Premier League.
Brentford director of football Phil Giles told the club’s official website on Thursday: “Keith has done an outstanding job, the team are playing well and the things we thought we could be better at this season have all improved.
“He is a really good fit for the club and the way we like to work, as he is able to bring the best out of both players and staff alike."
The Bees have reached the fifth round of the FA Cup — they play West Ham away — and also reached the League Cup quarterfinals before losing to Manchester City.
Brentford travels to Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.
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FILE - Brentford's head coach Keith Andrews reacts after the Premier League soccer match between Brentford and Liverpool, in London, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented President Donald Trump with a mock newspaper front page during a visit to the White House on Thursday to discuss massive new housing investments in the city.
It’s a tactic designed to appeal to Trump, who is keenly aware of his media coverage and, aside from being an avid viewer of cable news, is known to voraciously consume coverage in the local New York City publications. The Republican president and Democratic mayor have maintained a cordial relationship since their first meeting last fall.
Anna Bahr, Mamdani’s communications director, said the mayor’s team created a mock front page and headlines for Trump to look at and demonstrate what kind of reaction that new federal housing investments could bring. The mock New York Daily News front page says “Trump to City: Let’s Build” – a riff on the famous 1975 cover that read “Ford to City: Drop Dead,” referring to Gerald Ford’s vow to veto financial assistance to the city.
The mayor posted the photo of their meeting, featuring the front pages, to his social media page.
Mamdani’s office declined to elaborate on the mayor’s housing proposal, but Bahr said Trump was “very enthusiastic” about it. When Trump and Mamdani last met in November, the president encouraged Mamdani to return to him with an idea to build big things together in New York City, Bahr said.
Though Trump repeatedly maligned Mamdani as a “communist” as he ran for New York City mayor, the president appeared charmed by him after their one-on-one meeting at the White House in November.
At the meeting on Thursday – which was previously unannounced and lasted for about an hour – Mamdani also brought up the detainment of Ellie Aghayeva, a Columbia University student from Azerbaijan who was arrested earlier Thursday by federal immigration agents.
The agents had accessed a campus residence by claiming they were searching for a “missing person,” according to Aghayeva’s attorneys and Columbia’s president. As he met with Trump, Mamdani urged Trump to consider releasing her.
In a phone call not long after their White House meeting, Trump told the mayor that Aghayeva would be released. Mamdani also gave White House chief of staff Susie Wiles a list of four other students targeted by federal authorities and asked for the administration’s help with them. The four students are Mahmoud Khalil, Yunseo Chung, Mohsen Mahdawi and Leqaa Kordia, who were all detained for their roles in pro-Palestinian protests. Of the four, only Kordia remains in custody, although all cases are proceeding through the courts.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference in Morningside Heights, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
