Trump to Award Mayor Giuliani the Medal of Freedom

Joseph MacKinnon September 02, 2025

Giuliani sustained a fractured spine after stopping to help a woman who claimed to be victim of domestic abuse.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The announcement came just hours after Giuliani had a brush with death in Manchester, New Hampshire.

According to New Hampshire State Police, Giuliani and his driver, Theodore Goodman, were traveling southbound Saturday evening on the Interstate 93 when they were flagged down by a woman on the roadside who indicated that she had been involved in a domestic violence incident.

'This was not a targeted attack.'

The 81-year-old former mayor and his driver stopped to provide assistance, called police, then waited with the woman until troopers arrived to investigate.

After speaking with the troopers and disclosing what they witnessed, the mayor and Goodman got back into their rental Ford Bronco and pulled onto the interstate. Police indicated, however, that just moments later, a woman driving a Honda HR-V rammed into the rear of the vehicle "almost directly across from the scene of the reported domestic violence incident on the southbound side."

Rep. Jerrold Nadler Will not be Running for Re-Election

New York Democratic Representative Jerrold Nadler announced Monday that he will not be seeking re-election next year, after a 34-year congressional career. 

Nadler, 78, has been considered one of the leading liberal voices in Congress, saying that he is responding to the call for generational change that has recently been dividing his party. 

He recently told The New York Times of his plans, provided that they didn’t reveal them until Monday. He said that he hesitated to step aside at this time, while, in his view, President Donald Trump stands as a threat to the foundations of democracy, according to The Times. But he told them that he believes it is time for the changing of the guard. 

“Watching the Biden thing really said something about the necessity for generational change in the party, and I think I want to respect that,” Nadler said, adding that a younger successor “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.”