{"id":2455503,"date":"2025-07-03T22:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-erupts-after-hacked-data-shows-mamdani-identified-as-black-or-african-american-on-college-application\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T22:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T02:07:16","slug":"outrage-erupts-after-hacked-data-shows-mamdani-identified-as-black-or-african-american-on-college-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outrage-erupts-after-hacked-data-shows-mamdani-identified-as-black-or-african-american-on-college-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage Erupts After Hacked Data Shows Mamdani Identified as &#8216;Black or African American&#8217; on College Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foutrage-erupts-after-hacked-data-shows-mamdani-identified-as-black-or-african-american-on-college-application%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2455503&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Zohran mamdani, a political candidate, whose college application to Columbia University revealed that he identified as both &#8220;Asian&#8221; and &#8220;Black or African American.&#8221; This details, released by a hacker, contrasts with his public identity as a South Asian Muslim, raising questions about his motivations behind <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >selecting multiple racial identities<\/a> on the application. Born in Uganda to Indian parents, Mamdani claims he was highlighting his complex heritage, as customary application forms did not have options for his specific background. The controversy comes amidst a competitive election where his main opponent, Andrew Cuomo, has strong support among Black and Hispanic voters.The revelation led to significant backlash on social media and drawn comparisons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-pushes-democrats-to-dump-biden-at-dnc-convention\/\" title=\"Bill Maher urges Democrats to replace Biden at DNC Convention\">past political controversies<\/a>, especially involving other figures who have faced scrutiny for similar reasons.Despite this, Mamdani continues to promote his campaign focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-paris-london-no-longer-recognizable-because-they-opened-their-doors-to-jihad\/\" title=\"Trump claims that Paris and London are unrecognizable due to welcoming jihad\">broader social issues<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of all the ways that Zohran Mamdani could be compared to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, this is likely the one he wanted least.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report published Thursday evening in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/03\/nyregion\/mamdani-columbia-black-application.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, Mamdani claimed on his application to Columbia University to be both &ldquo;Asian&rdquo; and &ldquo;Black or African American.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This 2009 application, obtained by the Times, is at odds with his presentation of himself on the campaign trail, where he has stressed that he&rsquo;s a Muslim of South Asian descent. It was among data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/01\/nyregion\/columbia-university-hacker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stolen and released<\/a> last month by a &ldquo;hacktivist&rdquo; who wanted to see if the Ivy League university was still using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\" title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\">affirmative action<\/a> to discriminate against students in spite of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harvard-reveals-itll-use-loophole-skirt-supreme-court-ruling-will-certainly-comply\/\">Supreme Court decisions that forbid<\/a> heavily loading the dice against applicants solely due to their race.<\/p>\n<p>The move, the Times reported, would have increased his chances of getting accepted to the elite New York City school. He ended up graduating from another elite liberal arts institution, Maine&rsquo;s Bowdoin College, where his major was Africana studies; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watching-carefully-trump-says-arresting-mamdani-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mamdani<\/a> says the decision was due in part to the fact that his father was and is a professor at Columbia. He did not get in, anyhow, although he says he filled out all of his applications the same way.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Columbia, like many elite universities, used a race-conscious affirmative action admissions program at the time. Reporting that his race was Black or African American in addition to Asian could have given an advantage to Mr. Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and spent his earliest years there,&rdquo; the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Times could not find any speeches or interviews in which Mr. Mamdani referred to himself as Black or African American, and Mr. Mamdani said the college applications were the only instances where he could recall describing himself as such.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, albeit to two members of the African country&rsquo;s ethnically Indian diaspora: academic Mahmood Mamdani and filmmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-mom-nycs-muslim-socialist-mayoral-candidate-declares-not-american\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mira Nair<\/a>. He would leave for South Africa at age 5 and then the United States at age 7.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Times on Thursday, Mamdani said that the information was not conveyed to get an upper hand by identifying him as a black American but instead to emphasize his complex background as &ldquo;an American who was born in Africa.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Most college applications don&rsquo;t have a box for Indian-Ugandans, so I checked multiple boxes trying to capture the fullness of my background,&rdquo; Mamdani said.<\/p>\n<p>Where &ldquo;more specific information where relevant&rdquo; was asked for, Mamdani said that he wrote he was &ldquo;Ugandan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even though these boxes are constraining, I wanted my college application to reflect who I was,&rdquo; he told the Times.<\/p>\n<p>He added that while his family emigrated to Uganda from India over 100 years ago, there was no intermarriage with black Ugandans: &ldquo;They&rsquo;re all of Indian origin, from Gujarat,&rdquo; he told the Times.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation is likely to have reverberations that affect Mamdani&rsquo;s chances at winning in a general election. In the Democratic primary, main challenger Andrew Cuomo did far better in black and Hispanic sections of the city, while Mamdani tended to do better in white areas.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Mamdani&rsquo;s emphasis of his South Asian heritage was a keystone of his campaign and helped him get a foothold in New York City&rsquo;s Asian and Muslim communities: &ldquo;As the first South Asian elected official, the first Muslim elected official to ever run for mayor, the turnout in those same communities has been incredible to see,&rdquo; he said in an interview last week. His campaign had also released ads in Urdu and Bangli, which helped him secure votes in those communities.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mamdani&rsquo;s most formidable opposition in the November race is likely to come for current New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who is black and whose moribund independent campaign to stay in Gracie Mansion has been given new life by Mamdani&rsquo;s radicalism and the lack of an effective challenger on the Republican side. (The GOP nominee, Guardian Angels founder and radio talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/24-years-9-11-nyc-dems-pick-muslim-defends-terror-hates-israel-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curtis Sliwa<\/a>, does not have governing experience nor broad appeal in the city outside of the Republican primary electorate.)<\/p>\n<p>The revelation was also the subject of widespread outrage and mockery on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zohran Mamdani said he was black on his college application &#129315; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HrTu96IBU1\">pic.twitter.com\/HrTu96IBU1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ALX &#127482;&#127480; (@alx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alx\/status\/1940895435448897801?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mamdani claims he wasn&rsquo;t trying to give himself an advantage because Mamdani is a liar,&rdquo; said Jerry Dunleavy IV of Just the News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mamdani claimed to be &ldquo;Black&rdquo; or &ldquo;African American&rdquo; when he applied to Columbia. Mamdani was born in Uganda &amp; lived there a few years, but he is very much South Asian &amp; very much not black. Mamdani claims he wasn&rsquo;t trying to give himself an advantage because Mamdani is a liar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cSxF9c2mvI\">pic.twitter.com\/cSxF9c2mvI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy IV &#127482;&#127480; (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1940894527210115342?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another user noted that this was the latest in &ldquo;a long list of frauds from the Democrat Party&rdquo; &mdash; noting the most analogous case to Mamdani&rsquo;s, Elizabeth Warren&rsquo;s longtime claim to be Native American, a move which likely ended up garnering her positions in academia but which hobbled her 2020 presidential campaign when it was revealed she might contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elizabeth-warrens-attempt-commemorate-indigenous-peoples-day-didnt-go\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">less than one one-thousandth indigenous ancestry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; WOW. Zohran Mamdani identified as a Black Man on his college application.<\/p>\n<p>The latest in a long list of frauds from the Democrat Party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGjEw3p05c\">pic.twitter.com\/gGjEw3p05c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alec Lace (@AlecLace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecLace\/status\/1940905954494894489?\">July 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mamdani, meanwhile, spent most of Thursday touting his endorsements and attacking the GOP for passing the &ldquo;Big, Beautiful Bill&rdquo; in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people,&rdquo; his campaign said in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZohranKMamdani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one X post<\/a>. &ldquo;We must and we will fight back.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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A report from The New York Times revealed that Mamdani identified himself as both &#8220;Asian&#8221; and &#8220;Black or African American&#8221; on his 2009 Columbia University application. This information, which contradicts how he presents himself during his campaign as a Muslim of South Asian descent, was part of data leaked by a hacker aiming to expose potential racial bias in Ivy League admissions despite Supreme Court rulings against such practices. The Times noted that this identification might have improved his chances of admission to Columbia, although he ultimately graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine with a degree in Africana studies. Despite applying similarly across all schools, he did not gain acceptance to Columbia; his father is a professor there.<\/p>\n<p>The report indicated that at the time of his application, Columbia employed race-conscious affirmative action policies. Identifying as Black or African American alongside Asian could have provided an advantage for Mamdani, who was born in Uganda but spent much of his early life elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani explained to the Times that he did not intend to misrepresent himself for an advantage but rather aimed to reflect his diverse background as &#8220;an American born in Africa.&#8221; He noted that most college applications do not include an option for Indian-Ugandans and thus checked multiple boxes to represent his identity accurately.<\/p>\n<p>While some social media users reacted with outrage and mockery over this revelation-drawing parallels between Mamdani&#8217;s situation and Warren&#8217;s past claims about her Native American heritage-Mamdani continued focusing on promoting endorsements and criticizing Republican policies throughout Thursday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2455504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[58414,58413,56552,6955],"class_list":["post-2455503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-collegeapplication","tag-hackeddata","tag-mamdani","tag-outrage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Michael-Featured-Image.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455507,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455503\/revisions\/2455507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}