WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is hospitalised in "critical but stable condition," his spokesman said yesterday, without disclosing what ails the 81-year-old former politician.

"Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he's fighting with that same level of strength as we speak," spokesman Ted Goodman said in an X post.

Goodman did not say where Giuliani was receiving care or how long he had been there, but he asked "that you join us in prayer for America's Mayor Rudy Giuliani."

The New York Times reported that Giuliani was hospitalised in Florida.

Giuliani earned the moniker of "America's mayor" for leading New York City through the aftermath of the 9...