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People living in a homeless encampment pick up belongings after Louisiana State police gave instructions for them to move to a different pre-designated location in New Orleans, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP Alexandria, Virginia Mayor Alyia Gaskins says President Trump’s executive order to remove homeless people off the streets is “cruel” and takes …

D.C. Council went from dragging its feet to clicking its heels on the deal for a new Commanders stadium. And the person who struck the initial agreement — Mayor Muriel Bowser — did an early media victory tour on Thursday. The new stadium means many things. One thing it means in particular is that D.C. will host a Super Bowl. …

Former Stockton, California mayor announces bid to unseat Josh Harder  Politico Source link

John KeimJul 21, 2025, 06:03 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can also listen to him on ‘The John Keim …

A Democratic socialist member of the Minnesota state senate won his party’s endorsement for the Minneapolis mayoral race over the incumbent, giving momentum to the progressive left’s political rise. Omar Fateh, a state senator from Minneapolis’s southside, beat Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, who served as mayor during the George Floyd protests and through the pandemic. Fateh gained momentum after Zohran …

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, right, pictured in 2023 during a press conference about an investigation into police conduct in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, lost the the Democratic party’s backing in this November’s mayoral election to state Sen. Omar Fateh. Photo by Craig Lassig/EPA July 20 (UPI) — The Minneapolis mayor during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests has …

That people get the government they deserve is a cruel adage, too cruel if you live in dark places where a small minority with guns terrorizes an unarmed population—see “Cuba, socialist state of.” But in a democracy, the maxim holds firmly. Which means that if the citizens of New York City vote in Zohran Mamdani as their mayor come November, and things go badly, …

The mayor of Minneapolis — who oversaw the city during the 2020 Black Lives Matter riots — has lost the backing of the Dem party to a Somali-American socialist following a contested vote by party members. Omar Fateh, 35, a Minnesota state Senator, won the endorsement of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party for Minneapolis mayor over Jacob Frey, who has been in …

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: Former New York Police Department Commissioner Thomas Donlon sued Mayor Eric Adams and other top police officials on Wednesday, accusing Adams of running the force as a “criminal enterprise” that the mayor used to “consolidate power, …

NYC Mayor Race: Mamdani Talks ‘Intifada’, Taxes in Grilling by Business Leaders  Bloomberg.com Mamdani Says He Will ‘Discourage’ the Term ‘Globalize the Intifada’  The New York Times New York’s Zohran Mamdani wins over some of the city’s business elite  Financial Times Mamdani expected to clarify his position on ‘globalize the intifada’  Politico Zohran Mamdani sticks to socialist guns, ‘Tax the rich’ plan during highly …