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Yesterday — 5 April 2025Main stream

Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence

The disgraced former congressman is set to be sentenced on April 25. His lawyers asked for a penalty of two years, the minimum allowed.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

George Santos was expelled from Congress in 2023, after a report by the House Ethics Committee found evidence that he had broken federal law.

After the Fires, Rick Caruso Aspires to a New Role: Shadow Mayor of Los Angeles

The businessman has won supporters and detractors as he considers running for mayor or governor of California as Los Angeles rebuilds from the wildfires in January.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Rick Caruso lost his run for mayor of Los Angeles in 2022.

Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses

4 April 2025 at 23:19
A law student in Florida has a lucrative side gig: fund-raising consultant. His firm earns a 25 percent cut of “profit” from donations, and critics have begun to pile up after two special elections.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

“All the senior fund-raising strategists at my firm — myself, Ryan — we’re dungeon masters,” said Jackson McMillan, 23, in St. Petersburg, Fla.

The New Democratic Party That Pushed Canada to the Left Is Imperiled

4 April 2025 at 17:00
As Canada faces an election defined by President Trump’s threats, its progressive party, the New Democrats, finds itself losing support and confronting an existential crisis.

© Blair Gable/Reuters

Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, speaking in Ontario. Several public opinion polls show support for the New Democrats in the single digits.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Chris Pappas Jumps Into 2026 Senate Race in New Hampshire

4 April 2025 at 04:42
Mr. Pappas, a 44-year-old Democratic congressman, is the first major candidate to enter the race to succeed the retiring Senator Jeanne Shaheen.

© Sophie Park/Getty Images

Representative Chris Pappas, Democrat of New Hampshire, was first elected to Congress in 2018.

It’s Day 1 of a New Mayor’s Race in New York

What do a once-indicted mayor, a former governor and the Guardian Angels founder have in common? They all may be on the November ballot in the New York City mayor’s race.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Mayor Eric Adams dropped out of the Democratic primary on Thursday, saying he would now run as an independent.

Eric Adams Will Run for NYC Mayor as an Independent

3 April 2025 at 19:27
Mayor Eric Adams faced an uphill battle in the June 24 Democratic primary, which has drawn a crowded field of candidates. He will run for re-election as an independent instead.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Mayor Eric Adams had his five-count federal indictment dropped on Wednesday.
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