Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago ordered local police officers not to aid the federal crackdown, ramping up the tensions between the White House and state and local officials.
Opponents of the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City have derogatively called him both a socialist and a democratic socialist to make a dent in his lead in the polls.
Zohran Mamdani is a member of both the national Democratic Socialists of America and its local New York chapter. But he said Thursday that his platform was different from that of either group.
Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, is fending off attacks that seek to link him to some of the D.S.A.’s more controversial stances.
Zohran Mamdani has often spoken about his involvement with the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, but says his mayoral platform is distinct from the group’s agenda.
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has nearly four times more campaign funds than Andrew M. Cuomo, thought to be his closest rival.
Zohran Mamdani earned the most in public matching funds on Thursday, followed by Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate in the race for mayor of New York City.