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There's a common type of government official who sincerely believes the world would be better and their suffering subjects much happier if the restraints were removed and politicians were free to act as they wish. That their sincere belief in their goodness is exactly why we need those restraints always escapes them. The latest example of the breed is New York City Mayor Eric Adams who,

Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop did more than announce he won’t seek re-election in 2025 on Tuesday. He revved up speculation about who may be seeking to succeed Phil Murphy as New Jersey’s governor three years from now. Fulop’s decision is widely seen as a sign he’s setting himself up to be a candidate in the 2025 gubernatorial race — an election that already has a big crowd of potential

After an eight-month investigation into Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, a grand jury earlier this month recommended that Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, seek indictments. While the targets are not publicly known, the report increases the likelihood that the former president will be criminally charged, and Willis said last week

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is fighting for re-election Tuesday after a history-making but tumultuous four years in office and a bruising campaign threaten to make her the city’s first one-term mayor in decades. Lightfoot in 2019 became the first Black woman and first openly gay mayor of the third-largest U.S. city, and only the second woman to hold the office. But Lightfoot, a