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Mamdani surged from one percent in polls in February to 56 percent by July, fuelled in no small part by social media.

Advocates say attacks targeting mayoral candidate’s Muslim identity show Islamophobia remains tolerated in US politics.

Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform for Illinois, called public campaign financing “a very small investment ... that can really have a very high return on investment in terms of how it transforms the political landscape.”

An emergency shelter will house hundreds of people seeking asylum, including people bused north by Greg Abbott. One site flooded, the contractor built Trump’s border wall, and rights groups warn the plan runs afoul of a right-to-shelter mandate while city shelters are overwhelmed, Alex Woodward reports