NYC landlord pleads for help as ‘9-year-squatter’ continues to drain him dry in court saga: ‘Twilight Zone’

EXCLUSIVE: NEW YORK CITY — A Brooklyn landlord says he has been trapped in a nearly decade-long legal nightmare that has cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid rent and legal fees, while New York courts repeatedly delay resolution as his tenant continues living in the apartment without making direct rent payments to … Read more

‘We want fans to know the risks’: US immigrant rights groups mobilize across World Cup host cities amid ICE fears

More than 120 groups issued warning to 10 million visitors about ‘serious rights violations’ under Trump With the Fifa World Cup just two weeks away, immigrant rights advocates in the 11 US host cities are mobilizing to protect fans and residents from immigration enforcement activities this summer. In Los Angeles, a labor union representing more … Read more

If Democrats are to win Texas, James Talarico must win blue-collar voters | Dustin Guastella

James Talarico got the opponent he – and the Democratic party – wanted, but flipping Texas blue means winning blue-collar voters, not blue-blooded donors Texas could become the hottest battleground state in the country, if the results of both Republican and Democratic primaries are anything to go by. Democrat James Talarico, a progressive Presbyterian seminarian, … Read more

Monday briefing: Does Trump’s $1.8bn ‘anti-weaponization fund’ signal a new era of law and disorder?

In today’s newsletter: What an unprecedented scheme reveals about an increasingly uninhibited leadership – and what it might mean for American democracy Good morning. It has been two weeks since details of a settlement in the case of Trump v the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) first emerged. An out-of-court agreement with the US president created … Read more

Trump news at a glance: how small town’s fight against ICE mega jail could rewrite legal playbook

Georgia town’s lawsuit against turning a warehouse into an immigration detention center could have a wide impact, experts say – key US politics stories from 31 May at a glance Social Circle, a small town in Georgia, is complaining that a proposed ICE “megacenter” would violate the state’s “public nuisance” law – meaning it would … Read more