Daily Kos

For much of California’s gubernatorial race, Xavier Becerra was polling well below other candidates. That has now changed.

Lower-court judges continue to try to hold the line against the brutal excesses of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel issuing a ruling earlier this week that drastically restricts ICE agents’ ability to arrest people at immigration courts in Manhattan.

New York GOP Rep. Mike Lawler is one of the most vulnerable members of Congress up for reelection this fall. Former Vice President Kamala Harris carried his district—which includes the lower Hudson Valley and northern parts of Westchester—by less than 1 point, while former President Joe Biden won it by 10 points four years earlier. […]