New England Gazzette

Valentina Gomez, a Republican candidate for Texas’s 31st Congressional District, has drawn national attention for incendiary rhetoric and controversial campaign tactics as she seeks to challenge incumbent Rep. John Carter in the March 3, 2026 Republican primary. Her shift from a failed 2024 Missouri statewide bid to running in Texas has been accompanied by an increasingly hard-line posture on foreign policy and domestic Islam-related issues, raising questions about her motivations and appeal to right-wing donor networks.

As election season ramps up in Richmond Hill, organizers along Liberty Avenue say they are confronting a challenge that rarely appears in campaign mailers but regularly surfaces in private conversations: internal rivalries that can fracture turnout, volunteer networks, and fundraising in a neighborhood trying to translate cultural visibility into political power.

When Israel or Gaza enters the political conversation, many U.S. politicians respond with a familiar script: quick, emphatic declarations of support for Israel, paired with sharp denunciations of critics. The speed and certainty can look ideological, but campaign finance watchers say it also reflects incentives created by modern political spending.

A lawsuit filed in the United States is drawing renewed attention across Trinidad and Tobago after families of Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. military boat strike say their loved ones were wrongly targeted while traveling at sea.

In the final months of his tenure as New York City Comptroller, Brad Lander has drawn renewed scrutiny over how the city’s sprawling public pension system is invested — particularly in companies with ties to Israel.

The Trump administration has announced a major expansion of U.S. travel and immigration restrictions that would affect nearly all member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), placing the region squarely within a broader list of more than 75 countries facing new limits on entry into the United States.

Nickie Kane, a grassroots organizer and former City Council candidate, announced her congressional bid this week, centering her campaign on affordability, workers’ rights, healthcare and housing as human rights, climate justice, and humane immigration policy.

The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is prompting renewed scrutiny of how federal agents are trained to handle encounters involving vehicles, as investigators weigh whether the officer’s actions complied with Department of Homeland Security use-of-force policy.

A congressional candidate in New York’s 10th District is drawing national attention after a social media post comparing deaths attributed to undocumented immigrants with deaths linked to Immigration and Customs Enforcement went viral, reaching approximately 1.6 million views as of today.

In a Democratic primary that could help define the future direction of the party locally and nationally, support for Israel and related foreign policy questions have emerged as central dividing lines — energizing grassroots movements, sharpening candidate contrasts, and reshaping traditional political alliances across Manhattan and Brooklyn.