Brad Lander

 A shocking 75% of ... Christian voters say that they have little or no trust in the Democratic Party, according to the data shared first with TIME. (By contrast, Republicans just about break even on that question.) A stunning 70% of these voters have little to no confidence in the federal government. And 61% of these voters think life in America is harder today for people of faith than it was 10 years ago.

The Guardian - Brad Lander, New York City’s comptroller and a mayoral candidate, has lashed out at Donald Trump and “his fascist regime”, after he was arrested on Tuesday by masked federal agents while visiting an immigration court and accompanying a person out of a courtroom.

Posting on X, Lander wrote: "We will all be worse off if we let Donald Trump and his fascist regime undermine the rule of law."

Lander was arrested, according to video footage of the incident, as he and his staff walked with an immigrant – who he later identified as “Edgardo” – who had their case dismissed pending appeal earlier in the day, per AMNY. 

Lander can be seen and heard in videos of the incident asking the immigration officials if they have a judicial warrant. 

I’m not obstructing. I’m standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant.

In a statement to the Guardian, assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin from the Department of Homeland Security said Lander “was arrested for assaulting law enforcement and impeding a federal officer”.

Upon his release, Lander said he “certainly did not” assault an officer.

In an interview with CNN after his arrest, Lander said:

All I was trying to do was the things I had done [in] the prior two weeks of just accompany people out to safety. That was my goal today. I sure did not go with any intention of getting arrested.