Mayors sue over Trump’s efforts to restrict Obamacare signups | US healthcare | The Guardian

"Cloaked in the pretense of government efficiency and fraud prevention, the 2025 rule creates numerous barriers to affordable insurance coverage, negating the purpose of the ACA to extend affordable health coverage to all Americans, and instead increasing the population of underinsured and uninsured Americans," the filing alleges...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/02/trump-obamacare-lawsuit-democrat-mayors 

 

Plan to skewer US sanctuary city mayors backfires on Republicans

"If you wanted to make us safe, pass gun reforms," Boston mayor Michelle Wu said. "Stop cutting Medicaid. Stop cutting cancer research. Stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our cities safe."… 

"This federal administration is making hard-working, tax-paying, God-fearing residents afraid to live their lives," Wu said. "A city that's scared is not a city that's safe, a land ruled by fear is not the land of the free."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/mayors-sanctuary-city-immigration

GOP lawmaker says she will criminally refer 4 Democratic mayors to DOJ

Luna made the remarks at a House Oversight Committee hearing featuring Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D), New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D). All four cities are considered sanctuary cities…

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5178359-luna-criminal-referral-sanctuary-cities/

The mayors piloting guaranteed income programs across the U.S.

... This philosophy that direct cash payments are the most respectful and efficient way to provide citizens with the funds they need, is one that has gained significant momentum during the coronavirus pandemic, including among bipartisan lawmakers who have chosen to distribute billions of dollars of economic stimulus through direct stimulus checks, rather than alternative approaches such as tax-write offs...

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/19/the-mayors-piloting-guaranteed-income-programs-across-the-us.html

What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs? — ProPublica

In cities across the country, leaders face a phenomenon encountered in Baltimore and Chicago: officers slowing their work in the wake of high-profile episodes of police violence. Reporter Alec MacGillis asks: Will the result be different this time?

https://www.propublica.org/article/what-can-mayors-do-when-the-police-stop-doing-their-jobs

Florida mayors can be fined $5,000 if they enact stricter local rules on gun control -- Miami Herald

South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard may be one of the most liberal mayors in Florida, so he would be a natural candidate to push through a package of local gun-control rules in the wake of the Parkland massacre 50 miles away. But that would be against the law. ....
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article200997094.html

Democratic mayors blast Trump, decline White House invite - CNNPolitics

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and a host of other mayors who had been invited to the White House on Wednesday declined the invitation because of a Justice Department crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities.....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/politics/mitch-landrieu-donald-trump-new-orleans/index.html

'An immoral assault on the public health': Mayors react to Trump's Paris accord decision

Mayors across the country have come out against President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, which would have significant negative impacts on efforts to combat climate change. ...
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/06/an_immoral_assault_on_the_publ.html

Mayors resist Trump's immigration policies: ‘We cannot submit to a bully’

Donald Trump is a bully whose immigration policies represent a threat to the safety and prosperity of American cities, according to the mayors of sanctuary cities Santa Fe and Philadelphia.

“Just being able to have a city people can feel proud of,” said Santa Fe mayor Javier Gonzales, “that is under threat because of the president’s efforts to expand the role of Ice and disrupt and demonize many immigrants and their families in a way that’s very harmful to our cities.”...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/12/trump-immigration-sxsw-sanctuary-cities-philadelphia-santa-fe?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=217046&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection