Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is appointing Dean Fuleihan as first deputy mayor and Elle Bisgaard-Church as chief of staff, bringing experienced officials to his team as he prepares to assume office, with a focus on addressing the city's cost of living crisis.
A deputy mayor and two plant executives have been detained over a major power outage in the Moscow region, with at least 21,000 people affected by the outage. The deputy mayor is accused of issuing a certificate of readiness for a boiler house at the Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant, which subsequently broke down, while the plant's general director and the head of the boiler house were detained for violating safety standards. President Putin has taken control of the investigation, and residents are demanding the restoration of heating in their homes.
Chicago's new mayor, Brandon Johnson, signed his first batch of executive orders, with the majority of the measures establishing new leadership roles in city government. The orders include boosting youth employment, establishing new deputy mayor positions for immigrant, migrant and refugee rights, community safety, and labor relations. The deputy mayor for immigrant, migrant and refugee rights will coordinate and communicate the city's efforts to support immigrants, refugees and migrants. The deputy mayor for community safety will focus on eradicating the root causes of crime and violence, while the deputy mayor for labor relations will foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of Chicago.