admin Judge Zahid N. Quraishi said federal prosecutors in New Jersey had lost credibility on immigration issues. He’s the latest federal judge to show impatience with the Trump administration.
The New York transportation authority said it would sue the Trump administration if it did not release more than $58 million in already-awarded funding by next week.
Busloads of New Yorkers flooded the State Capitol to press state leaders to raise taxes on corporations and high earners to help fund various initiatives.
The Treasury Department is interfering with Nicolás Maduro’s constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer argued. Mr. Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, faces federal charges.
The professor, speaking on a hot mic, said, “They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school” when a student objected to the possible closure of a middle school. The remark was assailed as racist.
Prosecutors said that Asif Merchant traveled to the United States in 2024, under the guise of a businessman, to coordinate plots to kill leaders, including President Trump.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said officers had been attacked at Washington Square Park. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the episode looked like a snowball fight, not a crime.
Many of New York City’s wealthy and well-connected power players find themselves in an unfamiliar place: the wilderness.
The lawsuit is the latest federal challenge to policies enacted in Democrat-led states. Similar suits have targeted laws in New York, Minnesota and California.
A verdict in the trial against Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander could come as early as next month, but the three men still face nearly two dozen civil lawsuits.