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Baltimore’s mayor discusses DEI and the city’s lawsuit against the Trump administration Eric Adams is one step closer to having the federal charges against him dropped Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott takes attacks on diversity,

Today I’m focusing on the Justice Department dismissing charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a move that has raised questions about the integrity of the justice system. What’s the latest? At least seven federal attorneys have resigned in protest after Donald Trump’s DOJ directed them to dismiss corruption charges against Adams.

President Donald Trump suffered multiple legal setbacks yesterday. Trump said he could withhold aid from Egypt and Jordan. Elon Musk offered to buy ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The Justice Department told prosecutors to drop charges against New York’s mayor.

President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Eric Adams are engaged in a quid pro quo that involves federal charges being dropped against the mayor, Ryan Goodman told CNN.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details the principled resignations of six prosecutors who refused the Trump Justice Department’s order to dismiss the criminal case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, starting with Danielle Sassoon,

President Donald Trump’s border czar has met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams as the Republican administration pushes for more help detaining and deporting people accused of crimes

"coercive tactics" Donald Trump's administration has been using to reward loyalists and punish enemies.The Department of Justice extended a deal to New York City MayorEric Adams last week that would dismiss corruption charges against him in exchange for aiding the administration's crackdown on immigration,

US President Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling him a “dictator” and saying he “better move fast” on a deal to end the war with Russia. A US judge has delayed a decision on whether to grant a request from the US Justice Department to drop corruption charges against New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams.

Reestablishing an immigration office at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail is just the first step in a more complex agreement President Donald Trump's administration has reached with Democratic Mayor Eric Adams,

The New York City mayor, already a foe of the left, owes his legal reprieve to the polarizing Republican president.