Danielle R. Sassoon, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, has resigned days after being ordered by the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against mayor Eric Adams.

The bulk of the closures are concentrated in California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington.

- An abortion- rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26,

The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District and five officials with the federal public integrity unit quit after the Justice Department ordered charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.

Judge Dale E. Ho scheduled Wednesday's hearing after three government lawyers from Washington made the dismissal request on Friday.

Three senior Justice Department officials in New York and Washington resigned Thursday instead of complying with orders from the Trump administration to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

At least seven prosecutors in Manhattan and Washington quit rather than carry out acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Emil Bove’s directive to halt the case, including the interim U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the acting chief of the public integrity section.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off about 6,000 employees on Thursday, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the plans. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

Federal prosecutors in Washington asked a judge to drop charges against Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, after several of their colleagues resigned rather than heed an order to drop the case.

Team Trump is slamming New York for accommodating illegal migrants: It’s not World War III, but Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams will do themselves (and their constituents!) a big favor by boosting cooperation with Washington.

Congestion pricing” is the stuffy-sounding name of a New York policy that is, by every available metric, a resounding success. Anyone, including lapsed New Yorker President Trump, saying otherwise is simply ignoring the evidence.

Anti-Israel activists gathered in NYC’s Washington Square Park to hold a symbolic funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, chanting slogans in support of Palestine. The demonstration was met with strong opposition from pro-Israel counterprotesters,