Progressive Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka, one of the top Democratic candidates for New Jersey governor, has a record ...

The Trump administration is facing high stakes as it brings charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) — a test of the administration as it eyes additional prosecutions against other lawmakers.

The U.S. government has sued four New Jersey mayors for city policies prosecutors say interfere with the Trump administration ...

The Justice Department filed the suit Thursday against Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken in New Jersey federal court.

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center, New Jersey’s top ...

The charges against McIver are a form of political intimidation directed with particular force against Black politicians—but ...

Mayor Ras J. Baraka was arrested May 9 outside an immigrant detention center, though federal prosecutors later decided to ...

The governor then stated that McIver had every right to be at Delaney Hall to inspect the facility where detained immigrants were being held. “I would argue, even though Mayor Baraka isn't a ...

Spiller, 49, lives in Montclair. After just four years as Montclair’s mayor, Spiller decided to forgo reelection in favor of ...

Slave owners would “have people chasing, catching you — it wasn’t called ICE then,” Baraka said during the April 13 ...