U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba said the trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka have been dropped. Habba also said she is now charging Rep. LaMonica McIver over the incident.

McIver’s prosecution marks a rare occasion where a lawmaker faces charges for something other than a white-collar crime like ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal prosecutors tried to “humiliate and degrade” him by making him give his fingerprints and take a mug shot for a second time Thursday after ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared in federal court for a status conference Thursday following his arrest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility last week. Prosecutors confirmed ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said federal prosecutors tried to “humiliate and degrade” him by making him give his fingerprints and take a mug shot for a second time Thursday after a court ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has released footage he says proves he was invited onto the grounds of Delaney Hall, a new ICE detention center in New Jersey, where he was arrested for trespassing last week.

NEWARK, New Jersey — Ras Baraka, the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city and a Democratic candidate for governor, said a trespassing charge against him was “silly,” “petty” and should ...

Ras Baraka, the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, and a candidate for governor, appeared in federal court Thursday for a status conference after being arrested at an ICE facility last week ...