Adams Taps Close Associate for Top Public Safety Job
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Adams Taps Close Associate for Top Public Safety Job

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mayor Eric Adams of New York has chosen Kaz Daughtry, a deputy police commissioner known for his combative social media presence and close relationship with the mayor, to be deputy mayor for public safety, according to two people familiar with the matter. Mr….

Hochul to Weigh Removing Mayor Eric Adams. Here’s What to Know.
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Hochul to Weigh Removing Mayor Eric Adams. Here’s What to Know.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gov. Kathy Hochul raised the prospect of removing Mayor Eric Adams from office late Monday and met with “key leaders” in Manhattan on Tuesday to discuss “the path forward, with the goal of ensuring stability for the City of New York.” “Overturning the…

Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence
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Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over just a few days last week, the Trump administration made a laughingstock of the U.S. Department of Justice. The department’s decision to seek the dismissal of a corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York led seven prosecutors handling the case…

Adams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign: ‘I Am Going Nowhere’
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Adams Forcefully Resists Calls to Resign: ‘I Am Going Nowhere’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Whenever Mayor Eric Adams has faced adversity, he has sought refuge in the pulpit of Black churches, and he returned there on Sunday as he confronted fresh calls to resign. Mr. Adams, a New York City Democrat who is running for re-election, made…

In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis
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In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The threat of a mass firing was unspoken but loomed over the videoconference call. Summoning the staff of the Justice Department’s public integrity section on Friday morning, the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove III, was matter-of-fact. Two lawyers needed to step forward…

Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case
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Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration had other ways to make good on its corrupt bargain. Mr. Trump himself could have ordered the dismissal motion. Sure, such an intervention would be inadvisable, as Attorney General William Wirt warned President James Monroe in 1821, because “it is…

Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump
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Judge Refuses to Immediately Reinstate Inspectors General Fired by Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge denied eight former inspectors general who were fired by President Trump immediate reinstatement to their jobs on Friday and excoriated their lawyers, saying that their emergency request had wasted the court’s limited time. The ruling by Judge Ana C. Reyes…

Hagan Scotten, Adams’s Lead Prosecutor, Quits Defiantly
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Hagan Scotten, Adams’s Lead Prosecutor, Quits Defiantly

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor on the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, resigned after Justice Department officials ordered the dismissal of charges he had helped bring, suggesting that only a “fool” or a “coward” would obey. In…