By the time Ras Baraka was released, a mini-movement had formed after armed federal officers got involved in a scrum with three members of Congress.

Sharpe James, the charismatic, longest-serving mayor of Newark whose political accomplishments were marred by a corruption conviction, has died. He was 89.

Mayor Ras Baraka is now free after federal officials arrested him on trespassing charges during an oversight visit at a new ICE detention facility. One of the elected officials present during the arrest,

And as Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs cause the stock market to swoon and soar and potential slashes to federal spending trickle down, Democrats in New Jersey have few options to alter the massive economic forces affecting the pocketbooks of voters in the state.

Newark Mayor, and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate, Ras Baraka, was arrested at an ICE detention facility for alleged trespassing. According to Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey,

NEWARK — Sharpe James, the longest serving mayor of New Jersey's largest city, died on Monday. He was 89.

A dynamic, street-fighting, longtime mayor, his legacy was tarnished by a corruption conviction he never stopped challenging