Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. Two moderate Republicans, Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined all Democrats in opposing Patel, but it was not enough to overcome b ...

In a press briefing Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she would not remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office.

Experts say it’s far from clear how would play out. The closest it’s come to happening was nearly a century ago when Gov.

Instead, the governor plans to add a series of controls to the embattled mayor’s power over New York City, a person close to ...

In an extraordinary courtroom showdown, a federal judge pressed the Justice Department on Wednesday on its demand to throw ...

Judge Ho postponed ruling on dismissal of charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, signaling a careful review of the situation.

At least seven lawyers quit the Justice Department rather than comply with the request to drop the charges against Adams.

Benjamin Franklin, the oldest and perhaps wisest of the Founding Fathers, knew that the Constitution he helped draft was, in ...

Hochul has been closely monitoring the situation, citing concerns about Adams’ reliance on the Trump administration to ...

Democrats have cast the Trump administration’s ouster of eight senior FBI leaders as a “purge” and act of “retribution” from a weaponized Justice Department, some likening it to President Nixon’s ...