Two leading candidates in New Jersey’s 2025 gubernatorial race—Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka—are ...

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 gubernatorial campaign event in Willingboro.

U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba said the trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka have been dropped.

Baraka, who is running for governor of New Jersey, was arrested on May 9 on charges he trespassed at Delaney Hall, a ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's federal trespassing charge has been dismissed, but Rep. LaMonica McIver is now facing charges.