This essay points to other actions by President Donald Trump that are beyond the rule of law. There are many but I’ll look at just two here: the Department of Justice ordering the New York U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York to drop charges against New York City mayor Eric Adams and the barring of Associated Press reporters from White House briefings because the AP refuses to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

The White House argued in a court filing it pulled the funds because the money was potentially facilitating gang activity in migrant shelters.

New York City sued the Trump administration last week over the $80 million in federal funding the White House took back without consent. The city's Law Department said it was challenging the president's decision to revoke Federal Emergency Management Agency funding approved to reimburse the city for migrant housing expenses.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) blasted the Trump administration for creating a “perception” that the charges against Eric Adams were dropped due to a deal he struck with the White House.

Several important political developments took place last week, both at the state and national levels. The Department of Justice delivered a critical order affecting New York City’s mayor, the White House levied yet another steep tariff,

Donald Trump has made a political career out of insulting his adversaries and making up derisive nicknames for them. It got him elected to the White House. Twice. It won’t get Adams anywhere.

Legal Newsletter looks at how the Trump Justice Department handled its attempt to dismiss charges against Eric Adams, plus other legal news.

President Donald Trump has made the crackdown on undocumented immigrants living in the United States a priority for his second term in the White House.

Mayor Eric Adams insisted President Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan was joking — and later apologized — after publicly threatening to be up Hizzoner’s “butt” if he fails to crack

Politics / By cutting a raw deal with the Trump/Musk regime, the mayor is attacking the very fabric of New York City. Kareem Elrefai Eric Adams’s time as mayor of New York City has been dominated by two things: an assault on the lives of working-class people,