U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, appointed by Trump, resigned rather than obey an order to dismiss criminal charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

The drama — which recalls the Saturday Night Massacre of Watergate fame — represents the most high-profile effort yet by ...

A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system’s resilience against a retribution-minded president and his appointees.

(CNN) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday he will use his executive powers to allow federal immigration ...

The chaos and drama that unfolded on Thursday at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York as a result ...

Sassoon, who clerked for the late conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and is a member of the right-leaning ...

Danielle Sassoon has resigned as the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan after the Justice Department ordered the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams to be dismissed.

MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann joins Nicolle Wallace to discuss the breaking news that Acting SDNY U.S. Attorney ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the Trump administration is moving to drop the criminal ...

Eric Adams isn’t going away. That was the message the mayor delivered in a sober but defiant five-minute midday address from ...