Leslie Brody wrote features on New York City and beyond. Previously, she reported for the Associated Press in Tokyo, the St. Petersburg Times in Tampa and the Record in New Jersey. Shavar Jeffries ...

Ras Baraka, a frequent and impassioned critic of Cory Booker who promised to reshape many of Newark's policies, won the race for mayor, defeating Shavar Jeffries. As voters in New Jersey's largest ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Friday slammed President Trump’s executive order on the Smithsonian Institution, which he called a shameful effort to whitewash American history. The Brooklyn Democrat asked ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Friday demanded answers about the arrest of a local Wisconsin judge by federal authorities for allegedly helping an immigrant avoid arrest. “The Trump administration must ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is urging Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to reject an executive order from President Trump that called to restore “truth and sanity” to ...

John C. Jeffries Jr. holds a special place in the history of the University of Virginia School of Law. A star student, professor, dean and adviser to the president of the University, the 1973 UVA Law ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D.,N.Y.) (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) President Trump’s proposed tariffs will increase cost of living for Americans, House Minority Leader Hakeem ...

April 25 (UPI) --U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wants Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to reject an executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks an end to the ...