The federal judge overseeing New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s (D) criminal case indefinitely delayed his April trial as he considers a controversial effort by President Trump’s Justice

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday cancelled the corruption trial for New York City Mayor Eric Adams and appointed counsel to advise him on how to handle the Justice Department’s controversial request to drop charges against the Democrat.

New York City sued the Trump administration on Friday for clawing back $80.5 million of grants intended to cover part of the city's cost of housing migrants.

The startling discovery by the city’s accountants last week was not a product of Hollywood but the Trump administration’s abrupt clawback of Biden-era federal funds meant to help the city shelter migrants.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city is suing the Trump administration, alleging it unlawfully took back more than $80 million in Biden-approved funding to pay costs related to housing asylum seekers.

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a busy Manhattan sidewalk, will appear in court on Friday in New York City.

Luigi Mangione has his first court appearance in New York since he was arraigned in December on murder charges connected to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione wore a bulletproof vest and shackles for the procedural hearing.

During the porn star hush money case, a dozen or two members of the public would line up in the dimly lit hallway outside the 15th floor Manhattan courtroom for a chance to watch the proceedings. That was on days when porn star Stormy Daniels or onetime fixer Michael Cohen testified.