A federal judge dismissed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Wednesday, acquiescing to the Justice Department's extraordinary request to set aside criminal charges so the Democrat could help with President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The judge overseeing the corruption case against Eric Adams has dismissed the charges against the New York City mayor, and in a spilt with the Trump Justice Department, ordered that the charges cannot be brought again.

The judge, Dale E. Ho, refused to let the government leave open the prospect of reinstating corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams. But his decision recognized the president’s power to determine the fate of prosecutions.

The decision comes nearly two months after the Trump administration first sought to drop the case against Eric Adams.

A federal judge dismissed corruption charges against Eric Adams, bringing a permanent end to the case and capping an extraordinary series of events that sowed discord within the Justice Department.

As the New York City mayor’s race heats up, a judge is deciding whether to drop the federal corruption charges Mayor Eric Adams faces, as the Trump administration has requested.

Elon Musk was a prominent fundraiser in the campaign, and was the subject of attack ads aired by Crawford's supporters.

Susan Crawford, who led legal fights to protect union power and abortion rights and to oppose voter ID, defeated Republican-backed Brad Schimel in a race that became a proxy fight for the nation’s political battles.

Republican observers and other experts say Elon Musk's involvement in Brad Schimel's Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign backfired as a strategy.

STORY: Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk, who had poured millions of dollars into the race to defeat her.

Wisconsin voters on Tuesday delivered Democrats their biggest jolt since President Donald Trump returned to power, handing liberals a state Supreme Court majority and defying Elon Musk’s record-shattering effort to bolster a conservative Trump acolyte.

Tim Walz, says she is declining to attend graduate school in protest against an unnamed university's handling of student protests. The researchers sent a manned submarine into deep waters. A trade pitch has the Los Angeles Dodgers sending pitcher Dustin May to the New York Yankees.

Wisconsin voters elected Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, CNN and NBC projected, maintaining the court's 4-3 liberal majority in a setback for President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk,

The priciest judicial contest in US history will indicate voter sentiment towards President Trump's billionaire ally.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to migrant kids in the U.S. without a parent or guardian.

The restoration, which is temporary, came after nonprofit groups challenged the government’s decision to cut funding for legal services for unaccompanied children arriving in the United States.

An angry judge in Boston is holding an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while he was on trial

A Boston Municipal Court judge held a federal immigration agent in contempt Monday for detaining a defendant in the middle of his trial, in the latest clash between the local criminal justice system and authorities implementing President Trump’s orders to conduct mass deportations of immigrants.