As Democratic lawmakers allege that President Donald Trump is weaponizing the justice system in New Jersey, the leading ...

Democrats rallied behind N.J. Rep. who the Justice Department said assaulted an official at an immigration center. She ...

Rep. LaMonica McIver's Democratic colleagues have backed her as many label the prosecution as a “scare tactic” from the Trump ...

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is being charged with assault after a melee outside an immigration detention facility in Newark ...

U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba said the trespassing charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka have been dropped.

In the Senate, which must approve a president's nominees for U.S. attorney, at least two Democrats are prepared to invoke a ...

The Justice Department charged the congresswoman with assaulting law enforcement during a visit to an ICE detention facility ...

Federal prosecutors have charged Democratic New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver on Monday with assaulting law enforcement ...

Tuesday saw protests outside of the ICE detention facility at Delaney Hall in Port Newark, as well as outside of the offices ...

McIver engaged in any criminal activity ... Senior Justice Department officials voiced support for the highly unusual decision to charge a sitting member of Congress with assaulting an officer.

At the same time, interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba announced that her office was dismissing a misdemeanor case brought ...