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Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks to the press near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. (Getty Images/Timothy A. Clary)

When Trump's troops come to town

Bob Hennelly - Work-Bites
Former U.S. President Donald Trump stands with his lawyer Alina Habba as she speaks to the media at one of his properties, 40 Wall Street, following closing arguments at his civil fraud trial on January 11, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Newark mayor sues Alina Habba

Blaise Malley
Alina Habba, then-senior advisor to President Donald J. Trump, places a MAGA jacket on the podium as she speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Experts: NJ charge to backfire on Trump

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark confronts ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey, May 7, 2025. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

ICE seized the mayor — his city united

Bob Hennelly - Work-Bites
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark speaks to the press near ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey May 7, 2025. (Getty Images/Timothy A. Clary)

NJ mayor arrested at ICE protest

Natalie Chandler
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

COVID in Newark: A legacy of neglect

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ
Joe Scarborough, Chris Christie (AP/Virginia Sherwood/Mel Evans)

"Morning Joe" sickness

Jim Newell
Chris Christie (Reuters/Andrew Kelly)

Christie's charter retribution

Josh Eidelson
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