Alina Habba Archives - Page 8 of 10

Booker, Kim rebuke Habba’s nomination as U.S. Attorney

July 2, 2025 10:11 am

New Jersey’s U.S. Senate delegation made clear they would not support Alina Habba’s appointment to a full term as U.S. attorney in the state, rebuking her performance as interim U.S. attorney in a Wednesday morning statement. President Donald Trump nominated...

McIver pleads not guilty to assault charges stemming from Delaney Hall scuffle

June 25, 2025 12:27 pmJune 25, 2025 3:49 pm

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark) on Wednesday morning pleaded not guilty to three charges stemming from a scuffle outside a newly reopened migrant detention center last month. McIver, who faces two felony charges of assaulting or impeding a federal officer and...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

June 14, 2025 1:09 am

Congress had a full and eventful schedule this week, not that anyone in New Jersey politics would have noticed. The state was entirely focused on its primaries for governor and State Assembly; one of the gubernatorial winners, Rep. Mikie Sherrill...

Habba says grand jury has returned indictment against McIver

June 10, 2025 7:38 pmJune 10, 2025 7:49 pm

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor has officially announced the indictment of Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark) over a May scuffle outside a migrant detention center in her home city, charges the congresswoman called an attempt at political intimidation. In a Tuesday...

Alina Habba has made waves as N.J.’s interim U.S. Attorney. But how long can she stay?

June 6, 2025 11:27 amJune 6, 2025 4:48 pm

When President Donald Trump chose former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to be interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia last month, it represented a stretching – perhaps a breaking – of the laws and norms that had long...

Baraka sues Habba, federal agent over ICE center arrest

June 3, 2025 12:15 pmJune 3, 2025 12:40 pm

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor and a Homeland Security official for malicious prosecution and defamation following his arrest outside a migrant detention center last month. Baraka, a Democratic candidate for governor, announced Tuesday morning...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 23, 2025 4:23 pmMay 23, 2025 5:22 pm

This week marked the culmination of months of complex House negotiations, with Republicans narrowly passing a huge swath of their legislative agenda via their “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” It also marked a further escalation in the fight between a cohort...