Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark in handcuffs outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, NJ on May 9, 2025. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in his city.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and all his primary opponents for NJ governor are arguing they can stand up to President Donald Trump.

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka compared his arrest at a federal immigration center last week to the Bible's accounts of King David, telling a crowd at a political rally in his city Tuesday afternoon that it was "our David moment.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is showcasing a new internal poll that went into the field following his arrest outside an immigration detention facility that

New Jersey Democrats accuse the Trump administration of spreading "lies and misinformation" about events that led to the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said in a debate Monday his actions that got him arrested days earlier at an ICE facility were "absolutely" an effective protest against President Donald Trump.

Who says earned media is dead? Ras Baraka is getting the kind of free publicity that candidates in New Jersey dream of following his arrest on Friday as