Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court for a status conference on the Trump administration's charge he trespassed at an immigration detention center in the city last week.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest last week at a federal immigration detention facility could shake up the New Jersey governor’s race, as Baraka looks to appeal to progressive Democratic voters to win the crowded primary.

Linda Baraka, the mayor’s wife, accused the federal government of targeting her husband, who has aggressively pushed back against the construction and