Breaking News: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by deporting noncitizen student activists.

I spent the last several days wandering around federal courthouses in NJ to see how a judicial ruling, which concluded Alina Habba had no authority to be the state’s top prosecutor, was affecting criminal cases. >> Here’s what I saw and heard. w/ @jonesieman.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: On Saturday, Khalil turned off a newscast on America’s attack on Iran to speak publicly for the first time about his arrest, his detention and his plans now that he is free. He said that if Trump’s goal had been to suppress pro-Palestinian speech, the president had “absolutely failed.”

His fist was raised and he could not stop smiling. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/n...

Microsoft, responding to a Trump order, helped turn off the email account of the ICC prosecutor freezing his communications just months after the court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for Israeli actions in Gaza @satariano.bsky.social @jeannasmialek.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...

NEW: Brad Lander isn't being charged by federal prosecutors at the moment. A spokesman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office says they are investigating and adds that "federal law prohibits assaults on law enforcement and other public officials" as well as obstruction of official proceedings.

Adams Team Works Behind Scenes to Try to Sway Rabbis Against Cuomo, with Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/n...

okay, headline chat: a bunch of you have asked me who writes them and how they work. I’ll talk about it but the tl;dr is that it’s complicated and can vary a lot depending on the specific writer(s) and editor(s) involved.

Really enjoyed this conversation about the Trump trial and my book, "Dragon on Centre Street" w/ @mspopok.bsky.social. You should watch! Thank you for your attention to this matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYou...

The Guardian praises "Dragon on Centre Street," an account of a "drama for the ages" that "captures the personalities that filled the corridors of the courthouse and the streets around it, light-hearted one moment, deadly serious the next" www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

One year ago today, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in NY criminal count. I spoke to @jonesieman.bsky.social about his great new book, Dragon on Centre Street, which tells the story of the trial through the eyes of a reporter who was there for it all: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

Great to talk with @jonesieman.bsky.social ‬on ⁦‪‬@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social about his new book "Dragon on Centre Street" on Trump's trial. Jonah is one of the real stars of the @nytimes.com and his book is a must-read about the trial of the century politics-prose.com/book/9798893...

My book, "Dragon on Centre Street," is out this week! The book focuses on Donald Trump’s criminal trial but it’s also about the way that our institutions have failed to keep up with the 21st century. I hope you’ll buy it and read it!

A perk of vacation was getting to read Jonah’s book today when it came out. It was interesting to read the narrative version a year after experiencing the trial mainly through a blizzard of Slack messages. Definitely worth the time if you’re at all interested in the topic.

NEW: Rumeysa Ozturk is free from ICE custody. There was a delay as ICE sought to fit her w/ an ankle monitor, prompting a 2nd order from a federal judge clarifying that she was to be released without any monitoring or restrictions. She is with her lawyer; expected to return to Mass. tomorrow.

Scoop w/ @jonesieman.bsky.social The Trump administration is seeking to deport a Columbia student because his activities could “potentially undermine” the Middle East peace process, according to a memo from Sec. Marco Rubio that was reviewed by The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/n...

In the week encompassing Mr. Adams’s brief, pro bono promotional tour, U.S. print sales for “Government Gangsters” skyrocketed nearly 800 percent, from 228 to 2,019, according to Circana BookScan. w/ @jonesieman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/n...

Important note and context from my colleague @jonesieman.bsky.social on the Khalil news today: "The ruling is far from the final word on whether Mr. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident, will be deported." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/n...

I'm really happy to share this review from Publisher's Weekly of my book "Dragon on Centre Street," out in May! They call it a "meticulous, fly-on-the-wall account" complete with nail-biting stakeouts and salacious testimony. Here's the review: www.publishersweekly.com/9798893310382

Only a “fool” or a “coward” would obey, says lead prosecutor. @Jonesieman.bsky.social Ben Weiser William Rashbaum www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/n...

3/ "The fact that Mr. Bove has not publicly acknowledged any role in enforcement efforts after Jan. 6 while he was a top national security prosecutor in Manhattan has rankled current and former agents." (by @glennthrush.bsky.social Adam Goldman @jonesieman.bsky.social Maggie Haberman)

Todd Heisler and I spent hours inside New York City migrant shelters this year to chronicle life inside and the stories of the people living there. Months of work went into documenting a defining chapter in NYC's history. Hope you give it a read: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/n...

on Luigi Mangione and the obsolescence of “digital trails” nymag.com/intelligence...

Asked about the Hunter Biden pardon, the mayor pulls out a copy of The New York Times and reads a line about how Biden and Trump agree: the Justice Department is politicized. "I rest my case," the mayor says.

Here's a feature I've been working on for awhile: An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brink www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/n...

MGMT, some of the highest-achieving millennials we have

there’s a new “LEARN TO CODE” https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/when-the-threat-of-ai-is-an-insult.html

Wearing a t-shirt that says “The National are mid” and strolling through Carroll Gardens to see what happens

hmm maybe i will actually do posts on here unlike the other place