Attorney Michael Avenatti, who seized the spotlight last year as a lawyer for adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested Monday and charged in two federal cases with wire fraud, bank fraud and...

President Trump personally directed an effort in February to stop Stormy Daniels from publicly describing an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump.

The indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting mayor of New York City to be charged with a federal crime.

Dr. Lorna Breen was unflappable — until she faced a new enemy.

For uncovering President Trump’s secret payoffs to two women during his campaign who claimed to have had affairs with him, and the web of supporters who facilitated the transactions, triggering...

“Lev and Igor” were obscure businessmen who became fixtures of the Republican donor set. Then they played an unlikely role in the proceedings gripping the nation.

Days after a raid at Mr. Adams’s chief fund-raiser’s home, federal agents took the mayor’s phones and iPad, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

As the popular dance show grew into an international juggernaut, some of the group’s young performers paid a steep price.

As rumors circulated of Donald J. Trump’s reported infidelity, two accounts of women being paid to stay silent about their encounters became central to his indictment.

“Lev and Igor” were obscure businessmen who became fixtures of the Republican donor set. Then they played an unlikely role in the proceedings gripping the nation.

A federal investigation into Donald Trump’s former lawyer over his work in Ukraine during the 2020 campaign is winding down with no indictment expected.

Charles McGonigal had a family, a house in the suburbs and an influential job as a counterintelligence leader in New York. Federal prosecutors suggest it wasn’t enough for him.

Mayor Eric Adams and his chief of staff, Frank Carone, say Mr. Adams’s endorsement of BolaWrap was entirely coincidental.

Once the F.B.I.’s top counterintelligence official in New York City, Charles F. McGonigal was charged with concealing contacts with foreign nationals.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, said he paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to an adult-movie actress who alleged a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump.

A former Playboy centerfold model has sued a prominent Republican fundraiser, her former lawyer and the lawyer for former adult-film star Stephanie Clifford in connection with the breakdown of a $1.6...

Mayor Eric Adams of New York set up the fund amid a broad federal corruption investigation into his campaign’s fund-raising practices.

Mayor Eric Adams has often talked about a wrinkled photo of a fallen police officer that he kept in his wallet. Now that photo and the story have been called into question.

He seemed on a path to be New York’s next mayor, but a parade of self-inflicted wounds, and a refocusing of the city’s priorities, doomed his chances.

The commissioner, Laura Kavanagh, held a news conference at the site of a fatal blaze in Brooklyn and called on Amazon, Grubhub and others to limit the trade of unsafe devices.

Videos obtained by The New York Times reveal scenes of violence as the Department of Correction struggles to restore order in the jail system.

Tabloid owner American Media agreed to pay $150,000 to a former Playboy centerfold model for her story of an affair a decade ago with the Republican presidential nominee, but then didn’t publish it.

A major donor to President Trump agreed to pay $10 million to the president’s then-personal attorney if he successfully helped obtain funding for a nuclear-power project, including a $5 billion loan...

President Trump’s former lawyer has disavowed responsibility for some of the crimes to which he has pleaded guilty, privately contending in a recent recorded phone call with actor Tom Arnold that he...

Journalists Joe Palazzolo and Michael Rothfeld present a rogue’s gallery of Trump’s associates.

Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, has called money the “enemy of politics.” But his fund-raising has repeatedly pushed the boundaries of campaign-finance and ethics laws.

Mayor Bill de Blasio was warned that he created an “appearance of coercion and improper access” by directly contacting donors who had business before the city.

Despite once being ensnared in a federal corruption investigation, Philip Banks III will play a central role in the mayor’s plan to reduce gun violence.

Michael Rothfeld, financial investigations reporter for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Rachel Maddow about his reporting that Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid porn star Stormy Daniels...

For an exposé of New York City’s taxi industry that showed how lenders profited from predatory loans that shattered the lives of vulnerable drivers, reporting that ultimately led to state and federal...

The city had initially declined to reveal the salary of Timothy Pearson, who left a second job at a casino over the summer.

The Wall Street Journal report is raising questions about whether it is ethical to rig online polls and whether or not the payment violated campaign finance law.

By: Annabel Rothfeld For Sarah, getting the coronavirus vaccine was not up for debate.  Like many students at Edward R. Murrow High School, she lost a loved one to Covid-19, and said the shot …

Paul Manafort, the onetime campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, faced foreclosure on several real-estate investments but received a $16 million lifeline through another former Trump adviser.

The mogul-turned-president has long relied on loyalists to push the limits in defense of his image, but Roy Cohn, David Pecker and Michael Cohen all wound up out in the cold.

A federal investigation into Donald Trump’s former lawyer over his work in Ukraine during the 2020 campaign is winding down with no indictment expected.

Here is our live video and analysis of Michael Cohen's testimony about President Trump in front of the House oversight committee.

A new book exposes for the first time the extraordinary efforts by Michael Cohen, David Pecker, and others to hush up a porn star about her sexual fling with the future president.

As the popular dance show grew into an international juggernaut, some of the group’s young performers paid a steep price.

Timothy Pearson, a close friend of Mayor Eric Adams, works both as a senior adviser to the mayor and as a vice president overseeing security at the Resorts World New York City casino in Queens.

As the popular dance show grew into an international juggernaut, some of the group’s young performers paid a steep price.

Trying to understand the events involving President Trump, Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels​ and the potential impact on the presidency? WSJ’s Michael Rothfeld and Joe Palazzolo are here to focus on...

The Amazon founder’s investigation did not find evidence to back his suggestion of a link between Saudi Arabia and the tabloid that gleefully exposed his affair.

As the popular dance show grew into an international juggernaut, some of the group’s young performers paid a steep price.

The Manhattan district attorney’s office seized phones from five people, including aides to Mayor Eric Adams, as they returned from a vacation together.

The vegan, meditating ex-police officer is on the cusp of becoming New York’s new mayor. Which version of him would show up at City Hall?