Plus: A judge holds off on deciding whether to drop a corruption case surrounding New York City Mayor Eric Adams. This and more on The Excerpt.

NPR rounds up what happened this week, the fourth week of President Trump's administration, and takes a look at some developments that have been overlooked.

That is: The MAGA America Firsters (who loathe American involvement in Ukraine’s war ... acting to dismiss the case against Mayor Adams. Notably, two of the DOJ officials who resigned over ...

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine traded barbs today in a demonstration of the remarkable deterioration of the U.S.-Ukraine alliance.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday, two days after acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered federal prosecutors in New York to drop the charges against Adams. Bove claimed that they hindered the mayor’s ability to target immigrants at Trump’s behest.

Mounting calls demand New York's governor to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office ... together to discuss ways to halt the war in Ukraine. But Ukraine was not present and says ...

Nothing Trump and co-president Elon Musk have done so far — pardoning people who assaulted police officers; surrendering Ukraine to Vladimir Putin; taking over the Kennedy Center; taking food out of the mouths of starving children in South Africa;

Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart . • A mass resignation of prosecutors related to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has sparked a crisis inside President Donald Trump’s Justice Department.