First, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President Donald Trump struck up an unlikely friendship. Then, the Trump administration ordered prosecutors to sidestep DOJ norms and drop corruption charges against Adams so that he could focus on cracking down on immigration. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Devan Schwartz, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members New York City Mayor Eric Adams as he arrived for a court hearing earlier this month. Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has always been an odd guy. As a state senator, he made a video explaining how to search your kid's room for contraband.
You can look in a jewelry box, a jewelry box of this nature, maybe a simple jewelry box. But if you look through it closely, you don't know what your child may be hiding. Fair. You should always, when your child brings in his popular knapsack with many different locations, look through it to see what exactly is your child carrying in addition to a book.
Something simple as a crack pipe, a used crack pipe. Could he have found it on the street? That's quite possible. Wait, what?
As mayor, there was the Urban Rat Summit. There was the baptism, his, at Rikers Island. And then there was the alleged corruption, the wire fraud, bribery, the indictment. And then came the order from the Department of Justice that all those charges had to be dropped. Ahead on Today Explained.
Where there's smoke, there's possible fire.
On this week's episode of Net Worth and Chill, I'm chatting with internet sensation and everyone's favorite Philly influencer, Bran Flakes. He's a social media maverick and content creator turning viral moments into cold, hard cash. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch on the Your Rich BFF YouTube channel.
Some things feel like a fact of life. The sun rises and sets, winter turns from spring to fall, and the deadline to get a real ID always gets pushed back.
I was just at the airport last night and I saw that enforcement was delayed until 2025. So what on earth is happening in the last 20 years. Do we just throw up our hands in the air and give up?
This week on Explain It To Me, the two-decade push and pull over that little piece of plastic in your wallet. Find Explain It To Me on Sundays wherever you get your podcasts.
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