Tonight, a series of high-profile resignations after a federal prosecutor defies the Department

of Justice's order to drop the corruption case against New York City's mayor.

Then, as inflation ticks up, the president orders agencies to explore new tariffs, but

stops short of actually imposing them.

Plus, Trump's former national security

advisor says the president is now surrendering to Vladimir Putin. So what does that mean for

Americans? As the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night. Good evening, once again.

I am Stephanie Ruhl live in San Francisco, and it is day 25 of the second Trump administration, and we begin this evening with the latest on the Department of Justice and New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Earlier this week, the DOJ ordered the interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York to drop the charges against Adams.

Well, today that U.S. attorney, Danielle Sassoon, get to know her name, resigned after refusing to drop the charges.

And she wrote a bombshell letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing Adams' attorneys of pushing for a quid pro quo,

suggesting Adams would be in his position

to help the department's immigration agenda in exchange for dismissing the charges against him.

An attorney for Adams denied there was any quid pro quo. However, after Sesson resigned, the

DOJ tried to move the case to the department's public integrity unit down in

Washington. Since then, at least five other officials have resigned. Mayor Adams has maintained he did

nothing wrong. And so far this evening, no comment from the Justice Department. They don't need to.

They got what they wanted. This all comes as Adams is preparing to let ICE agents into Rikers Island, which is a major shift from the city's sanctuary laws.

Meanwhile, New York City's comptroller wants local officials to intervene after the federal government took back $80 million that he says was congressionally approved to help with the migrant crisis.

And tonight, NBC News is reporting

the Trump administration has told agencies to fire probationary employees. That might not

sound like much, but federal government workers typically have probationary status for one or even

two years into working there. According to data from the Office of Personnel and Management, that's hundreds of thousands

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