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 ...

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.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted on five counts of bribery, wire fraud and soliciting illegal campaign contributions from foreign nationals, had his case dropped by Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove after Adams began a full-court press to cozy up to Trump.

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 ...

As the noted Stanford political scientist Francis Fukuyama observed last week: “The United States under Donald Trump is not retreating into isolationism. It is actively joining the authoritarian camp, supporting right-wing authoritarians around the world from Vladimir Putin to Viktor Orban to Nayib Bukele to Narendra Modi.”

Donald Trump points fingers at Volodymyr Zelensky about the war with Russia. Should the president take accountability for the DOJ? Plus, how valuable are political rallies?

CNN host Jim Sciutto and Republican panelist Brad Todd repeatedly clashed over moves by the Trump Justice Department and the administration's Ukraine policy.

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.