Top prosecutor in NYC resigns after feud with administration

Washington •  A top federal prosecutor in Manhattan stepped down from his position Saturday after the Trump administration fired him.U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York said in a statement that Attorney General William Barr’s decision “to respect the normal operation of law and have Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss become Acting U.S. Attorney” led to his decision. He said it would be “effective immediately.”Berman and B