The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to appear on New York’s presidential ballot even though he suspended his campaign last month and backed former President Donald Trump.

At the time Trump asked for the “favor,” he was withholding $400 million in military aid to Ukraine as it fought Russian-backed separatists on its eastern boundary. He was later acquitted of the impeachment charges by a Republican-led Senate.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met face-to-face with Donald Trump with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion

The candidate had asked the justices to intervene after a state judge found that he had used an improper home address in election paperwork.

Mayor Eric Adams is currently running for re-election in a competitive primary next June. Already, four prominent Democrats are facing off against him.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after a separate meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday night.

Vice President Harris boasts a wide 14-point lead over former President Trump in the blue bastion of New York, new polling shows, roughly double the edge President Biden held there earlier this year.

The Supreme Court has turned down a bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be placed on the presidential ballot in New York.

Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him over real estate business practices that a trial judge declared fraudulent.

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to restore his name to New York's election ballot.

Despite suspending his campaign, the independent presidential candidate was fighting to have his name restored to the state's ballot.