National Guard ‘follows the Constitution,’ general says of troops possibly deployed to polls
by Jonathan Shorman, New Jersey Monitor The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility that President Donald Trump would order troops to polling places for the midterm elections. The remarks at a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing came…
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again, citing Trump’s ongoing blockade
The Strait of Hormuz clenched shut again on Saturday, Iran’s military announcing it had reimposed “strict control” over the world’s most vital waterway just one day after Tehran declared it open. The whiplash reversal came with gunfire. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on a tanker about 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman, the British…
Social media’s promise and peril for a generation: What’s the cost of connection?
The device in your pocket is a marvel. It connects the isolated, amplifies the silenced, and delivers a dying language’s last speaker to a classroom thousands of miles away. It also, with the same quiet swipe, can drive a 14-year-old to believe she is unloved, unworthy, and utterly alone. Social media has transformed human connection.…
Analilia Mejia wins 11th District congressional special election in a landslide
Democrat Analilia Meijia of Glen Ridge has won a landslide victory in the special election to fill New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former seat in Congress, Meijia will represent New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, which covers parts of Essex, Morris, and Passaic counties, until Jan. 3, 2027. She must win the June 2 Democratic primary…
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