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Constitutional experts warn executive memo revives 18th-century practice without legislative consent, risking unaccountable warfare and geopolitical escalation President Donald Trump signed a national security memorandum Wednesday authorizing select private companies to conduct government-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign criminal networks — effectively reviving the age‑old practice of privateering for the digital era while sidestepping the constitutional authorityContinue reading “Trump resurrects digital privateers, bypassing Congress to let corporate militias wage cyberwar”

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson became a flashpoint for a debate that extends far beyond the circumstances of his death: the longstanding frustration of patients and families who say they have struggled to obtain medical care after insurance companies denied or delayed coverage. Thompson was the sole fatal victim of the December 2024Continue reading “Thompson’s death put spotlight on unfair health insurance claim denials”

Luigi Mangione stood in federal court Friday and said the words that had been hanging over one of the most politically charged killings in recent American memory: “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died.” At 28, Mangione was no longer merely the accused gunman in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. HeContinue reading “Luigi Mangione admitted to stalking and murdering Brian Thompson”

A Trump administration proposal that would allow publicly traded companies to stop issuing quarterly financial reports has drawn extraordinary opposition from investors, including some of Wall Street’s largest firms, as critics warn the change could leave ordinary shareholders with less information about the companies they own. Investors overwhelmingly oppose SEC plan to weaken reporting requirementsContinue reading “Investors strongly oppose Trump SEC’s proposal to weaken reporting requirements”

President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign is projected to cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $269 billion through the remainder of his term—New Jersey’s share is more than $10 billion—money that could otherwise finance health care for nearly 12 million people or employ more than 930,000 public school teachers, according to a new analysis of federal spending.Continue reading “Trump deportation campaign could cost taxpayers $269 billion, analysis finds”

by Lilo H. Stainton, New Jersey Monitor Food insecurity nearly doubled in New Jersey since 2020, with some 1.2 million people struggling to regularly afford food here, according to a nonprofit analysis of federal data. Statewide, 13% of Garden State residents could not always count on three meals a day in 2024, the latest federalContinue reading “Food insecurity in NJ nearly doubled over four years, new report says”

by Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor The New Jersey Supreme Court handed a major victory Wednesday to dozens of data firms that have alleged a state law that shields the addresses of judges and police officers from the public is unconstitutional. The unanimous ruling comes as the data brokers face a federal lawsuit filed byContinue reading “NJ Supreme Court opinion on privacy law seen as win for data brokers”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries arrived in New Jersey on Tuesday with a simple message: President Donald Trump’s immigration and deportation agenda is “unjust and inhumane.” The Democratic leader visited Morristown and Newark to denounce conditions at the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility, a privately operated center that has faced near-constant controversy since reopening lastContinue reading “Jeffries vows accountability for Delaney Hall concentration camp”

Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and 16 of their Senate Democratic colleagues introduced the Honoring the Sacrifices of Our Troops in War Act, legislation that would stop Donald Trump’s attempt to hide how long his illegal war against Iran has lasted, dishonor the sacrifice of our troops injured and killed in combat, and hide the true cost of his warContinue reading “Democratic senators aim at Trump’s attempt to hide the cost of illegal war against Iran”

New Jersey State Police investigators searched Trenton City Hall for several hours Tuesday and removed boxes of evidence as part of a criminal investigation into allegations that a former city employee failed to deposit money collected for permits into municipal accounts. The investigation centers on alleged misconduct involving a former employee in the city’s HousingContinue reading “New Jersey State Police search Trenton City Hall, cart out boxes of evidence”

‘No bill’ returned in death of Teshawn Rogers, 27, who police say fired at officers before he was shot A state grand jury declined to file criminal charges against a Jersey City police officer who fatally shot a man during an encounter last year, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced Monday. The grand juryContinue reading “Grand jury declines to charge Jersey City officer in fatal shooting”

Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger returned to a European stage after nearly seven years of restricted international travel with a sweeping denunciation of corporate power, political repression and environmental destruction — but also an emphatic argument that ordinary people possess far more power than they realize. Speaking July 23 at the Love Tomorrow Summit inContinue reading “Donziger takes European stage with warning about corporate power & message of defiance”

by James J. Devine As President Donald Trump escalates what constitutional scholars describe as an unprecedented assault on democratic institutions, consumer advocate Ralph Nader is accusing Democratic congressional leaders of willful inaction, charging that the party establishment would rather enable authoritarian rule than allow progressive voices to succeed. Nader, the 92-year-old lawyer and activist whoContinue reading “Nader accuses Democratic leaders of enabling authoritarianism, hindering progressives”

The recent Quinnipiac University Poll purporting that 46 percent of voters believe the Democratic Party has “moved too far to the left” is not a measure of public sentiment—it is a political hit job, a desperate panic button slammed by a terrified establishment, and it has been dutifully laundered by a corporate press that servesContinue reading “Polling propaganda seeks to persuade people rather than inform decisions”

Less than two months after the Trenton Police Department earned accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) in June 2026, Mayor W. Reed Gusciora imposed a curfew requiring businesses along a section of East State Street to close overnight following a series of violent incidents, including a fatal shooting nearContinue reading “Trenton Mayor W. Reed Gusciora: If police can’t beat them, declare martial law”

Two people were seriously injured in a stabbing in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and now a Pleasantville man faces two counts of attempted murder. Two people were seriously injured in an early-morning stabbing Sunday in Egg Harbor Township, police said. Carlos Garcia-Moreno, 36, was also charged with two counts of aggravated assault, three counts ofContinue reading “Pleasantville man charged with attempted murder in Egg Harbor Township double stabbing”

As measles cases hit a 35-year high and vaccination rates plummet, America’s children are walking into a viral war zone—and the medical establishment is sounding the alarm. The yellow school buses are about to start rolling again. The backpacks are being packed. Parents are getting lunchboxes ready. And millions of germs are waiting to feastContinue reading “Back-to-school will be the deadliest test of childhood disease prevention in a generation”