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A neo-Nazi anti-government extremist organization has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a school district that allows employees to respect students’ privacy rights by withholding information from their parents. Moms for Liberty, a far-right organization with a history of anti-LGBTQ activism, book-ban campaigns, and associations with extremists, has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn aContinue reading “Book-burning neo-Nazi extremists file a lawsuit against Chatham schools”

A robot was on fire. Again. It was the summer of 2024, and the cutting-edge robots inside General Dynamics’ sweltering artillery factory near Dallas were catching fire with startling regularity, according to four former workers there. This wasn’t ideal, as the plant was supposed to be churning out urgently needed artillery shells for Ukraine. TheContinue reading “Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers funded a $533 million artillery plant that made nothing”

New Jersey’s childhood vaccine requirements have not changed despite the regulatory whims of President Donald Trump’s unqualified health administrators. A federal executive order signed on August 10 recommends fewer routine vaccines for children, a move that departs from decades of evidence and is likely to increase the risk of preventable illness and death to childrenContinue reading “New Jersey Health Commissioner: Evidence for childhood vaccines is unchanged”

by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor New Jersey is asking a federal judge to throw out the Trump administration’s legal challenge to a new state law banning immigration agents from wearing masks, a request it made in a new legal filing that is backed with more than a dozen sworn declarations describing masked federal agents chasing elementaryContinue reading “NJ residents share stories of masked ICE agents in push to retain mask ban”

A tragic fire claimed the lives of a 7-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy, while an adult male in the home managed to escape unharmed when a fire ripped through a home in Trenton, New Jersey, on Wednesday morning, officials say. The front of the house is charred, and officials say the interior is completelyContinue reading “Trenton fire killed two children, destroyed home, displaced four families”

The body of a woman who jumped into the Delaware River to rescue a struggling girl was recovered Tuesday morning, on what would have been her 34th birthday, police said. Authorities and family are mourning the loss of Priscila Alvares Pereira Dos Santos, a mother of two who officials say died a hero. Dos Santos,Continue reading “Woman who drowned saving child in Delaware River recovered on her 34th birthday”

Imagine yourself waking up tomorrow and discovering your sex had changed from the one you’ve lived with throughout your life. If you had been a man, you have a woman’s body, and had you been a woman, you have a man’s physique. Then consider what it would be like if you were isolated, ridiculed andContinue reading “More than 60% of gender-nonconforming employees report experiencing discrimination or harassment at work”

by Lilo H. Stainton, New Jersey Monitor New Jersey is facing a blood shortage – part of a national dip in supplies – and the state’s health commissioner plans to roll up his sleeve and donate Tuesday in hopes that others will follow his lead.   Health Commissioner Dr. Raynard Washington is scheduled to visit the NewContinue reading “New Jersey health officials warn of ‘unprecedented’ blood shortage”

President Donald Trump is escalating an extraordinary effort to reshape the rules of American elections before November’s midterms, using executive power to restrict mail voting while continuing to spread false claims about election fraud and the 2020 election he lost. A divided U.S. Supreme Court handed Trump a significant victory Monday, allowing his administration toContinue reading “Voting rights groups react to Supreme Court order in Trump v. California”

Rep. Al Green, a Texas Democrat, filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors for transforming federal immigration agencies into what the resolution calls “unaccountable paramilitary police forces.” The resolution, H.Res. 1486, alleges that Trump has abused his power by directing U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementContinue reading “Congressman seeks to impeach Trump for ICE killings, assaults, and cover-up”

Supreme Court justices and their recently retired colleagues have accepted an estimated $4.69 million in gifts since 2004, according to new data from the judicial watchdog Fix the Court, a tally that underscores the growing ethics crisis enveloping the nation’s highest court. The updated figures reveal the justices accepted at least 37 gifts valued atContinue reading “Legalized bribery has eroded trust in Supreme Court justices who took $4.7M in gifts”

Congressman Tom Kean Jr. is considered the most vulnerable Republican incumbent but his campaign is touting an endorsement from a group that wants to cut Medicare and privatize Social Security. The 60 Plus Association, which was created with seed money from conservative megadonors Charles and David Koch in 1992 as a far-right alternative to theContinue reading “Tom Kean Jr. backed by group that wants to privatize Medicare”

by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor The Trump administration has appealed a federal judge’s dismissal of its challenge to policies in four New Jersey cities that limit how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal civil immigration enforcement. In June, U.S. District Court Judge Evelyn Padin tossed the feds’ lawsuit that sought to overturn sanctuary policiesContinue reading “Trump appeals loss in case against NJ sanctuary cities”

As New Jersey families grapple with soaring housing costs, high gas prices and lingering storm recovery needs, Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. — who was absent from Capitol Hill for nearly four months — has used taxpayer money to fund social media posts that appear to promote his reelection campaign. Kean missed more than 140Continue reading “Representative Tom Kean Jr. is using taxpayer money to fund his campaign ads”

A prominent gay rights activist and political columnist publicly excoriated New Jersey’s leading LGBTQ advocacy organization, accusing it of prioritizing partisan politics and protecting corrupt officials over the community it claims to serve. Jay Lassiter, a long-time political consultant and columnist for Insider NJ, issued a blistering critique of Garden State Equality (GSE) just asContinue reading “Gay activist excoriates New Jersey’s leading LGBTQ advocacy organization”

The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed that a broad investigation into human trafficking linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump will continue despite the death of a key figure at the center of the probe. Daniel Amar Siad, a 69-year-old Swedish modeling scout whose name appeared nearly 2,000 times in recently declassifiedContinue reading “Paris prosecutor says Epstein-linked model scout probe will go on despite suspect’s death”

When President Donald Trump appeared recently with visible bruising on his hands, it quickly became a subject of widespread public discussion. Photos of the discoloration, sometimes concealed and sometimes left uncovered, raised questions about his overall health. The White House later confirmed that the marks were related to Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI), a common circulatory conditionContinue reading “President Donald Trump has bruised hands due to Chronic Venous Insufficiency”

The U.S. Supreme Court added two opinions to its growing Second Amendment jurisprudence in June, when it ruled in the cases U.S. v. Hemani, holding that people cannot be denied guns because they unlawfully use controlled substances, and Wolford v. Lopez, expanding the right to bear arms on property that is privately owned and generally open toContinue reading “Second Amendment expert Adam Winkler thinks the Supreme Court has ‘made a mess’ of gun laws”