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by Benjamin Leynse, New Jersey Monitor About 6,600 non-citizens were registered to vote in New Jersey because of a software glitch in the state Motor Vehicle Commission’s automatic voter registration system, and about 400 of them cast ballots, Gov. Rebecca ‘Mikie’ Sherrill said Tuesday. Sherrill, who said the error began in June 2023 and wasContinue reading “NJ governor says 6K non-citizens were registered to vote, 400 voted thanks to ‘software error’”

The dust has yet to settle on the U.S.-Iran conflict, but one lesson is already glaringly apparent: there is no substitute for strategy. The Iran war has demonstrated, in the most painful way possible, that an asymmetry of strategic competence can decisively offset a profound asymmetry of strength. The United States brought overwhelming firepower toContinue reading “The Strategic Vacuum: How America won the battles but lost the war on Iran”

President Donald Trump didn’t just ignore national security—he took a half-billion-dollar bribe and handed the UAE the keys to America’s technological crown jewels, all while career staff watched in horror, their warnings treated as inconvenient whispers in the wind. This is not statecraft. This is a mafia shakedown dressed in diplomatic garb, a transaction soContinue reading “America has been sold out”

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., issued a blistering rebuke of Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell’s absence, which could be equally applied to Congressman Tom Kean Jr.’s four-month disappearing act in the wake of a nervous breakdown, possibly brought on by the liberal Republican’s support for draconian policies during President Donald Trump’s second term in the WhiteContinue reading

Your copy is already very clean. Only a handful of grammatical and stylistic corrections are needed. Here’s the corrected version: DISSIDENT ARTIST LANDS IN MIAMI AFTER FIVE YEARS IN CUBAN PRISON MIAMI — Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara walked out of Miami International Airport on Saturday afternoon into a crowd that had waited hours to seeContinue reading

There is a profound, gut-churning poetry to the fact that Taylor Farms—a company that has flushed millions of dollars into the political machine of Donald Trump—now finds itself at the epicenter of an explosive diarrhea outbreak that has left more than 10,000 Americans clutching their stomachs and cursing the day they decided to eat aContinue reading “The runs, the ransom, and the rot at the core of MAGA, Inc.”

A hypothetical $1,000 needed to cover an emergency expense is a figure that has become a quiet, persistent measure of the pulse, and according to Bankrate’s Annual Emergency Savings Report, the prognosis is clear and troubling. A majority of U.S. adults (59%) cannot comfortably cover a $1,000 emergency expense with their existing savings, a numberContinue reading “Troubling decline registered in the financial health of the nation’s populace”

The numbers arrive without ceremony, as numbers do. They are not delivered with outrage or editorial flourish. They simply sit on the page, waiting to be reckoned with. The 12 richest people on Earth now own more wealth than 4 billion people, half the world’s population. This is not a metaphor. It is an arithmeticContinue reading “The 12 richest people now own more wealth than half the world’s population”

The names are Isabella Gonzales and Tyler James Feehan. Private Gonzales, nineteen years old, from Carrollton, Texas. First Lieutenant Feehan, twenty-five, from Ewa Beach, Hawaii. They are dead this week in Jordan, killed by an Iranian strike on a military base, and the President says this is “a very sad thing.” Well, it is. ButContinue reading “The Cost of Reckoning: Trump’s war killed three more young Americans”

Federal authorities on Saturday raised the national wildfire preparedness level to Level 5, the highest on the five-tier scale, as 78 large fires burned across the country and firefighting resources were in high demand. The National Interagency Fire Center reported that 19,378 firefighters and support personnel were engaged in wildfire operations as of Sunday, includingContinue reading “U.S. raises wildfire preparedness to the highest level as 78 large fires burn nationwide”

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic refusal to uphold any prior restraint against the press, a New Jersey judge has unconstitutionally silenced a local journalist to shield a school board from the consequences of its own lies. There are moments in the life of a republic when the machinery of power grinds to a halt,Continue reading “Judge muzzled journalist to protect New Brunswick school board from facing falsehood fallout”

New regulations governing electric bicycles and motorized scooters go into effect Sunday across New Jersey, introducing age restrictions, licensing mandates and increased penalties for violators. Under the legislation, operators of e-bikes and e-scooters must be at least 15 years old. Riders of all ages are required to wear helmets and obtain both a license andContinue reading “New e-bike and motorized scooter rules have taken effect in New Jersey”

The United States launched another wave of airstrikes against Iran early Monday, marking the ninth consecutive night of attacks since a ceasefire collapsed on July 8, but despite Trump administration claims, Iranian military actions have killed several US personnel. An Iranian drone and missile strike on Jordan’s Muwaffaq Salti Air Base killed two U.S. serviceContinue reading “US strikes for 9th night in a row as Iran hits back, and conflict escalates”

Residents interested in running for their local board of education in November must file candidate nominating petitions with at least 25 valid signatures in their respective county clerk’s office one week from today. This year’s annual school election will be held on Nov. 3, 2026. The deadline for candidates to submit their nominating petition isContinue reading “School board candidate nominating petitions due Monday, July 27, 2026”

By Julie Corliss Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina, is reported to have died from an aortic dissection, a tear in the inner lining of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The classic symptoms of this uncommon, catastrophic condition are sudden, severe pain in the chest, back, or abdomen that hasContinue reading “Senator Lindsey Graham’s death calls attention to aortic dissection”

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans visited a retail health clinic in 2024, with significant geographic disparities in both retail clinic and urgent care use, according to a new federal report. The data, released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), show that 19% of people visited a retail health clinic and 27.6% visited anContinue reading “Nearly 1 in 5 Americans visited a retail urgent care health clinic in 2024”

The United States Mint, that solemn factory of the nation’s coinage, has begun pressing a new golden dollar. It is a handsome enough trinket, bearing the face of President Donald Trump on one side and a bald eagle on the other. There is, however, a detail that seems to have escaped the official announcement: theContinue reading “Trump coin is an illegal monument to monumental vanity”

President Donald Trump’s prime-time address to the nation on Thursday, billed by the White House as a must-watch revelation of election fraud and foreign interference, instead recycled widely debunked lies over 26 minutes from the East Room, according to a review of the newly declassified documents the president cited as evidence. None of the hundredsContinue reading “Trump’s speech delivers lies, but no new evidence of a stolen election”

Federal health officials have identified shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants across five states as the source of a sprawling Cyclospora outbreak that has already surpassed the nation’s worst recorded year for the illness, with more than 5,100 suspected cases nationwide and the parasite spreading through at least 34 states. The Centers forContinue reading “Taco Bell lettuce blamed for parasite that struck thousands with explosive diarrhea”

The great American road trip often includes a billboard or two — a promise of a good time, a cheap motel or the world’s largest ball of twine. For New Jerseyans, some of those roadside advertisements along the New Jersey Turnpike promised something far more sinister and, according to the state, entirely illegal: the meansContinue reading “New Jersey sues Pennsylvania gun dealer, aiming illegal ghost gun sales at Garden State residents”