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Nearly 30% of New Jersey schools sit within a mile of a known brownfield site. The children inside have no way to know what’s in the soil. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that 44% of pre-K-12 schools across the United States are located within one mile ofContinue reading “New Jersey schools sit on or near toxic hazards. What can you do about it?”

Gov. Mikie Sherrill called on Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell to resign Tuesday after an independent investigation substantiated allegations of sexual harassment and found he repeatedly violated state policy, giving him until Wednesday to step down. The investigation, initiated by the state’s Chief Ethics Officer and conducted by a former state attorney general, found Caldwell engagedContinue reading “New Jersey governor calls on lieutenant governor to resign after investigation finds sexual harassment”

Utah’s Republican United States Senator, John Curtis, called on the Judiciary Committee leadership to investigate the business dealings of presidential family members, urging the panel to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to testify about whether they used their proximity to power for private gain. In a three-page letter sent Monday to Chairman ChuckContinue reading “Republican senator wants to investigate presidential family profiteering”

While much of the nation’s attention is on the court order restoring White House access to top media outlets, an Iowa state judge on Wednesday dismissed President Donald Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against veteran pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register newspaper. The decision handed down by Judge Scott J. Beattie is the latest inContinue reading “Judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s frivolous lawsuit in Iowa”

by Benedict Vigers Americans’ perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89% of U.S. adults saying it is widespread. That figure is up 10 percentage points from last year and well above readings in the 72% to 79% range between 2010 and 2025. Democrats’ perceptions ofContinue reading “Gallup: Record-high 89% of Americans think their government is corrupt”

An independent committee of human rights lawyers and scholars says the $667 million verdict against Greenpeace was the product of a fundamentally unfair trial, citing judicial bias, a tainted jury and a “wildly exorbitant” damages award unsupported by evidence. A 40-page report released by the Independent Trial Monitoring Committee concluded that Energy Transfer’s lawsuit violatedContinue reading “SLAPP lawsuit violated Greenpeace’s rights to a fair trial, lawyers say”

A poll conducted by Republican pollsters shows incumbent Rep. Tom Kean Jr. is planning to make false accusations against his Democratic opponent, Rebecca Bennett, according to a survey released Tuesday. The poll, which was commissioned by the Kean campaign or one of several allied dark money PACs, tested a series of negative statements about Bennett,Continue reading

Van Drew, Smith and Kean have largely supported the president as two former Navy flag officers accuse Congress of failing service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln New Jersey’s three Republican members of Congress are heading into the November election closely associated with President Donald Trump as two retired Navy admirals running for Congress elsewhereContinue reading “NJ Republicans stick with Trump as admirals condemn treatment of sailors in Iran war”

President Donald Trump’s joint fundraising committee sent an email this week promising recipients “high-priority, need-to-know information that is not readily available for everyday Americans.” It told readers to sit down before reading, to make sure they were alone, and to ensure that “NO Leftists” could see over their shoulder. The email’s claim of “information thatContinue reading “Trump email promising ‘secret’ information just asks for $20”

The president of the United States is openly considering dismantling the 77-year-old military alliance that has been the cornerstone of American foreign policy since the Second World War, and he appears to believe he can do it by himself, without so much as a by-your-leave from the Congress that holds the purse strings and theContinue reading “Trump may pull the United States out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”

The Nov. 3 midterm elections are looking more and more like a referendum on the disastrous performance of President Donald Trump, who has plunged the nation deeper in debt and into an endless war that is causing prices to rise beyond the means of most working-class consumers, who have already been battered by inflation andContinue reading “Republicans on the ballot cannot run away from President Donald Trump”

Karl Rove spent decades helping turn Texas from a Democratic stronghold into one of the Republican Party’s most important power centers. This November, the strategist once celebrated by President George W. Bush as “the architect” of his political victories says he will cross party lines. Rove said he will vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal forContinue reading “Republicans endorse and are voting for Democrats in key 2026 races”

Commercial real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield publicly acknowledges that climate change poses a material threat to its own business. It has taken steps to insulate its balance sheet and sells clients expert advice on managing climate risks. Yet, according to a first-of-its-kind class-action lawsuit filed March 3, 2026, in federal court in Seattle, theContinue reading “Cushman & Wakefield warned of climate risk but invested workers’ savings in coal”

By Austin Sarat, Amherst College In his keynote address to the Republican midterm convention on Sept. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump promised that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he would authorize a US$5,000 payment to every American adult. Trump’s offer seems to run afoul of federal laws, which make it a crimeContinue reading “How anti‑bribery laws apply to Trump’s promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans keep control of Congress”

The United States, Denmark and Greenland are expected to sign an agreement strengthening security in the Arctic and North Atlantic region at the U.N. General Assembly next week, Danish officials said Friday. While the agreement is expected to merely update the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement, a Cold War-era treaty that grants the United StatesContinue reading “US, Denmark and Greenland reach security deal; Trump’s description overstated”

Two figures at the center of the Epstein file headlines are bankrolling a late-stage effort to salvage the candidacy of Rep. Tom Kean Jr., the most vulnerable House Republican incumbent in the nation, as Democratic challenger Rebecca Bennett seizes on his vote to continue U.S. military operations against Iran. A Trump-aligned super PAC directed approximatelyContinue reading “Epstein file figures fund effort to save Kean Jr. as Iran war vote roils NJ-07 race”

Less than half of U.S. adults trust information from federal agencies, and many say they struggle to tell what is true as the 2026 midterm elections approach, according to a new poll. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USAFacts finds that mistrust has grown since 2024 and is higherContinue reading “Poll: Americans’ trust in government information falls as midterms near”

Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked New York City’s 200,000th pothole repair of the year Thursday, joining Department of Transportation crews on Troutman Street in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. Mamdani helped repair the pothole alongside DOT workers and Ra-mel, a 311 employee who handles pothole complaints and helps direct reports to city crews for repairs. The milestone cameContinue reading “Successor of ‘sewer socialists’ is ‘pothole populist’ NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani”

Seven years to the day after Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared from a Bridgeton park, her family returned with balloons, memories, and the same hope they have carried since the 5-year-old vanished. Family members gathered at Bridgeton City Park, behind Bridgeton High School, wearing yellow T-shirts featuring the same design Dulce wore on the last dayContinue reading “Family members gathered seven years after Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared”