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by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor A drunk off-duty sergeant driving the wrong way on a New Jersey highway hit another car head-on, killing a man. A patrolman critically injured a bicyclist in a hit-and-run. Other officers were caught with child pornography, attacked their spouses, stole money, sexually assaulted people in their custody, and otherwise broke the law. Altogether,Continue reading “More than 600 NJ police officers disciplined for misconduct in 2025”

A great and terrible reversal has come to pass, a backward slide so stark it would shame the very laws of nature. The United Nations has laid the cold facts upon the table, and they read like a chapter from a book we thought we’d closed for good. The grand, global march to stamp outContinue reading “Trump cuts unleashed spike in AIDS/HIV contagion”

After President Donald Trump described his capitulation as a military victory, the successful Iranian regime announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps made it official today, warning every vessel in the Persian Gulf to keep its distance or risk its safety. That is the plain, unvarnished fact of it.Continue reading “Iran slams the gate on the world’s oil, over Trump’s hollow words”

Arnold Schwarzenegger strode onto the stage of the 10th Austrian World Summit on Tuesday with a message stripped of diplomatic hedging and political euphemism: “Only renewables are reliable.” The line landed in a Europe still living with the aftershocks of an energy crisis that exposed how deeply modern economies remain dependent on fossil fuels, foreignContinue reading “Schwarzenegger’s Climate Summit declares the world is still hooked on fossil fuels”

The creature slumbered in the muck for 80 million years, a giant of the Cretaceous lying beneath the feet of Garden State farmers who thought the gray slime in their pits was only good for turnips. But in the summer of 1858, a Victorian gentleman with a shovel and a grudge against ignorance dragged NewContinue reading “The biggest, most revolutionary, and strangest dinosaur of them all was found in New Jersey”

The carefully constructed narrative of a reformed mobster turned small-town politician collided with a brutal reality on Friday. John Alite, the former Gambino crime family enforcer and current Englishtown councilman, was arrested on charges that read like a script from his old life. The New Jersey Attorney General’s office announced Alite, 63, was taken intoContinue reading “From Gambino gangster to GOP Councilman, John Alite goes back to crime”

The ball arrived with purpose, and Folarin Balogun met it with certainty. He had room to run, beat one defender with a dancer’s grace, and sidestepped another like a man who had already rehearsed the choreography in his mind. The finish was ruthless—a left-footed rocket that curled into the upper corner of the net andContinue reading “The Brooklyn-born striker who embodies America’s contradiction”

The 60-day clock is already ticking, and the hands haven’t even started moving. The memorandum of understanding that President Donald Trump signed with Iran on Wednesday night at the Palace of Versailles—a document meant to end a war and reshape the Middle East—is already coming apart at the seams before the first technical talks couldContinue reading “The Memo of Misunderstanding: Trump’s Iran deal crumbles before talks begin”

Today, government offices closed their doors. Mail trucks stayed parked. Trading floors fell silent. Banks locked their lobbies. Across the country, Juneteenth entered the calendar as a federal holiday, marked by festivals, parades, speeches, cookouts, concerts, and flag raisings. Yet beneath the celebrations lies an uncomfortable truth about the holiday itself: Juneteenth exists because freedomContinue reading “Juneteenth arrives again. Freedom’s bill remains unpaid.”

The quiet streets of suburban Wayne Township have become a proving ground for a disturbing question: Does political friendship place a man above the law? The answer, if the experience of one decorated Marine veteran is any indication, appears to be yes. Stewart Resmer, a 73-year-old Vietnam-era Marine who earned four bronze stars and theContinue reading “Disrespectful dog owner Paul Scheuplein is ‘pissing off’ the wrong neighbor”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei publicly endorsed the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States on Thursday, while casting the agreement as a product of American desperation and emphasizing that future negotiations will not constitute a concession to Washington. In a written message addressed to the Iranian nation and published by state media,Continue reading “Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei credits Trump’s “desperation” for Iran’s victory”

The phone will ring. The voice will answer. And the child on the other end will be told, in effect, that the government does not believe they exist. The Trump administration announced it is working to restore the 988 Suicide and Lifeline’s “Press 3” option for LGBT youth by the end of 2026. The service,Continue reading “Trump administration to restore LGBT youth suicide hotline, if it erases them”

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu insists, “Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” as his coalition is divided and U.S. Vice President JD Vance slams Israeli “freakout” over memorandum that many in Jerusalem view as dangerous capitulation. Under Trump’s deal, Iran gets a lot – the release of money frozen abroad accounting to some $24 billion, theContinue reading “Israel’s Security Cabinet is in uproar over Trump’s capitulation to Iran”

by Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor The New Jersey Senate unanimously approved a bill that would heighten penalties for political violence months after a series of high-profile political killings rocked the nation. The bipartisan bill would create a new political violence charge that prosecutors could add to indictments against individuals charged with certain violent crimes,Continue reading “NJ Senate approves penalties for political violence”

Three federal agencies—the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)—have issued a proposed regulation that would dangerously weaken capital requirements for the largest U.S. banking organizations. The proposal culminates nearly two decades of efforts by the nation’s $26.1 trillion banking industry to weaken bankContinue reading “Federal agencies propose reduced capital requirements for too-big-to-fail banks”

By gutting the CDC’s rapid-response capacity, withdrawing from the World Health Organization, and abolishing USAID, the Trump administration systematically dismantled the very global containment infrastructure needed to stop the Ebola outbreak—transforming a volatile regional crisis into a cross-border catastrophe that makes his spectacular COVID failures look like a warm-up act. The Ebola outbreak in theContinue reading “Donald Trump botched COVID, but his new gift to the world is an Ebola outbreak”

President Donald Trump on Wednesday scuttled a planned Senate confirmation hearing for his intelligence chief nominee, Jay Clayton, in a last-minute move that left even Republican leaders flat-footed and ensured that a housing official with no national security experience will temporarily lead the nation’s intelligence agencies. That was not enough to distract officials from Trump’sContinue reading “Republicans, Dems & Israelis trash Trump’s Iran deal as distraction fails”

Luis Cano, the oldest known living man in the United States, passed away peacefully at his home on June 15, 2026, at the age of 111. His death marks the end of a century-spanning life that bridged two continents, two centuries, and countless family generations. Born in Antioquia, Colombia, on December 9, 1914, Mr. CanoContinue reading “Luis Cano, America’s oldest living man, dies at 111 in Linden”

At least 88 of the largest corporations in America made more than $105 billion in profits last year and paid nothing in federal income taxes. Zero. The law says they should have paid 21 percent. That would have been $22.1 billion. Instead, the government sent them $4.7 billion in rebates. The total tax break forContinue reading “At least 88 corporations with $105 billion in profits paid no federal income tax”

Iran is claiming victory in the war launched by the United States and Israel, following the acceptance of a memorandum of understanding negotiated with the assistance of Pakistan. Tehran-aligned media outlets report that the U.S. and its allies are obligated to present at least $300 billion in reconstruction plans and economic development for Iran. TehranContinue reading “Iran claims victory in the war after the United States agrees to pay $300 billion”