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By Courthouse News Service Catching economists completely by surprise, the August employment report showed the U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs, well above the roughly 50,000 many had predicted. The report is a far cry from the 23,000 jobs reported lost in July’s report, though revisions brought that month’s totals into positive territory, with 21,000 jobs gained.Continue reading “August job boom more than triples expectations, after anemic June and July”

The daughter of New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale G. Caldwell has joined a prominent Trenton lobbying firm, a move that positions her at the intersection of state influence and her father’s role in the administration of Governor Rebecca ‘Mikie’ Sherrill. Ashley Caldwell has been hired as a government affairs associate at Capital Impact Group (CIG),Continue reading “Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell’s daughter cashing in on father’s clout as lobbyist”

by Robbie Sequeira, New Jersey Monitor Veteran homelessness dipped slightly from 2024 to 2025, according to the latest results from the January 2025 point-in-time count. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 32,495 veterans experiencing homelessness, 387, or 1.2%, fewer than the previous year. HUD counted 18,877 veterans in shelters, and 13,518 livingContinue reading “Despite record low in veteran homelessness, half the states saw increases”

Ed Markey is 80 years old, the oldest senator Massachusetts has ever sent to Washington. He’s been in Congress since before his primary challenger, 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton, was born. One week from today, he is expected to prove that for Massachusetts Democrats, ideology matters more than age. A Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll shows MarkeyContinue reading “GRANDPA’S GOT GAME: Markey vs Moulton asks Democrats: progressive or young moderate”

By James J. Devine NJTODAY recently reported that Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. — who was absent from Capitol Hill for nearly four months and missed more than 140 roll call votes during his unexplained hiatus from March 5 to June 30, 2026— is using taxpayer money to fund social media posts that appear toContinue reading “Absentee Congressman Tom Kean Jr. deserves to get booted out of Congress”

Administration bars U.S. citizens who visited Congo from boarding flights home for 21 days, even as CDC says risk to Americans remains low The Trump administration is telling some Americans abroad that they cannot get on a commercial airplane to come home. Under extraordinary travel restrictions imposed in response to the Ebola outbreak in theContinue reading “Trump to American travelers: Stay out of the United States”

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the state Division of Consumer Affairs have joined the Federal Trade Commission and 21 other states in a lawsuit accusing Amazon of secretly manipulating its advertising auction system to overcharge hundreds of thousands of businesses by billions of dollars. The lawsuit, filed Monday, alleges that the e-commerce giantContinue reading “New Jersey joins 22-states accusing Amazon of rigging auctions & overcharging sellers”

A national day of rallies and protests is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 4, at hospitals and clinics across the United States, as health care workers and advocates demand an end to the unchecked proliferation of artificial intelligence in patient care and call for a single-payer health care system. The coordinated actions come amid growing outrageContinue reading “National Day of Action set for Sept. 4 to protest AI takeover of healthcare”

A mystery irritant inside a Walmart sent 19 people to the hospital Tuesday and forced a full evacuation, though fire officials said hours later that no hazard had been found. Firefighters and hazmat crews responded to the store on Cooper Street around 4:15 p.m. after multiple 911 calls from people reporting respiratory issues and aContinue reading “19 people hospitalized after Walmart unknown hazmat incident”

Officials said a 19-year-old man was hit and killed by an off-duty Camden County police officer on Tuesday morning. The crash happened around 12:50 a.m. in the area of Admiral Wilson Boulevard and 16th Street.  Angel Saravia-Estrada of Camden walked into the roadway and was struck by the off-duty officer, according to Camden County officials.Continue reading “Camden County police officer hit and killed a 19-year-old man”

Texas-based internet dating giant Match Group, Inc. will pay $650,000 and implement sweeping changes to its business practices to resolve allegations that it violated New Jersey’s consumer protection and internet dating safety laws by misleading users about its criminal background screening policies, state officials announced Wednesday. The settlement, filed as a Consent Order with theContinue reading “Dating sites discover all’s not fair in love in New Jersey”

A Morris County man has been charged with unlawfully possessing and storing explosives and explosive materials at his Denville residence, according to U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer. Joseph Rizos, 37, of Denville, is charged by complaint with one count of unlawful receipt of explosive materials; one count of unlawful storage of explosive material; and one countContinue reading “Denville Republican charged in federal court with illegally stockpiling explosives”

Authorities have identified the two people killed in a mass shooting at a weekend block party in Trenton as investigators continue searching for multiple gunmen who opened fire on a crowd of about 100 people, leaving eight others wounded. The Mercer County Homicide Task Force and Trenton Police Department identified the victims Monday as AnthonyContinue reading “Authorities identify two killed in Trenton block party mass shooting”

by Anna Claire Vollers, New Jersey Monitor Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s decision to cut funding andContinue reading “A summer of recalls exposes holes in the nation’s food safety net”

BSA settlement pays pennies on the dollar as survivors wait and perish without justice More than two years after the historic $2.46 billion bankruptcy plan took effect, tens of thousands of sexual abuse survivors are receiving only a fraction of what they were promised — with many elderly claimants dying before they see meaningful compensation.Continue reading “More than 2000 Boy Scouts child sexual abuse victims died waiting for payment”

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Department of the Interior to officially rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” on all federal maps and records, a move that has drawn sharp condemnation from Indigenous nations, Canadian officials and state leaders. The president cited deteriorating trade relations with the Canadian province of OntarioContinue reading “Trump orders renaming of Lake Ontario, sparking Indigenous outcry”

For the first time in a generation, measles has killed in Pennsylvania. Two residents of Lancaster County, neither of whom had received the vaccine that makes this disease a ghost of the past, are dead. The last time the commonwealth buried someone from this scourge, the Berlin Wall was still standing, and the first PresidentContinue reading “After two Pennsylvania residents die of measles, Trump seeks fewer childhood vaccines”

Children, seniors, outdoor workers and people without air conditioning face heightened risks as dangerous temperatures can linger into fall Dangerous heat can linger well into September, leaving New Jersey residents vulnerable to heat exhaustion, heat stroke and other potentially deadly illnesses. Health and emergency officials are urging residents to drink plenty of water, limit strenuousContinue reading “Extreme heat can kill: New Jersey residents urged to take danger seriously”

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner, who is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, held a private meeting in recent weeks, according to a report in The New York Times. The meeting took place in a private space in New York City arranged by a mutual acquaintance of the two men, the Times reported. TheContinue reading “Jeffries-Kushner meeting signals post-election collaboration, analysts say”

On this night 250 years ago, the flame of American independence nearly flickered out. Against a backdrop of crushing defeat and overwhelming odds, Gen. George Washington executed a stealthy retreat across the East River that remains one of the greatest military escapes in history—a testament to leadership, expert seamanship, and a timely turn of theContinue reading “A nation’s narrowest escape: Washington’s ‘Midnight Miracle’ at Brooklyn”