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The president of the United States vowed to destroy members of his own party. Not their policies. Not their careers in the abstract. Them, personally. One by one, by name. “We’re going to take them out,” said President Donald Trump in December, referring to Indiana state senators who refused his demand to redraw congressional mapsContinue reading “Trump’s demand for obedience from GOP senators in Indiana echoes a dark history”

Six current and former Democratic members of Congress — each with a notable record of voting alongside House Republicans on significant legislation — have endorsed a longtime Texas Republican who is running for a Democratic congressional nomination in New Jersey, in a pattern that has drawn scrutiny from progressive activists in the state. Rebecca Bennett,Continue reading “Six unreliable Democrats back Texas Republican for Democratic nod, raising questions”

Many critics, including women’s rights organizations and political opponents, argue that Trump does not respect women, pointing to a long history of controversial statements, insults regarding women’s appearances, and allegations of misconduct. In the first 18 months of his return to power, President Donald Trump has assembled a Cabinet only to watch it disassemble, withContinue reading “Almost all the President’s women… are gone or going”

Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new research suggests. In a preclinical study published in Anesthesiology, McGill University researchers found that even though cryotherapy (icing) eased pain in the short term, recovery time was more than doubled inContinue reading “Icing injuries may slow recovery and prolong pain, study finds”

Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. has voted repeatedly to send billions of dollars and weapons to Israel’s military as they wage a genocide against the Palestinian people, but he has also wasted 36 years in Congress watching the quality of life in America decline. He has failed to stop President Donald Trump, fix the economy, or achieve meaningful progress toContinue reading “New Jersey Democrats should replace Frank Pallone with John Hsu”

Pip: Welcome to NJTODAY.NET, where the mailers are misleading, the debt clock never sleeps, and the FAA is apparently recruiting the next generation of air traffic controllers from a gaming tournament. Mara: Atom Tabloid has been covering a lot of ground this week — democracy under pressure, immigration enforcement and civil liberties, the federal debt,Continue reading “Review Podcast: Power, rights, and public trust are among the topics covered”

The federal government is again asking Americans to trust a public health apparatus led by officials many physicians and epidemiologists regard with open alarm. This week, the United States imposed emergency Ebola-related travel restrictions affecting travelers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda, requiring all U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residentsContinue reading “Health uncertainty is spreading in the United States faster than Ebola or hantavirus”

The numbers arrived without ceremony, tucked into the middle of a national survey recently released by Quinnipiac University Poll. But inside them was a blunt political warning for Donald Trump, a president who returned to office promising cheaper fuel, lower costs, and an economy that ordinary Americans could once again afford to live in. Instead,Continue reading “Seventy-two percent of Americans blame Donald Trump for the recent rise in gasoline prices”

The Kirkwood-Cohansey Aquifer does not announce itself. It sits beneath the Pine Barrens, a buried ocean of fresh water that has no interest in human schedules or corporate expansion plans. But it is running out of time. On June 3, the Pinelands Alliance will hold its fourth Science Forum in a renovated two-story barn onContinue reading “Pinelands Alliance will hold its fourth Science Forum on June 3”

The number is so staggering it nearly defies comprehension: $31.265 trillion. That is the amount of money the United States government owes to the people and institutions that hold its bonds. For the first time since the demobilization after World War II, that debt is now larger than the entire American economy. As of MarchContinue reading “National debt surpasses entire U.S. economy for the first time since World War II”

On the last Saturday of May, in a public library just a few miles from where Thomas Edison once lit up the world, a small group of people will gather to do something that has become quietly radical in 2026: they will think, read, and speak honestly about who they are. The event is calledContinue reading “OutFront Metuchen is meeting on May 30 at the Metuchen Public Library”

The United States indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro in connection with a 1996 incident, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Wednesday, marking ​an escalation in the pressure campaign against the communist government in Havana. Castro faces charges including murder, conspiracy to kill US nationals, and destruction of aircraft, in circumstances that seem veryContinue reading “US indicts Cuba’s former president Raul Castro, 94, for something Trump does”

The Expedition 74 crew continued exploring ways to advance cancer treatments and prevent excessive bleeding aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The orbital residents are also unpacking a U.S. cargo spacecraft while preparing spacesuits for an upcoming spacewalk. NASA flight engineer Chris Williams was back on new cancer research treating samples of fruit flies engineered with the genetic profile of pancreatic cancerContinue reading “International Space Station crew exploring cancer treatments & preparing for spacewalk”

The modern Republican Party often still invokes the language of “law and order,” but the phrase has undergone a profound transformation since the era of Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon. Once framed—however imperfectly—as a defense of constitutional stability, public order, and civic responsibility, the slogan today exists alongside open contempt for democratic institutions, election integrity,Continue reading “American principles don’t matter to Republicans addicted to political expediency”

It is later than you think. The men in white coats who measure the fever of this planet have just done something remarkable. They have taken their most terrifying prophecy—the one where your grandchildren bake beneath a sky gone mad with heat—and they have quietly laid it in a drawer. They have called it “implausible.”Continue reading “Scientists admit they are imperfect, but lying politicians cannot be trusted”

The mailers arrive in Jersey City mailboxes with a photograph that tells a lie through its teeth. There is Rob Menendez, the incumbent congressman, standing shoulder to shoulder with Ravi Bhalla, the former Hoboken mayor who ran against him in a bitter 2024 primary. They appear collegial, almost friendly. The caption touts Menendez as theContinue reading “Trump-loving donors are backing incumbent Congressman Rob Menendez Jr.”

Ten souls lost in a single week. A flight instructor and his student spiraling into an Ohio living room. A father of three incinerated in a fire he did not start, his plane igniting a 2,200-acre inferno. A warden pilot, stocked with fish for a conservation mission, pulled from the Maine woods. Between May 8Continue reading “Bodies pulled from wreckage as aviation death toll mounts under Trump’s FAA”

The drug was never meant for this. It was designed, refined, marketed, and joked about for an entirely different purpose; its name turned into shorthand for a certain kind of late-night television humor. But inside clinics and laboratories, far from the advertisements and the punchlines, physicians have begun to notice something they were not supposedContinue reading “Viagra may heal a previously untreatable disorder known as Leigh syndrome”

Charles Mauldin remembers that his lungs felt like they were imploding when he breathed in tear gas more than 60 years ago. It was Sunday, March 7, 1965, when Mauldin, who was 17, joined hundreds of other demonstrators in a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state Capitol in Montgomery to demand voting rights forContinue reading “At 17, he was tear-gassed at Selma. At 78, he’s watching kids tear-gassed during Trump’s deportation campaign”

There is a particular species of politician who believes that if he says “moderate” enough times into a mirror, his extreme right-wing voting record will magically disappear. Congressman Tom Kean Jr. is that species’ poster child—a lawmaker who wants the political benefit of taking a stand without the inconvenience of actually standing for anything. ConsiderContinue reading “The public grows aware that Tom Kean Jr. is pretending to have it both ways”