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Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and 16 of their Senate Democratic colleagues introduced the Honoring the Sacrifices of Our Troops in War Act, legislation that would stop Donald Trump’s attempt to hide how long his illegal war against Iran has lasted, dishonor the sacrifice of our troops injured and killed in combat, and hide the true cost of his warContinue reading “Democratic senators aim at Trump’s attempt to hide the cost of illegal war against Iran”

New Jersey State Police investigators searched Trenton City Hall for several hours Tuesday and removed boxes of evidence as part of a criminal investigation into allegations that a former city employee failed to deposit money collected for permits into municipal accounts. The investigation centers on alleged misconduct involving a former employee in the city’s HousingContinue reading “New Jersey State Police search Trenton City Hall, cart out boxes of evidence”

‘No bill’ returned in death of Teshawn Rogers, 27, who police say fired at officers before he was shot A state grand jury declined to file criminal charges against a Jersey City police officer who fatally shot a man during an encounter last year, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced Monday. The grand juryContinue reading “Grand jury declines to charge Jersey City officer in fatal shooting”

Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger returned to a European stage after nearly seven years of restricted international travel with a sweeping denunciation of corporate power, political repression and environmental destruction — but also an emphatic argument that ordinary people possess far more power than they realize. Speaking July 23 at the Love Tomorrow Summit inContinue reading “Donziger takes European stage with warning about corporate power & message of defiance”

by James J. Devine As President Donald Trump escalates what constitutional scholars describe as an unprecedented assault on democratic institutions, consumer advocate Ralph Nader is accusing Democratic congressional leaders of willful inaction, charging that the party establishment would rather enable authoritarian rule than allow progressive voices to succeed. Nader, the 92-year-old lawyer and activist whoContinue reading “Nader accuses Democratic leaders of enabling authoritarianism, hindering progressives”

The recent Quinnipiac University Poll purporting that 46 percent of voters believe the Democratic Party has “moved too far to the left” is not a measure of public sentiment—it is a political hit job, a desperate panic button slammed by a terrified establishment, and it has been dutifully laundered by a corporate press that servesContinue reading “Polling propaganda seeks to persuade people rather than inform decisions”

Less than two months after the Trenton Police Department earned accreditation from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) in June 2026, Mayor W. Reed Gusciora imposed a curfew requiring businesses along a section of East State Street to close overnight following a series of violent incidents, including a fatal shooting nearContinue reading “Trenton Mayor W. Reed Gusciora: If police can’t beat them, declare martial law”

Two people were seriously injured in a stabbing in Atlantic County, New Jersey, and now a Pleasantville man faces two counts of attempted murder. Two people were seriously injured in an early-morning stabbing Sunday in Egg Harbor Township, police said. Carlos Garcia-Moreno, 36, was also charged with two counts of aggravated assault, three counts ofContinue reading “Pleasantville man charged with attempted murder in Egg Harbor Township double stabbing”

As measles cases hit a 35-year high and vaccination rates plummet, America’s children are walking into a viral war zone—and the medical establishment is sounding the alarm. The yellow school buses are about to start rolling again. The backpacks are being packed. Parents are getting lunchboxes ready. And millions of germs are waiting to feastContinue reading “Back-to-school will be the deadliest test of childhood disease prevention in a generation”

President Donald Trump recently delivered an Oval Office address, reviving a familiar litany of long-debunked claims about the 2020 election and alleging, without evidence, that China and Venezuela had conspired to steal the contest he lost to Joe Biden. The president’s nearly 30-minute primetime speech, accompanied by the release of what the White House describedContinue reading “Desperation is driving President Donald Trump to cheat in the next election”

As Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora heads into a potentially contentious battle for his third four-year term in the 2026 municipal election, facing a growing field of challengers, his administration is citing a dubious authority to support claims that it meets the highest professional standards in law enforcement. The New Jersey State Association of Chiefs ofContinue reading “Gusciora buys fake credentials to render the illusion of police accountability”

President Donald Trump on Friday rejected U.S. intelligence assessments blaming Iran for a coordinated cyber assault on water systems across at least seven states, even as cybersecurity experts warned that the same vulnerabilities exploited in the attacks exist in all 50 states. A wave of cyberattacks has struck water and wastewater systems in at leastContinue reading “Trump blind to Iran cyber assault on American water and wastewater systems”

by Amelia Twyman, New Jersey Monitor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not planning an aggressive campaign at voting sites during the upcoming midterm elections, the Department of Homeland Security said in response to a States Newsroom inquiry about a letter from U.S. Senate Democrats voicing concerns about armed federal agents at polling places. ICE,Continue reading “Trump administration rules out mass ICE enforcement at the polls in midterms”

On Saturday, August 1, 2026, Blackfoot Airport, located in Blackfoot, Idaho, made news following two separate single-engine aircraft accidents in a single day. At around 8:30 a.m., a 69-year-old pilot struck a gravel berm while landing and flipped his plane upside down, walking away with minor injuries. At about 11:00 p.m. that same night, aContinue reading “A Surge in the Skies: Aviation accidents soar since Trump returned to White House”

A sharp contradiction emerged Monday between the White House and the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the United States maintaining that negotiations are underway to end the five-month conflict while Iranian officials publicly and categorically denied that any such talks exist. President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, falsely declaredContinue reading “Trump lies as he flies, peddling falsehoods about negotiating with Iran”

As a new wave of sophisticated cyberattacks cripples water systems in at least seven states, the nation is confronting the consequences of a painful reality that, critics argue, was ignored for political reasons. Just over a decade ago, the warning signs were already evident. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, U.S. intelligence agencies concludedContinue reading “Past cyber blunders and insecurity haunt the United States with a vengeance”

This is the great MAGA swindle. While President Donald Trump and his cohort of billionaires feast, they are picking the pockets of the very people who put them in power. They promised a golden age, but delivered a gilded cage for the many, and a massive treasure chest for the few. A Two-Tiered Justice SystemContinue reading “Trump made America great for Trump, but not you”

The sheer audacity of Donald Trump’s lies about inflation and affordability would be almost impressive if it weren’t so grotesquely cruel. While American families are forced to drain their savings and sink into debt just to put food on the table, the man in the Oval Office has been orchestrating the most breathtaking personal cashContinue reading “Trump asks struggling Americans to tighten their belts while he stuffs his pockets with billions”

by Jay Moye Imagine a child born in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, the morning the Declaration of Independence took final shape a few blocks away. The world she entered was, by any modern measure, brutal. About one in five infants did not live to see a first birthday. Only about half of children survivedContinue reading “The Quiet Revolution: 250 years of public health in America”

If you don’t have Trump’s explosive diarrhea yet, don’t worry. New Jersey has plenty to go around. Bring your appetite. Bring your antacids. And for the love of all that is holy, bring a change of underwear. Since May 1, the Centers for Disease Control has received reports of 4,173 confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasisContinue reading “If you don’t have Trump’s explosive diarrhea yet, New Jersey has opportunity to go around.”