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Platkin sues Trump admin over clause used to cancel federal grants

June 24, 2025 6:25 pmJune 24, 2025 7:58 pm

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging the executive branch illegally stripped congressionally approved funding for states and other recipients. The lawsuit specifically alleges the Trump administration has unlawfully exploited a provision that allows federal...

Sherrill pushing bill to ensure Trump admin staffing cuts don’t affect benefits

May 15, 2025 11:00 amMay 15, 2025 10:38 am

Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) says that, back home in her 11th congressional district, her constituents are worried about how staffing and funding cuts made by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could affect the health...

Sweeney says he’ll fight ‘creeps’ like Trump and Musk

April 22, 2025 6:28 amApril 21, 2025 11:07 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sweeney is launching a new TV ad as part of a seven-figure ad buy that promises to stand up to “creeps” like Donald Trump and Elon Musk to protect people like his daughter, Lauren, who was...

Poll: Majority of New Jerseyans disapprove of Trump, say economy is worsening

March 26, 2025 12:25 pm

A majority of New Jersey voters disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job performance and believe the economy is worsening, according to a Stockton University poll. The Stockton Polling Institute of the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy poll of...

Sherrill asks inspectors general to investigate Musk’s conflicts of interest

March 21, 2025 11:06 amMarch 21, 2025 12:04 pm

As Elon Musk becomes increasingly intertwined with the federal government’s operations via his Department of Government Efficiency, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) is asking the federal government’s watchdogs to take a closer look at the billionaire’s potential conflicts of interest. In...

Sweeney slams Sherrill for SpaceX contributions

March 18, 2025 5:15 pmSeptember 4, 2025 5:15 pm

Mikie Sherrill took over $30,000 in campaign contributions from Elon Musk’s SpaceX political action committee while she was running for Congress and now one of her opponents in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, Steve Sweeney, wants her to give it back....

How one new N.J. House Democrat wants to fight back against Trump

February 12, 2025 11:23 amFebruary 12, 2025 3:32 pm

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark), elected in a special election last year to a Newark-based district, didn’t draw too much attention outside of New Jersey in her first few months in Congress. That changed last week. At a protest outside the...