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Gottheimer targets NYC bus-idling bounty program with bipartisan legislation

June 16, 2026 4:08 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) is backing bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing New York City’s aggressive enforcement of anti-idling rules against private bus operators, arguing that the current system unfairly targets companies that transport seniors, children, and passengers with disabilities. Joined...

N.J. Building Trades makes no endorsement in NJ-7, two years after backing Kean

June 12, 2026 9:07 am

The influential New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council is staying on the sidelines in New Jersey’s highly competitive 7th congressional district race, withholding its endorsement two years after backing U.S. Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) in one of...

Gottheimer brings $8.5 million to defray N.J. security costs for World Cup

June 8, 2026 4:50 pmJune 9, 2026 12:11 am

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly) has secured $8.5 million in federal funding to help New Jersey law enforcement agencies cover security costs associated with the 2026 FIFA World Cup at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The money, provided through...

Eight incumbents, six challengers win congressional primaries uncontested

June 2, 2026 8:00 pmJune 2, 2026 8:13 pm

Results from New Jersey’s contested primaries will be streaming in all night – but for a large number of the state’s congressional candidates, their path to the November general election was guaranteed when the state’s filing period ended. Despite a...

Progressives seek to consolidate hungry base in NJ-12 as primary day approaches

May 30, 2026 10:29 pmJune 10, 2026 5:35 pm

The race to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing) in New Jersey’s 12th congressional district has drawn campaigns from a dozen Democrats, including a pair of progressives with outsider bona fides. Adam Hamawy, a former Army combat surgeon who helped...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

May 22, 2026 8:01 pm

What was meant to be Republicans’ big week for passing Reconciliation 2.0, a party-line bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement, ended up becoming a politically fraught boondoggle, and a resolution won’t be coming until members return from the Memorial...

Gottheimer promises to seek expulsion of Texas candidate who urged detention camp for American Zionists

May 20, 2026 5:32 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly) is wading into a controversial, high-stakes Democratic congressional runoff in Texas that has become national news after one of the candidates pledged to convert an immigration detention center into a “prison for American Zionists.” Gottheimer promised...