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Lindsey Graham, longtime Menendez friend, says he hasn’t asked about Trump pardon

March 26, 2025 4:04 pmMarch 27, 2025 11:00 am

If disgraced former Senator Bob Menendez were to get a pardon from President Donald Trump, something he’s publicly angling for, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), a longtime Menendez friend who is also a close Trump ally, might be the most...

Menendez’s ex-colleagues aren’t dancing on his grave

January 29, 2025 5:33 pmJanuary 29, 2025 5:49 pm

By the end of his Senate tenure, disgraced former Senator Bob Menendez had largely become a persona non grata in Washington, with huge numbers of his fellow senators calling for his resignation. But now that he’s been sentenced to 11...

With N.J. Circuit Court nominee in trouble, Biden may have to switch tactics – and soon

March 21, 2024 11:01 amMarch 21, 2024 5:28 pm

Democrats in the U.S. Senate don’t appear to have the votes to confirm New Jersey’s Adeel Mangi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, presenting President Joe Biden with a difficult political – and moral – dilemma:...

Lawmakers reintroduce federal Daniel’s Law

July 14, 2021 5:14 pm

New Jersey’s federal representatives restarted a push to bolster privacy protections for federal judges first undertaken in response to the attempted assassination of U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas. “No federal judge should ever have to live fearing that their...

Murphy signs Daniel’s Law

November 20, 2020 3:17 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill barring the release of home addresses and other personal information belonging to current or former judges, prosecutors or law enforcement officials. “In an ideal world, surely this law would be unnecessary,” Murphy...

Oliver, Watson Coleman beat up on Trump, GOP in push for N.J. Women to help Biden in battleground states

September 27, 2020 5:57 pmSeptember 28, 2020 8:50 pm

Two top New Jersey Democrats delivered a scorching attack on President Donald Trump and Washington Republicans in a bid to fire up women and get them to help Joe Biden capture votes in battleground states in advance of the November...

Tight races in four states boost Menendez’s committee chair prospects

August 6, 2020 4:37 pm

Four Republican senators in states around the country are facing tight challenges that could make U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen) chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...