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DCCC, NRCC offer dueling Big Pharma attacks in NJ-7

August 10, 2026 6:57 amAugust 10, 2026 10:08 am

The Democratic and Republican congressional campaign committees are signaling that super PACs and other independent expenditure groups should make the pharmaceutical industry an issue in New Jersey’s 7th district — a potentially treacherous strategy in a region where drug companies...

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

August 7, 2026 5:51 pm

WASHINGTON — A stalemate over Republican cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program prevented the Senate Agriculture Committee from passing legislation setting farm policy, but not before U.S. Sen. Cory Booker blasted Republican members from cutting aid to the poor...

Supreme Court keeps Libertarian off NJ-7 ballot

August 7, 2026 5:33 pm

Libertarian Lana Leguía is officially off the ballot in New Jersey’s highly competitive 7th congressional district after the New Jersey Supreme Court declined Friday to hear her appeal of a lower-court ruling invalidating most of her nominating petition signatures. The...

Watch U.S. Senate candidate Justin Murphy’s Burlington Town Hall meeting

August 7, 2026 3:21 pm

Booker, Kim seek to restore ICE detention watchdog after Delaney Hall death

August 7, 2026 11:58 amAugust 7, 2026 5:51 pm

WASHINGTON — New Jersey’s two U.S. senators on Friday launched a new effort to increase oversight of Delaney Hall following the death of detainee Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim proposed taking using about $115 million from...

GOP blocks Booker bid to close Delaney Hall after third death

August 6, 2026 8:53 pmAugust 7, 2026 5:10 am

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker bemoaned what he called a “callous disregard for health” as Senate Republicans blocked his effort to force Delaney Hall to close following the death earlier this month of Edwin Lopez-Cornejo. Lopez-Cornejo, a 41-year-old Salvadoran...

Sherrill backs Moulton over Markey in Massachusetts Senate primary

August 6, 2026 8:09 amAugust 6, 2026 8:54 pm

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is taking sides in a hotly contested Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, endorsing Rep. Seth Moulton over incumbent Sen. Ed Markey. The endorsement is part of the first slate released by Mission to...