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Republicans want Trump to remain involved, Quinnipiac poll says

February 15, 2021 3:10 pmFebruary 15, 2021 4:07 pm

Three-quarters of Republicans want Donald Trump to play a prominent role in the Republican Party, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released on Monday. The poll showed 89% of Republicans opposed the conviction of Trump in his U.S. Senate...

Opinion: 43 Senate Republicans failed to protect our American Democracy

February 14, 2021 8:25 pmFebruary 15, 2021 1:04 pm

OPINION Almost none of the 43 Republican Senators who voted to acquit President Trump defended his incitement behavior leading up to and occurring on January 6th, including his hours’ long failure to tell his supporters to stop their violent attack...

Statements on Impeachment of Donald Trump

February 13, 2021 3:51 pmFebruary 13, 2021 8:09 pm

U.S. SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ “Today, I voted to convict President Donald J. Trump for inciting an insurrection against the United States. The proceedings of this trial made clear that President Trump spurred a violent attack on Congress and then betrayed his duty as Commander-in-Chief by failing to...

Monmouth poll: Americans worry if the American system of government is sound

February 8, 2021 11:00 amFebruary 8, 2021 9:52 am

Less than half of Americans believe the American system of government is sound, the first time a Monmouth University poll has seen that number fall below a majority, according to a new national poll released on Monday. “Fear of the...

3 of 12 living ex-U.S. cabinet secretaries over 90 are from New Jersey

February 7, 2021 3:09 pmFebruary 8, 2021 9:47 am

The death of George P. Schultz on Saturday leaves twelve living former cabinet secretaries who are over the age of 90– three of them from New Jersey. Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, 93, is the last living member of President...

Englewood native George Schultz, former U.S. Secretary of State, dies at 100

February 7, 2021 1:34 pmFebruary 7, 2021 1:35 pm

George P. Schultz, a New Jerseyan who held four cabinet posts under two presidents, died on February 6. He was 100. Schultz grew up in Englewood, attending what is now called the Dwight-Englewood School and later Princeton University. He had...

Analilia Mejia named to U.S. Department of Labor post

February 4, 2021 12:56 pm

Analilia Mejia, the former state director of New Jersey Working Families, has joined the Biden administration. Mejia said today that she has joined the deputy director of the Women’s Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor. “My whole career feels...