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Rutgers-Eagleton poll puts Sherrill job approvals at 45%

April 9, 2026 5:30 amApril 9, 2026 10:49 am

Gov. Mikie Sherrill has a 45%-29% job approval after her first 2 ½ months in office, with strong numbers among Democrats, according to a new Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released this morning. Sherrill is at 75%-3% among Democrats, 34%-28% among independents, and...

Trio of N.J. House Dems call for invoking 25th Amendment over Trump’s Iran threats

April 7, 2026 3:19 pmApril 7, 2026 3:26 pm

With President Donald Trump ramping up his threats against Iran, three New Jersey House Democrats are calling for the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to be invoked and the president to be removed from power entirely. Earlier today, Trump posted on social...

N.J. Dems call on USPS to refuse to comply with Trump mail-in ballot executive order

April 6, 2026 2:57 pm

Rep. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) led a letter from New Jersey’s congressional Democrats calling on the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to comply with President Donald Trump’s attempt to increase his administration’s influence over mail-in election systems. Trump’s executive order...

Trump’s mail-in voting executive order faces pushback from N.J. leaders

April 1, 2026 9:51 pm

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week that would overhaul mail-in voting regulations — but Gov. Mikie Sherrill has already declared his effort illegal, and it faces a legal challenge. Trump’s executive order would, among other changes, create...

How federal judges and the White House came together to pick a new U.S. Attorney

March 26, 2026 1:19 pmMarch 27, 2026 12:24 am

The March 23 announcement that New Jersey’s District Court judges had appointed Robert Frazer as the next U.S. Attorney took almost everyone by surprise, but it followed several days of negotiations between the state’s top federal judge and a leading...

Judge says Trump admin’s tripartite U.S. Attorney structure is unlawful

March 9, 2026 3:42 pmMarch 9, 2026 5:26 pm

After Alina Habba was barred from continuing to serve as acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey late last year, the Department of Justice came up with an unusual workaround to replace her: name three different prosecutors as...

After Roxbury, will Burlington County be next? ICE plans remain hazy

March 2, 2026 4:47 pmMarch 18, 2026 3:30 pm

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plans to expand New Jersey’s immigrant detention capacity took a big step forward last month with the purchase of a warehouse in Roxbury Township, over the fervent protests of local residents. But ICE’s intentions at another...