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Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says

New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor says she’s charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention center

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“People were saying, ‘You’re not gonna make it.’ We just kept going. It took us six years”: The Smithereens’ Jim Babjak on how they went from broke to touring with Tom Petty –and became Kurt Cobain’s tonal reference for Nevermind

Babjak reflects on the remarkable career of the Smithereens, competing with tribute acts, and why he was too scared to speak to Pete Townshend

Guitar World

Talks aimed at ending New Jersey Transit rail strike to resume Saturday, railroad CEO says

Talks aimed at settling a strike between train engineers and New Jersey’s huge commuter railroad will pick up on Saturday and continue Sunday

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Former mob killer leaves crime behind to become New Jersey councilman

John Alite, 62, was a top earner for John Gotti, the Teflon Don – now he says he’s on a mission to ‘do things right’

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Strike by New Jersey Transit train engineers leaves some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

New Jersey Transit train engineers are on strike in a dispute over wages, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home

The Independent UK

Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

The New Jersey man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022 is scheduled to be sentenced

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‘Absurd’: Republicans challenge Johnson to overhaul Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ as it remains on knife edge

Conservative Republicans want to see Medicaid work requirements start earlier while Republicans from New York and New Jersey are after an expensive tax cut

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Lawyers for US Mayor Ras Baraka argue he was targeted for arrest at protest

Baraka’s defence team say they will file a motion to dismiss trespassing charges pursued by the Trump administration.

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Supreme Court sounds open to limits on nationwide injunctions - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared ready Thursday to place some limits on the power of district judges to freeze presidential actions nationwide.

Roll Call

‘Assaulted, locked in a dog crate and given a bucket for toilet’: The woman who escaped years of captivity in suburban home

A New Jersey couple allegedly held the woman's now 18-year-old daughter captive for seven years, subjecting her to physical and sexual abuse.

The Independent UK

New Jersey Transit issues warning for riders ahead of potential rail strike on Friday

New Jersey Transit is urging riders to reach their destinations or risk being stranded

The Independent UK

‘Sexually abused’ woman, 18, escapes house of horrors after couple held her captive for seven years, prosecutors say

A New Jersey couple was arrested for allegedly putting a now 18-year-old woman through years of abuse in captivity

The Independent UK

ICE head recognizes Congress' role in visiting detention facilities, even unannounced

The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement agency has recognized the right of members of Congress to visit detention facilities —even unannounced

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Mike Johnson Says Dems Involved In Tense Encounter With ICE Agents Could Face 'Legal Ramifications'

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Democrats involved in a tense encounter with ICE agents outside a New Jersey facility could face "legal ramifications"

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New Jersey Transit, commuters bracing for potential train engineers strike

Some 350,000 commuters could soon be scrambling for other ways to reach their destinations if New Jersey Transit engineers walk off the job early Friday

The Independent UK

Newark problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment

The recent chronic delays and cancellations at New Jersey’s largest airport have highlighted the shortage of air traffic controllers and the aging equipment they use, which President Donald Trump's administration wants to replace

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Former New Jersey fire chief collected child porn and kids underwear for 30 years: cops

Martin Matson, who previously worked as chief of the now-defunct Greenfields Volunteer Fire Company, was arrested last week after police found over 125,000 files of child porn in his home.

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New Jersey says chemical maker 3M agrees to 'forever chemical' settlement worth up to $450M

New Jersey’s attorney general says chemical manufacturer 3M has agreed to pay up $450 million to resolve lawsuits over natural resource contamination stemming from PFAS — commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.”

Reason

New Jersey Town Uses Flimsy Blight Allegations To Seize Tire Shop, Apartment Building

Plus: The White House proposes stiff funding cuts at HUD, Baltimore proposes "missing middle" reforms, and Gov. Gavin Newsom urges local governments to clear encampments.

Roll Call

States challenge immigration cooperation requirements for grants - Roll Call

States filed two lawsuits Tuesday seeking to stop policies that add immigration conditions to transportation and homeland security grants.

Reason

New Jersey Town Says Small Setbacks, Stray Cats Allow It To Seize Private Property

Two business owners say the city of Perth Amboy is using exceedingly flimsy blight allegations to take, and potentially demolish, their property.

Salon

ICE seized the mayor — his city united

Masked, armed federal agents arrested the mayor of Newark for doing his job — and citizens said no

The Independent UK

Police say New Jersey house fire that killed two was not accidental

The Gloucester County prosecutor’s office said the details of the explosion are ‘suspicious’ but did not elaborate further

The Independent UK

Software update keeps Newark airport radar online but network concerns and flight limits remain

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says a new software update prevented a third radar outage over the last two weeks at New Jersey's busy Newark airport when a telecommunications line failed again over the weekend

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