Analilia Mejia, a Progressive Democrat, Wins Mikie Sherrill’s House Seat

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New Jersey 11th Congressional District Special 2026: Live Election Results, Mejia vs. Hathaway (Free Access) Get live results and maps from the 2026 New Jersey 11th Congressional District special election.

Polls have closed in the race for NJ's 11th Congressional District that featured a matchup between a progressive Democrat, Analilia Mejia, and the Republican nominee, Joe Hathaway. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

‘The New Jersey group runs an online store that sells Jewish Defense League swag like T-shirts, coffee mugs and baby onesies.’

wtf? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

Not about Roxbury, NJ warehouse conflict, but same story here, too:

Newsrooms – Local News Day Find an independent newsroom near you!

For all those who celebrate. Cool tool to find even more.

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal.

Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

Trump Administration Live Updates: House Rejects D.H.S. Funding as White House Orders Pay for T.S.A. Workers

‘House Republicans on Friday angrily rejected a Senate-passed deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, threatening to extend the agency shutdown that has crippled airports in a fit of outrage over the agreement their own party struck with Senate Democrats to end the crisis.’

Arrest Thwarts Plot to Assassinate Pro-Palestinian Activist

A 26-year-old man who was living in Hoboken, N.J., was charged on Friday with building molotov cocktails and plotting to kill a pro-Palestinian activist:

New Jersey Is Reconsidering Legalizing Casinos Outside Atlantic City

Context from a couple weeks ago: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/n...

Sherrill: Atlantic City's economy needs to be strengthened to fight threat of New York casinos Gov. Mikie Sherrill says Atlantic City's economy needs to be strengthened to fight off the threat posed by three new casinos to be built soon in New York City.

Wondering how worried NJ is about the 3 new casinos being built in NYC? And, more to the point, how NJ might respond? Read this excellent piece from @pressofatlanticcity.com

New Jersey Bars ICE and Other Law Enforcement Agents From Wearing Masks

Can’t remember the last time NJ passed pioneering legislation before NY

Q&A: Will New Jersey follow Texas’ lead on reading instruction? | NJ Spotlight News With as many as 60% of third graders falling short of grade level, education chief signals a collaborative — not punitive — approach

Q&A with NJ’s new education leader about methods proven to help children read. She implemented the strategy in Texas and sounds likely to try it out here, too.

Jersey City says it desperately needs $150M in state aid. That would obliterate records. The new mayor is asking a new governor for record levels of aid, even as Sherrill tries to deal with the state's own budget shortfall.

NJ’s transitional aid program for cities with distressed finances has never handed out more than $70M in a single award. No city has ever even asked for $100M.

Now, Jersey City wants $150M to help with a budget mess city leaders compare to Atlantic City and Detroit. gothamist.com/news/jersey-...

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war That figure would far surpass the costs of the U.S. airstrike campaign to date and aims to boost production of critical weapons depleted in the conflict, people familiar with the matter said.

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for Iran war supplemental, sources say

Some in WH think Congress won't support b/c it's so big

Will tee up giant battle in Congress

My last story for WaPo:

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Rutgers's new president turned down the chance to live in a stately home reserved for the NJ university's leader.

Instead, his daughter, who is a grad student, is living there for free. icymi from @tedsherman.bsky.social

Read Joe Kent’s Resignation Letter Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced on Tuesday that he would resign immediately, citing his opposition to the Iran war.

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Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court and Orders Bosses to Testify

The transcript is now embedded in the story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court, Orders His Bosses to Testify

Judge Quraishi kicked a federal prosecutor out of court and then ordered his bosses to show up in Trenton to testify.

This is tied to last week's ruling by another federal judge, Matthew Brann, over the unusual leadership structure in NJ's federal prosecutor's office. (Brann deemed it illegal.)

State Department Cuts Price of Renouncing U.S. Citizenship to $450

not much of an idea what’s going on here, but something is

Pro-Way group’s ad blitz was funded by AIPAC donors - New Jersey Globe When the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association began spending $1.7 million to boost former Lieutenant Gov. Tahesha Way in a special Democratic

Excellent follow-up from Joey Fox at @newjerseyglobe.bsky.social ‘The donations appear to confirm what had long been suspected: Way was AIPAC’s preferred candidate in the 11th district primary.’

New Jersey Is Reconsidering Legalizing Casinos Outside Atlantic City

3 multibillion new casinos are being built in NYC.

Voters could get the chance to decide whether NJ should respond by building more, too.

10 years ago voters rejected an expansion plan by a 4:1 margin. The question is whether the explosion of sports betting and NY’s new gambit changes the math.

He Was Convicted in a Fatal Hit and Run. Why Isn’t He in Prison?

Here’s a look behind the scenes of one under-the-radar trial, and the men at the heart of it.

Two worlds collided, literally and figuratively, as did NJ’s best instincts, and its worst.

The trial audio was especially helpful. Read and listen here:

Trump blocks FBI terror threat alert linked to Iran war Top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold over concerns that it could show the domestic risk of the war and further erode public support.

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Can a $10 Billion Highway Fix One of New Jersey’s Worst Traffic Jams? (Published 2022)

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Baraka & Solomon thank Sherrill for backing 1-bridge concept for Newark Bay Bridge - Hudson County View Baraka and Solomon are thanking Gov. Sherrill (D) for backing the one-bridge concept for the Newark Bay Bridge they advocated for last month.

Gov. Sherrill scales back an unpopular plan to widen a bridge + roadway that leads into the same-sized Holland Tunnel.

“I’m so proud to represent New Jersey.” Jack Hughes gets a rousing reception and a ceremonial flag from Gov. Sherrill in first game back in Newark.

Trump’s Tariff Goes Into Effect at 10 Percent, Not the 15 Threatened

Friday: Trump announces 10% tariff.

Saturday: Trump announces that it will really be 15%.

Tuesday: Trump tariff takes effect at 10%.

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Trump’s Justice Department Sues New Jersey Governor Over ICE Enforcement

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All NJTransit trains, buses and light rail will halt service at 6pm. There are travel restrictions for commercial vehicles on major NJ highways starting at 3pm.