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By James J. Devine The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has plunged to levels not seen since the Carter administration as the Trump administration’s disastrous conflict with Iran continues to drain the nation of blood, treasure, and its emergency energy reserves. Official data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration released Wednesday shows that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Continue reading…
Following Thursday’s severe thunderstorms, flash-flood warnings, and tornado watches, New Jersey experienced calmer, partly cloudy conditions overnight, with temperatures settling around 66°F. The severe weather that brought heavy rain and the threat of tornadoes to the Tri-State area on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, has largely subsided. In the wake of the storms, conditions across New Continue…
An Old Bridge man admitted in federal court this week to producing and possessing images and recordings of child pornography as part of a scheme in which he posed as a teenager on Snapchat to manipulate two minor victims. Daniel Berwick, 39, pleaded guilty Aug. 18 before U.S. District Judge Robert Kirsch in Trenton federal Continue reading "Old Bridge man admits to producing and possessing child…
by Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor A state panel deadlocked on a vote to raise premiums on school workers’ government-run health plan by an average of 34%, leaving health insurance rates in a state of uncertainty a little more than a month after open enrollment begins. The School Employee Health Benefit Commission’s 4-4 vote forestalls Continue reading "NJ panel deadlocks on vote to raise…
NJ strikes 5,100 from voter rolls in wake of registration gaffe by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor New Jersey officials have deleted 5,100 registered voters from state voter rolls and directed another 1,650 to county election officials for review, one month after Gov. Rebecca ‘Mikie’ Sherrill revealed that thousands of noncitizens may have registered to vote Continue reading The post appeared…
The bond market, that great and grumpy oracle of American finance, has finally shouted its verdict from the rooftops, and the news is not fit for polite company. Long-term Treasury yields on Monday shot to their highest point since 2007, a spike that sent a shudder through every corner of the economy and forced Treasury Continue reading "Bond market panic plagues Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent"…
The federal government’s ledger has put another one of President Donald Trump’s promise into the realm of fantasy, with the national debt plunging past $40 trillion — a number so vast it has ceased to have meaning for the ordinary citizen. Treasury data for Aug. 18 showed the closing balance for public debt outstanding totaled Continue reading "Financial foolishness buries United States of America…
If all goes to plan, a Ridgewood family of four will soon be trading their suburban New Jersey life for the sun-drenched coasts of Portugal. By then, they will have had their birth certificates notarized, submitted to fingerprinting by European officials and wired €500,000 into an international investment fund. They are among a growing number Continue reading "For New Jersey’s Ultra-Wealthy, a…
By James J Devine There is a war on. American sailors are in harm’s way. And the president of the United States — the commander in chief — is busy playing interior decorator with the world’s most expensive warships. Let that sink in. According to multiple reports, Donald Trump has demanded that the Navy redesign Continue reading "Trump’s fleet face-lift puts form over firepower for “The Aesthetic…
by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor The Boys & Girls Clubs of America cannot be held liable for alleged sexual abuse perpetrated decades ago by a counselor employed by its Hudson County chapter, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The split decision, in which two justices issued a sharp dissent, was the latest in the Continue reading "NJ’s top court lets Boys & Girls Clubs of America…
Christopher Santana faces a recommended three-year prison term after admitting he accepted payments to carry prohibited items into Newark prison A former senior correctional police officer has admitted taking thousands of dollars in bribes from associates of incarcerated people in exchange for smuggling contraband into Northern State Prison, a scheme authorities say continued for more Continue…
Ashley Brown and Andy Steven Brazil, both 32, were fatally shot outside a North High Street convenience store and gas station early Sunday. Authorities are searching for the person responsible for an early-morning shooting that killed a Millville woman and a Vineland man outside a 24-hour convenience store and gas station, leaving two families grieving Continue reading "Police search for gunman…
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have reintroduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, landmark housing legislation that would rebuild the United States’ public housing stock, address the longstanding capital backlog, and create thousands of union jobs. This bill provides a much-needed infusion of federal funding…
