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Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said he would work with anyone who wanted to fight against President Donald Trump when asked about Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who’s embroiled in controversy amid allegations of adulterous behavior.

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said he would work with anyone who wanted to fight against President Donald Trump when asked about Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who’s embroiled in controversy amid allegations of adulterous behavior. Host Dana Bash said, “I want to ask you about the Senate race in Maine and The Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporting that last August, Democrat Grand Platinum’s wife told his campaign about sexual text messages....Do you have concerns about Grand Plattner?” Kim said, “Well, first I’ll say is, you know, I’ve been very...

Six people have been charged in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid involving a doctor and other medical professionals issuing medically unnecessary prescriptions to a pharmacist in exchange for cash kickbacks. The defendants allegedly caused a loss of about $20,684,264 to Medicare and Medicaid. The following individuals were charged by Information in the District of New Jersey on July 7, 2026 and appeared before Judge Karen M. Williams in federal district court in Camden in connection with the scheme: * Sherif Elmasri, 45, of Morganville, New Jersey, pled guilty to a two-count Information charging him with...

Jasmine Crockett, the race-hustling Congresswoman who lost her Texas Senate bid to Democrat James Talarico, revealed the real reason she lost the race during a black culture festival over the weekend. At a panel discussion during the Essence Festival in New Orleans on the Fourth of July, Crockett appeared alongside Rep. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) and Louisiana State Senator Royce Duplessis. At one point, Crockett went off on her own party and "racist" Republicans for ignoring black people, saying, "I believe that we need to make demands." "It is not enough just to be that you're not the racist Republican but...

VIDEOS AT LINK............... Screencap of Twitter/X video. The roof of a BJ’s store in New Jersey collapsed this morning, apparently due to severe weather. Although some shoppers ended up trapped in the structure for a while as emergency crews responded, miraculously, no one was hurt in the accident. Imagine you’re just shopping at BJ’s, browsing the products you might buy and the next instant, the roof is falling in on you. It’s crazy. FOX News has more details: A large emergency response was triggered in Monmouth County, New Jersey, on Monday after a partial roof collapse at a local BJ’s...

  Diary of Tube bomb plotter  Ultimate horror ... graphic shows how Barot, inset left, would have collapsed tunnel on train as it went under Thames, inset right, drowning everyone     By SIMON HUGHES and NEIL SYSONNovember 07, 2006CRAZED Dhiren Barot planned to kill thousands of innocent people in Britain and America — with his Thames Tube horror the centrepiece of his plot.The attack formed part of an horrific blitz on the UK that included the Heathrow Express rail link and possibly top London hotels, a court heard yesterday.In a chilling document, the Al-Qaeda commander GLOATED about the prospect...

Semafor reported on Project 2029’s "Kids Over Clicks" proposal, which outlines Democrats' plans to regulate social media and AI companies. Democrats are gearing up for the 2028 election and preparing a list of policy priorities—dubbed "Project 2029"—should they retake the White House. The first Project 2029 proposal is not about affordability, healthcare, or foreign policy. No, the Democrats' first proposal concerns children's online safety: the issue fueling lawmakers' bipartisan push to impose greater government control over the internet. Semafor's Nicholas Wu first reported on the "Kids Over Clicks" proposal on Monday. The proposal, Wu wrote, advocates for "narrowing protections under...

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. revealed on the House floor on Tuesday his diagnosis for depression led to extended hospital treatment.Kean’s speech to the House floor served as the first time he disclosed the reason for his absence from Congress.He said, “I believe that I owe an explanation to the people of New Jersey’s seventh congressional district, colleagues in this chamber, and to the American people about my absence.”

Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., delivered an emotional speech Tuesday revealing for the first time the medical condition that kept him away from the House and campaign stops for nearly four months. Kean said he was given a diagnosis of depression after entering the hospital for "some testing." He said the illness took him months to heal from and left him under doctors' care during a prolonged stay in the hospital. "I'm grateful that I accepted help, because today I stand before you stronger, healthier and excited to return to the work that I love," Kean said on the House...

A radical, Israel-hating California teacher claimed she married a Gaza resident online to help him gain American citizenship — and push her pro-Palestinian agenda. Laura Pinho, a dance teacher at Canoga Park Senior High School in California, announced her nuptials in a wild June 16 CODEPINK Zoom webinar called “Challenging Zionism In Our Schools.” When CODEPINK activist Marcy Winograd congratulated her on her marriage and asked her to share details about her life, Pinho, 51, launched into a pedantic monologue about how she only married Salem S.E. Abu Amra to advance “Palestinian rights and freedoms.” “I have power as an...

Englishtown, New Jersey, councilman and former mafia hitman John Alite is being accused of threatening to hit a man with a baseball bat, following his arrest last Friday on charges of loan sharking and extortion. Alite, a former hitman for the Gambino crime family, has been “charged with multiple counts of theft by extortion (second degree), corporate misconduct (second degree), usury (second degree), and terroristic threats,” according to a statement from the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. CBS News reported in 2015 that Alite killed as many as 15 people. “He also says he shot 30 to 40 people and...

Anthony Puglisi, Essex County’s public information director, said that, at around noon the bear entered Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. When the bear was spotted in the zoo, Puglisi said employees and visitors were directed to shelter in place in buildings on zoo property. “At no time did the bear come in contact with any humans, and everyone was safely evacuated from the zoo with assistance from the Essex County Sheriff’s Office,” Puglisi said. The zoo was closed for the rest of Monday as authorities worked to track the bear. NJ Fish and Wildlife were notified. The...

A couple says their five-month-old infant was delivered alive at an abortion clinic in New Jersey — then trafficked for fetal organ harvesting. They named the little girl Clementine. Their allegations are detailed in the Center for Medical Progress’ new documentary, “What Happened to Clementine?” Filmmakers interviewed Tommy Kearns, Clementine’s father, and Clementine’s mother, who has chosen to remain anonymous. Clementine’s parents are wondering: Where is their child? Kearns told the Daily Caller: “If Clementine’s scalp is growing on the back of a lab rat, then the question is not scientific. It is about our child. How long is her...

According to the Jersey City Police Department, two suspects drove up to the victims and threw what authorities believe to be sulfuric acid. Investigators state that the incident was a targeted attack stemming from a dispute earlier in the day involving a larger group. All six victims were hospitalized with skin burns and peeling. Officials confirmed that at least one victim suffered severe second-degree burns to her face and scalp.

O'Keefe Media Group (OMG) says members of a New Jersey-based Antifa network are scrambling after learning that internal group chats were infiltrated by an undercover journalist. In a post on X, OMG founder James O'Keefe shared a screenshot purportedly from a private chat in which a participant warned members that "someone is taking screenshots of this chat and sending it to James O'Keefe." The image also appeared to show multiple members leaving the group shortly after the warning was posted. "NJ Antifa is now freaking out because James O'Keefe is obtaining internal screenshots from multiple Antifa group chats," O'Keefe wrote....

Prosecutors say the boxer wrote a bad check from a Wells Fargo account for an Audemars Piguet watch.

O’KEEFE INFILTRATES NJ ANTIFA: Inside “NJ BURN” — Rutgers University Director, T-Mobile AI Leaders, OpenAI /ChatGPT Engineer, Reverend From Princeton Theological Seminary, and ACLU Board Member Discuss Port Newark–Elizabeth Blockade Riot, Road Spikes, Tire-Slashing of New Jersey nian-Style” Protest Tactics, and Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder. NJ ANTIFA INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED: • Alexyss P. - New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Community Council Member @NJ_CASA • Jim Keady @JWKeady - Former New Jersey Democratic Candidate • Woojin Ko - OpenAI Research Engineer @OpenAI • Beleckecom Moffouk - T-Mobile AI Automation Expert @TMobile • Zainab Tanvir - Imaging Director at Rutgers University @RutgersU...

An ICE agent in New Jersey was struck by a van driven by a fleeing suspect and opened fire on the vehicle, striking it several times, authorities said. The incident happened Monday morning around 9:30 a..m. near Mermaid Drive in Stafford Township’s Manahawkin community, about 60 miles east of Philadelphia as the agency was trying to capture a suspect. The officer’s condition was not immediately known, but sources told NBC Philadelphia that he is expected to recover. ICE has not released a description of the suspect or revealed whether the driver was injured. The outlet reports the van’s back window...

An influx of out-of-state agitators — some hailing from elite backgrounds — were arrested in Newark during the chaotic standoff with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall migrant detention center, The Post has learned. Out of the at least 12 anti-ICE rioters arrested last weekend for assaulting federal agents or smashing cars, four came from as far as Washington State, Colorado, Arizona and Illinois to wreak havoc on the Garden State, according to information from the Newark Police Department and arrest sheets reviewed by The Post. Another was from Connecticut and five from New York — most of them recent...

Newark cops were ordered to steer clear of Delaney Hall even after violent weekend clashes rocked the detention facility, an internal police memo obtained by The Post revealed.The June 8 memo illustrates the jurisdictional mess at the now infamous detainee facility, which has become the center of angry protests with police arresting people from around the country and chilling footage showing instigators slamming the vehicles of Delaney Hall workers.“No officers are to handle any call for service pertaining to Delaney Hall located at 451 Doremus Ave.,” according to the Newark PD 3rd Precinct Memorandum, under the subject heading “Delaney Hall...