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‘We are arresting the mayor right now, per the deputy attorney general’ politi.co/4fHe0tX w/ @mattfriedmannj.bsky.social & Erica Orden
Federal judge will decide whether Trump ally Alina Habba can lead prosecutions in New Jersey politi.co/4fjOdYK w/ @kyledcheney @joshgerstein @MattFriedmanNJ
NEW: A criminal defendant in New Jersey says Alina Habba is acting illegally as U.S. attorney. His basis? Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling tossing criminal charges against Trump. w @ryrivard www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
NEW: The White House says Trump has fired the court-appointed U.S. attorney that NJ judges appointed to succeed Alina Habba. They say the judicial appointee — Leigh Grace — never actually had the job, but just in case, she's fired anyway. w/ @ryrivard.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Updated: Prosecutors asked to delay at least one case — involving a triple homicide — b/c AG Pam Bondi fired the lead prosecutor, according to filing made today by a defense attorney who wants her client released until the government is ready for trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NEW: A criminal defendant filed the first of what coudl be many challenges to the authority of Acting U.S. attorney Alina Habba. The matter has been sent to a district judge in PA because all the NJ judges are conflicted out. w/ @ryrivard @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Alina Habba’s authority as New Jersey’s top prosecutor questioned in new legal filing politi.co/4l0TgOT w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social & @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/07... from @ryrivard.bsky.social and @kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: The Trump administration is making a last ditch series of maneuvers to keep Alina Habba in as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. It might work. w/ @ryrivard www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
The firing of a veteran prosecutor in New Jersey escalates Trump administration’s war with the courts politi.co/4m2TSV4 w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social
While blue-state governors have been hammering PJM, the criticism from Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, both Republicans, is certain to expand the political problem facing the grid operator. Background on blue state gripes: www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Republican governors are joining their Democratic colleagues to question whether the nation’s largest grid operator has its act together at a time of soaring energy prices. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... for @POLITICOPro
Murphy administration exempts $1B Netflix studio from sea-level rise rule subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
New Jersey makes major changes to controversial sea level rise rule Now, instead of preparing the state’s 130 miles of coastline for 5 feet of sea level rise, the rules will only require developers to plan for 4 feet subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
Democrats from Illinois to New Jersey have a new enemy — and most voters have probably never heard of it. Customers across a fifth of the country are about to see dramatically higher utility bills thanks in part to PJM. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
And this published even before China announced 34% retaliatory tariffs.
he county line was an only-in-Jersey phenomenon that faced a reckoning following the 2023 indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez. But it became a strange vestige of Tammany Hall-era machine politics that Woodrow Wilson tried to snuff out over a century ago. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
A look at the move to remove the late Robert Byrd’s statue from the WV statehouse www.politico.com/newsletters/...
STORYTIME FOR DONALD: Call it congestion trolling. politi.co/4bltQrV
New Jersey’s budget could need a ‘break the glass’ strategy if Trump makes cuts politi.co/43ea6oe w/ @danieljhan.bsky.social
E. Jean Carroll lawyer takes another swing at Trump, this time over NYC tolls politi.co/3D2TGUW w/ @eorden.bsky.social
President Trump: “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” Gov. Hochul: “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king...We’ll see you in court.” politi.co/4gMOK4C w/ Nick Reisman
Another New York, New Jersey feud: Wildfires politi.co/41e5HA5 w/ Marie J. French
New Jersey power bills set to skyrocket this summer subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
New York’s business boosters push Trump to keep Manhattan tolls w/ Nick Reisman politi.co/42PgC4u
As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down politi.co/4gyw7RL by @kyledcheney.bsky.social
Note to Our Readers POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Phil Murphy hands Republicans an attack line with immigrant housing gaffe politi.co/42IkcNO w/ @danieljhan.bsky.social
Trump’s plan to kill offshore wind is paying off politi.co/4jIVjaU w/ Marie J. French
Judge sentences former Sen. Bob Menendez to 11 years www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
A federal judge will sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday for selling his office — an extraordinary fall even for a politician from a state as notoriously transactional as New Jersey. politi.co/3Ea8Bgg
‘This was not the enemy’: White House says New Jersey drones were authorized politi.co/3WDqISp
Damning new report on Trenton water helps prompt reckoning for troubled system subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
From your friends and mine - Kelsey Tamborrino, @ryrivard.bsky.social and Marie French - the wind fight is picking up: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
Trump's EPA pick worked for Qatari-led firm tied to Menendez corruption case subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
Judge rejects new trial for Menendez following evidence error subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
New Jersey moves to preempt Trump rollbacks politi.co/4jlfCuS
Trump’s role in port unrest raises bigger questions about his labor policies www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for Bob Menendez following bribery conviction www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
For a deeper dive, my colleague @cvonka.bsky.social decodes Trump’s water gripes www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
**Water supply was too slow, not too low** ^ the best, one sentence description of the fire hydrant issue everyone is fighting over and most people totally misunderstand laist.com/news/climate...
A union statement didn't mention Biden & was a last-minute embarrassment for the outgoing Democrat, who repeatedly called himself labor’s best friend. It’s also a victory for Trump, who is attempting to shear rank & file union support away from Democrats www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Port strike averted — and the union credits Trump subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
How prosecutors’ evidence mistakes could let Menendez walk away from corruption charges politi.co/4iNDo2n via @politico.com
New Jersey wind project asks for another delay subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024... via @politico.com
Hochul puts pressure on Murphy to settle congestion pricing subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...
Judge declines to toss Menendez verdicts politi.co/3DdmCcR (The judge did not address Menendez's separate request for a new trial based on evidence prosecutors inadvertently gave jurors access to during deliberations.)
Unpacking the most intriguing political contest of 2025: Six high-profile candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s governor race. w/ @danieljhan.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2024/12...