A group of New Jersey leaders has called on the federal government to come through with more disaster aid for Puerto Rico in the wake of a series of earthquakes that have devastated the island. More than 1,000 tremors have hit Puerto Rico since the start of 2020, including a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, leaving hundreds of thousands of Puerto... Read More

  NO SOONER had President Trump signed into law the reauthorization of a program to combat marine debris than a bipartisan group of senators began work on a comprehensive bill advancing a more ambitious approach to cleaning up the world’s oceans. Mindful that the equivalent of a garbage truck full of plastic and junk is dumped into... Read More

  A top Democrat in Congress vowed to investigate “profoundly alarming” messages suggesting that the former US ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel said the messages, which were released this week as part of the... Read More

Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for an “immediate briefing” from the administration on communications released by House Democrats on Tuesday suggesting former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance by Trump associates before her removal. “These... Read More

  A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would pump more than $1 billion into developing Western 5G equipment alternatives to China’s Huawei. Reasoning that Huawei has been “heavily subsidized by the Chinese government,” the Utilizing Strategic Allied (USA) Telecommunications Act would help Western... Read More

  A group of bipartisan senators on Tuesday introduced legislation to help create alternatives to Chinese firm Huawei in the rollout of 5G wireless technology, amid administration pressure on the telecommunications company. The Utilizing Strategic Allied (USA) Telecommunications Act, sponsored by lawmakers including Senate Intelligence... Read More

Longtime U.S. diplomat David Hale on Tuesday disputed a growing conspiracy theory being advanced by President Donald Trump and some GOP lawmakers that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, told Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations... Read More

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force the Trump administration to take a tougher stance on Beijing over the mass detention of Uighurs in the Chinese province of Xinjiang. The House voted 407-1 to approve the measure on Tuesday. It was the latest example in a number of overwhelmingly bipartisan congressional... Read More

WASHINGTON — A top Trump administration official on Tuesday rejected Republican talking points and declared that Russia, nor Ukraine, interfered in the 2016 election. In response to questioning from U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – More than 3,000 people attended an event billed as “Oneness: A Light for Humanity,” to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. Together Nov. 23, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center here, they celebrated the founder of Sikhism’s teachings of "Oneness" — equality of all races, genders,... Read More

Approximately 364,133 U.S. children suffered injuries caused by non-powder firearms from 1990 to 2016, a comprehensive new study published in the journal Pediatrics has found. This represents an average of 13,486 children injured each year by these non-lethal weapons. The report—from researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at... Read More

To Ortley Beach resident Paul Jeffrey, it's obvious. Flooding in the barrier island community is definitely getting worse. On the afternoon of Nov. 19, a sunny fall day, Jeffrey took photos of tidal flooding on Sixth Avenue, where a truck whizzed by, stirring up a wake of brackish water. The street had flooded at high tide, even though strong winds... Read More

Robert Menendez, a United States senator and Josh Gottheimer, a member of congress, have petitioned the Nigerian Head of Mission to America, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, over the continued detention of pro-democracy campaigner and Publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore. The US lawmakers expressed concern over the continued detention of Sowore... Read More

Seven U.S. senators are demanding to know why Facebook facilitated and profited off a multimillion-dollar ad operation that conned people into believing they could purchase concealed-carry gun permits online. In response to a recent HuffPost investigation into Concealed Online — the California-based company behind the scam and one of... Read More

To Ortley Beach resident Paul Jeffrey, it's obvious. Flooding in the barrier island community is definitely getting worse. On the afternoon of Nov. 19, a sunny fall day, Jeffrey took photos of tidal flooding on Sixth Avenue, where a truck whizzed by, stirring up a wake of brackish water. The street had flooded at high tide, even though strong winds... Read More

Seven U.S. senators are demanding to know why Facebook facilitated and profited off a multimillion-dollar ad operation that conned people into believing they could purchase concealed-carry gun permits online.  In response to a recent HuffPost investigation into Concealed Online — the California-based company behind the scam and one of... Read More

Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would guarantee congressional oversight in the Afghan peace process. The legislation requires U.S. diplomatic peace efforts try to achieve a political solution to the conflict in Afghanistan, and any agreement that emerges from that process be guided... Read More

El senador Robert Menéndez propuso una iniciativa que ofrece este tipo de visas a quienes reporten o sean víctimas de prácticas ilegales en sus trabajos. Esta ley también penalizaría a los empleadores que cometen abusos contra sus empleados Read More

Each year, thousands of kids end up in the emergency room thanks to a toy that is toxic or dangerous. To combat those hazardous gifts, advocates and officials are warning parents. "Dangerous and toxic toys still remain on store shelves," said Dylan Robb of a New Jersey consumer watchdog group. Marco, 3, was home playing with a toy — when it... Read More

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) joined West New York officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on a 10-story high-rise on Bergenline Avenue that is set to open in 2021. The event was organized by developer National Realty Investment Advisors and was held at the site of the project, which is located at 4901 Bergenline Ave. at a former industrial... Read More