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2 days ago
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- Yahoo
Former NJ Senate President Steve Sweeney tapped to serve as Rowan University trustee
Former state Senate President Steve Sweeney will soon have a new addition to his resume — Rowan University trustee. The longtime state senator and former gubernatorial hopeful was cleared by the state Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday morning for a post on the Rowan University Board of Trustees. Sweeney, a Gloucester County Democrat, announced his run for the 2025 Democratic gubernatorial primary in December 2023. He lost earlier this month to Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-Montclair. During his tenure as state senate president, some of the legislation that passed included bills that increased New Jersey's minimum wage and expanded family leave. He lost his seat in the Legislature, a shocking upset in 2021 by an unknown truck driver, now former state Sen. Ed Durr. From Trenton: NJ appears poised to hike sales tax on cigarettes, vapes in final state budget for 2026 Sweeney served as Senate president for 12 years. Since his loss in 2021, he has been the director of a bipartisan think tank at Rowan University. Before his time in Trenton, Sweeney was a member of the Gloucester County Board of Chosen Freeholders. Professionally, Sweeney is an ironworker and serves as general vice president of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, overseeing union locals in New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania. Sweeney crossed party lines to work with former Gov. Chris Christie in 2011 to raise the retirement age and teamed up with him again to charge workers more for pensions, which brought tens of thousands of workers to protest in Trenton. Katie Sobko covers the New Jersey Statehouse. Email: sobko@ This article originally appeared on Steve Sweeney to become Rowan University trustee NJ
6 days ago
- Politics
Possible Iran retaliation ‘tactical equivalent of a suicide bombing': Sadjadpour
On 'This Week,' Chris Christie and Karim Sadjadpour look at the fallout of the U.S. strikes on Iran.
Daily Mail
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Trump-backed candidate scores big win in race to save deep blue state from 'horror show' reality
New Jersey voters have selected Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the state's gubernatorial primary after he received critical support from President Donald Trump. His selection marks a high-water mark for the MAGA movement in the Garden State, which has tended to select more moderate GOPers in the past. A longtime state politician, Ciattarelli narrowly lost the 2021 election to Democratic incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy by three points - one of the closest margins in years. He is widely seen as the most viable GOP candidate to take back the governor's mansion since Chris Christie won reelection in 2013. And Trump has taken notice. The 78-year-old president has paid special interest to the race and endorsed the Republican in early May, saying the 63-year-old candidate is 'all-in' on MAGA. Trump's no stranger to the state and famously loves to spent time at his 'Summer White House ' in Bedminster, where he has a resort and sprawling golf greens. Trump's said Ciattarelli is the only man who can end the state's 'blue horror show.' 'He is strongly supported by the most highly respected leaders in New Jersey and, as your next Governor, Jack Ciattarelli will work closely with me and the Trump Administration to advance our America First Agenda,' the president wrote on Truth Social. Ciattarelli beat out four other GOP candidates, including radio host Bill Spadea, state senator Jon Bramnick, former Englewood Cliffs mayor Mario Kranjac and Justin Barbera. Doubling-down on the New Jersey Republican, last week the president held a tele-rally for Ciattarelli to boost his momentum. Pumping up his choice candidate further, Trump noted then how the state election is 'a big deal' on social media. 'It's being watched, actually, all over the world, because New Jersey is ready to pop out of that blue horror show.' Addressing the tele-rally last week the president told voters the former New Jersey Assemblyman would help with the economy and crime. Ciattarelli has noted his top priority is to overturn the state's sanctuary city policies - something he has vowed to do first thing if he's elected. The message stands in stark contrast to that of the Democratic candidates, one of which was recently arrested for storming an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, has said he was 'targeted' in the scuffle alongside several members of Congress. Democratic New Jersey Reps. Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer are also running for the gubernatorial nomination; as are Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, former Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller and former state senator Steve Sweeney. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., led the Democratic gubernatorial primary in the polls heading into Tuesday's vote New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, left, and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka discuss issues at the New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial primary debate at NJ PBS Studios, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Newark, N.J. Sherrill had a large lead in the early voting and vote-by-mail in the state. Heading into primary day Ciattarelli held a dominant polling lead while Sherill also had strong survey numbers. A Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill survey in May found 28 percent of registered Democratic voters were backing Sherrill. Gottheimer, Baraka and Fulop all had 11 percent support. A survey from the same pollsters among Republican voters found Ciattarelli with 44 percent of the vote, while the next closest was radio host Spadea at 18 percent.
Washington Post
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Live updates: Trump's legislation hangs in the balance as he feuds with Elon Musk
President Donald Trump is continuing to try to shore up support in the Senate for his massive tax and immigration package as he feuds with Elon Musk over the impact the legislation will have on the national debt. Trump has spent much of the week lobbying wavering Republican senators to support the bill, which narrowly passed the House last month and includes much of his second-term legislative agenda. On Friday, Trump plans to sign more executive orders and participate in a swearing-in ceremony for the Navy secretary before heading to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Across the government, the Trump administration is scrambling to rehire many federal employees dismissed under DOGE's staff-slashing initiatives after wiping out entire offices, in some cases imperiling key services such as weather forecasting and the drug approval process. Immigrants from the dozen countries targeted by President Donald Trump's travel ban have put down roots in all 50 states, many escaping violence or political instability in their homelands. They left spouses, children and friends behind, hoping one day to be reunited. Overnight, those hopes have been shattered. Even plans for visits to or from relatives — for graduations, weddings or funerals — are now very uncertain. Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R), an ally turned critic of President Donald Trump, says he recently reached out to another target of the president's ire: rock legend Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen opened his European tour by calling Trump 'unfit.' The president fired back, dismissing The Boss as a 'dried out 'prune' of a rocker.' As a regular Trump punching bag, Christie could relate. When the Trump administration tried to take away Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students, the university filed a lawsuit, and a federal judge blocked the order the next day. But even as that case — and another lawsuit the university has filed against the administration — winds through the courts, President Donald Trump had already made his next move, with a proclamation Wednesday aiming to keep international students out of Harvard.
Washington Post
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
As Trump taunts Springsteen, these Republicans stick with The Boss
Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie (R), an ally-turned-critic of President Donald Trump, says he recently reached out to another target of the president's ire: rock legend Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen opened his European tour by calling Trump 'unfit.' The president fired back, dismissing The Boss as a 'dried out 'prune' of a rocker.' As a regular Trump punching bag, Christie could relate.
