Justice Department to send election monitors to California, New Jersey following requests from state GOPs

Justice Department to send election monitors to California, New Jersey following requests from state GOPs

The Department of Justice is preparing to send federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections following requests from state Republican parties. The department announced Friday that it is planning to monitor polling sites in Passaic County, New Jersey, and five counties in southern and central…

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Latino voters who backed Trump could be a key factor in New Jersey governor's race

Latino voters who backed Trump could be a key factor in New Jersey governor’s race

With just weeks to go, the New Jersey governor’s race is tightening and garnering national attention as an early test of voter sentiment about President Trump’s second term and the ability of Democrats to counter Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections.  New Jersey’s Latino electorate is emerging as a potentially decisive voting bloc in…

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Legal threats hang over NJ governor's race after CBS News report on Mikie Sherrill's military records

Legal threats hang over NJ governor’s race after CBS News report on Mikie Sherrill’s military records

Washington — With roughly a month left before New Jersey chooses its next governor, the gloves have come off following a CBS News investigation that ignited a political firestorm, whipping the campaigns of Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill into a frenzy.  It was last week when CBS News reported that a branch…

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Feds find 200,000 more SIM cards in N.J. after disrupting network that threatened U.N. General Assembly

Feds find 200,000 more SIM cards in N.J. after disrupting network that threatened U.N. General Assembly

Federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations discovered an additional 200,000 SIM cards at a location in New Jersey, law enforcement sources confirmed to CBS News.  This follows last week’s discovery by U.S. Secret Service of a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York Tri-State area that investigators said could potentially have caused a serious disruption…

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Justice Department files civil rights lawsuit against protesters in clash at New Jersey synagogue

Federal officials have sued two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators involved in a heated protest last year outside a synagogue in northern New Jersey, citing a law traditionally used to prevent people from blocking access to abortion and reproductive health clinics. The civil lawsuit filed Monday by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division stems from…

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