New safety requirements for delicate medical exams are New Jersey’s strongest effort to prevent sexual assault in health care. This week, the Division of Consumer Affairs alerted nearly 67,000 licensed physicians of the Board of Medical Examiners’ updated criteria. State officials stated the goal is to increase medical safety, patient rights, and openness. The new…
On Thursday, things got heated in the White House briefing room when CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt disagreed about what President Donald Trump said recently about rising costs. The back-and-forth quickly became the major theme of an already heated briefing about the administration’s message about the economy and how…
On Thursday, a U.S. Army veteran appeared via video chat at a congressional hearing to counter Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s claim that no veterans have been deported. Noem assured the House Homeland Security Committee that DHS has “not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans.” A few minutes later, an aide to Rep. Seth Magaziner…
This week, former President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance criticized Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray for delaying a Republican-backed redistricting plan before the 2026 midterms. A GOP congressional plan was rejected 19–31 by the Indiana Senate on Thursday, exacerbating the dispute. The state House approved splitting two Democratic-held districts and giving Republicans…
As the deadline for critical Affordable Care Act subsidies approaches, the White House is once again under pressure to explain how it wants to protect Americans from a huge rise in healthcare costs. Millions of families are waiting for answers, but the government hasn’t supplied any yet, even though the current financial help ends in…
A New Jersey couple is facing significant charges after officials claim they faked sexual assault allegations against state troopers who attended to their house during a domestic dispute investigation. Prosecutors said the statements were repeated to several agencies and medical staff after the occurrence. Authorities say 35-year-old Randal Kelco and 45-year-old Lisa DeStefano of Bloomsbury…
New Jersey officials reported Tuesday that a third person died in a Thanksgiving night fire in Orange. Days after his children saved him from the fire, Frantz Fleury, 78, died at University Hospital. Inhaled smoke. Around 5 p.m. on November 28, the Fleury family’s 600-block Mosswood Avenue house burned. Frantz’s daughters, 49-year-old Frantzia Fleury and…
South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace has harshly criticized Republican leadership in the House, reflecting rising unhappiness with parliamentary procedure. Mace wrote in a forthright opinion article that GOP leaders prioritize party dominance over responsibility and real accomplishments, marginalizing ordinary lawmakers in the legislative process. Mace, a South Carolina governor candidate, stressed that just a few…
NJ lawmakers are working to improve the state’s vaccine decision-making process after federal changes threw doubt on national guidance. This week, a Senate committee introduced legislation to let the state use more legitimate medical groups to promote vaccines. New Jersey’s Department of Health has long depended on the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, the Advisory Committee…
Many New Jersey residents now know how their local public schools did on the recent statewide exams after the state’s education officials released results for more than 2,000 districts and schools. Mixed evidence suggests cautious optimism and prudence. Good news: standardized test science scores rose. Science scores rose statewide for the first time since COVID-19…
