The battle is drawing national attention because New Jersey is one of only two states this year — along with Virginia — holding gubernatorial elections in 2025. And they’re the first big races after President Donald Trump returned to office this year, making it an early barometer for what the public thinks of his controversial new administration.

Judge reprimands Alina Habba’s office for ‘embarrassing’ case against New Jersey mayor - Trump’s top prosecutor in New Jersey made a ‘worrying misstep’ with the case of Mayor Ras Baraka, judge says

Congressional lawmakers on Friday made their way into an ICE facility in New Jersey, claiming they were there to conduct an "oversight visit."

U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver, a Democrat from Newark, denied wrongdoing and said she was the victim of a politically motivated prosecution.

Mayor Ras Baraka is now free after federal officials arrested him on trespassing charges during an oversight visit at a new ICE detention facility. One of the elected officials present during the arrest,

We asked the candidates running for New Jersey governor to share their plans to approach LGBTQ rights and abortion rights.

Newark Mayor, and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate, Ras Baraka, was arrested at an ICE detention facility for alleged trespassing. According to Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey,