(Benjamin J. Hulac/NJ Spotlight News)Congresswoman says appeals court's decision 'emboldens' Trump administration to keep going after 'vulnerable communities'
(Benjamin J. Hulac/NJ Spotlight News)Congresswoman says appeals court's decision 'emboldens' Trump administration to keep going after 'vulnerable communities'
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)Demands for oversight by Democrats likely to grow after regulators award president's sons a digital currency charter
(C-Span)Who had their travel costs covered? Who owes on credit cards? The details -- some of them, anyway -- are in Congress members' disclosure forms
(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)'The hypocrisy is breathtaking,' House Democrats say of party that last year voted to cut food assistance and federal health care coverage
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Weeks before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress, president is renewing push to exclude ballots
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Every state, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia submitted mementos for a memory trove to be opened in 2276
(AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Visits by independent offices and members of Congress provide a window to detainment conditions that immigrants call torture
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)NJ Democrats vote against bill to build a Smithsonian space as Republicans add an amendment to block inclusion of transgender people
Colleen O'Dea/NJ Spotlight News7th District is key to Republican control of the House, while the 12th features a dozen Democrats competing for a progressive's seat
(AP Photo/Adam Gray)Democrats score no wins five months after insisting on use of body cameras, judicial warrants and a racial profiling ban
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)While an absent Kean looks forward to recovery and return, a glance back at how some ailing lawmakers managed to stay in office
(YouTube/Homeland Security Committee Events)Two NJ colleagues introduce legislation designed to limit immigration agents' powers

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(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Megabill holds off cuts to Medicaid, SNAP food program until after 2026 elections
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)The guilty verdict in Sen. Menendez's corruption case complicates Democrats’ voting strategy in Senate
(AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)Democrats join with some Republicans to counter strident right-wing opposition

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