(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)'Fewer and fewer nickels to help people,' says Gottheimer, as voters fret about inflation's toll in the weeks leading to midterm elections
(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)'Fewer and fewer nickels to help people,' says Gottheimer, as voters fret about inflation's toll in the weeks leading to midterm elections
(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
(NJ Spotlight News)From military aircraft control tower design to 'not real sexy' recycling bins for Camden, lawmakers in Congress hail federal funding
(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
(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/Boris Grdanoski)Pou, a congressional first-termer, emerges as key contact before soccer fans arrive for Earth's biggest sporting event
(AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)'I am not backing down, even as this administration tries to intimidate me,' says congresswoman facing 17 years in federal prison
(YouTube/Homeland Security Committee Events)Two NJ colleagues introduce legislation designed to limit immigration agents' powers

These stories sparked conversation in 2025. What can we expect in 2026?

Aggressive deportation agenda a hallmark of Trump’s second term
(AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)After surprise vote, NJ congresswoman says she had ‘definitely expected the worst’
(AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)Trump administration’s restrictions on Medicaid and SNAP enrollment will limit student access to free meals