Can a socialist mayor and Wall Street coexist? New York is about to find out. politi.co/47Y1PGS

Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula politi.co/47B4Jju

‘We are arresting the mayor right now, per the deputy attorney general’ politi.co/4fHe0tX w/ @mattfriedmannj.bsky.social & Erica Orden

Federal judge will decide whether Trump ally Alina Habba can lead prosecutions in New Jersey politi.co/4fjOdYK w/ @kyledcheney @joshgerstein @MattFriedmanNJ

NEW: A criminal defendant in New Jersey says Alina Habba is acting illegally as U.S. attorney. His basis? Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling tossing criminal charges against Trump. w @ryrivard www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

NEW: The White House says Trump has fired the court-appointed U.S. attorney that NJ judges appointed to succeed Alina Habba. They say the judicial appointee — Leigh Grace — never actually had the job, but just in case, she's fired anyway. w/ @ryrivard.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Updated: Prosecutors asked to delay at least one case — involving a triple homicide — b/c AG Pam Bondi fired the lead prosecutor, according to filing made today by a defense attorney who wants her client released until the government is ready for trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: A criminal defendant filed the first of what coudl be many challenges to the authority of Acting U.S. attorney Alina Habba. The matter has been sent to a district judge in PA because all the NJ judges are conflicted out. w/ @ryrivard @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Alina Habba’s authority as New Jersey’s top prosecutor questioned in new legal filing politi.co/4l0TgOT w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social & @joshgerstein

www.politico.com/news/2025/07... from @ryrivard.bsky.social and @kyledcheney.bsky.social

NEW: The Trump administration is making a last ditch series of maneuvers to keep Alina Habba in as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. It might work. w/ @ryrivard www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

The firing of a veteran prosecutor in New Jersey escalates Trump administration’s war with the courts politi.co/4m2TSV4 w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social

Republican governors are joining their Democratic colleagues to question whether the nation’s largest grid operator has its act together at a time of soaring energy prices. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... for @POLITICOPro

Murphy administration exempts $1B Netflix studio from sea-level rise rule subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

New Jersey makes major changes to controversial sea level rise rule Now, instead of preparing the state’s 130 miles of coastline for 5 feet of sea level rise, the rules will only require developers to plan for 4 feet subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Democrats from Illinois to New Jersey have a new enemy — and most voters have probably never heard of it. Customers across a fifth of the country are about to see dramatically higher utility bills thanks in part to PJM. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

And this published even before China announced 34% retaliatory tariffs.

he county line was an only-in-Jersey phenomenon that faced a reckoning following the 2023 indictment of Sen. Bob Menendez. But it became a strange vestige of Tammany Hall-era machine politics that Woodrow Wilson tried to snuff out over a century ago. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

A look at the move to remove the late Robert Byrd’s statue from the WV statehouse www.politico.com/newsletters/...

STORYTIME FOR DONALD: Call it congestion trolling. politi.co/4bltQrV

New Jersey’s budget could need a ‘break the glass’ strategy if Trump makes cuts politi.co/43ea6oe w/ @danieljhan.bsky.social

E. Jean Carroll lawyer takes another swing at Trump, this time over NYC tolls politi.co/3D2TGUW w/ @eorden.bsky.social

President Trump: “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!” Gov. Hochul: “We are a nation of laws, not ruled by a king...We’ll see you in court.” politi.co/4gMOK4C w/ Nick Reisman

Another New York, New Jersey feud: Wildfires politi.co/41e5HA5 w/ Marie J. French

New Jersey power bills set to skyrocket this summer subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

New York’s business boosters push Trump to keep Manhattan tolls w/ Nick Reisman politi.co/42PgC4u

As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down politi.co/4gyw7RL by @kyledcheney.bsky.social

Note to Our Readers POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Phil Murphy hands Republicans an attack line with immigrant housing gaffe politi.co/42IkcNO w/ @danieljhan.bsky.social

Trump’s plan to kill offshore wind is paying off politi.co/4jIVjaU w/ Marie J. French

Judge sentences former Sen. Bob Menendez to 11 years www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

A federal judge will sentence former Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday for selling his office — an extraordinary fall even for a politician from a state as notoriously transactional as New Jersey. politi.co/3Ea8Bgg

‘This was not the enemy’: White House says New Jersey drones were authorized politi.co/3WDqISp

Damning new report on Trenton water helps prompt reckoning for troubled system subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

From your friends and mine - Kelsey Tamborrino, @ryrivard.bsky.social and Marie French - the wind fight is picking up: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Trump's EPA pick worked for Qatari-led firm tied to Menendez corruption case subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Judge rejects new trial for Menendez following evidence error subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

New Jersey moves to preempt Trump rollbacks politi.co/4jlfCuS

Trump’s role in port unrest raises bigger questions about his labor policies www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for Bob Menendez following bribery conviction www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

**Water supply was too slow, not too low** ^ the best, one sentence description of the fire hydrant issue everyone is fighting over and most people totally misunderstand laist.com/news/climate...

A union statement didn't mention Biden & was a last-minute embarrassment for the outgoing Democrat, who repeatedly called himself labor’s best friend. It’s also a victory for Trump, who is attempting to shear rank & file union support away from Democrats www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

Port strike averted — and the union credits Trump subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

How prosecutors’ evidence mistakes could let Menendez walk away from corruption charges politi.co/4iNDo2n via @politico.com

New Jersey wind project asks for another delay subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024... via @politico.com

Hochul puts pressure on Murphy to settle congestion pricing subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...

Judge declines to toss Menendez verdicts politi.co/3DdmCcR (The judge did not address Menendez's separate request for a new trial based on evidence prosecutors inadvertently gave jurors access to during deliberations.)

Unpacking the most intriguing political contest of 2025: Six high-profile candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in New Jersey’s governor race. w/ @danieljhan.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2024/12...