Event:State of the Union What is it?An annual message delivered by the President of the United States to a joint session of Congress. Mandated by the Constitution, the speech allows the President to report on the state of the nation and outline a legislative agenda for the coming year. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, @ 9:00 […]
Federal funding for the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project, the rail expansion connecting New Jersey and New York, has been stalled again following a series of federal court decisions that have halted construction. The Trump administration initially froze funding in late 2025, citing the need to review the project amid concerns about what it described […]
Artificial intelligence, once treated cautiously or outright restricted in college classrooms, may soon become a standardized part of higher education in New Jersey. Introduced on Jan. 13, New Jersey Senate Bill S2862 would require the state’s Secretary of Higher Education to develop an official “Artificial Intelligence Model Curriculum” for colleges and universities. The legislation requires […]
A graduate student instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on administrative leave following an incident involving a student’s failing grade on a psychology essay. The situation has prompted national discussion about the balance between academic standards and religious freedom in higher education. The dispute centers on an assignment submitted by student Samantha […]
New Jersey’s minimum wage is set to increase on Jan. 1, 2026, rising from $15.49 to $15.92 per hour for most workers. According to an October press release from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the statewide rate will increase by $0.43 based on inflation data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
Democrat Mikie Sherrill won New Jersey’s 2025 governor’s race on Nov. 4, securing a double-digit lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli as votes were counted statewide. According to NJ Spotlight News, the Associated Press called the race shortly after 9 p.m., making Sherrill the state’s second woman elected governor. Reported from New Jersey Globe, New Jersey […]
Crews have been seen tearing down a portion of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a new 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the first significant structural change to the executive mansion in nearly eight decades. Announced in July, the project was initially expected to cost roughly $200 million, with a more realistic estimate of $300 […]
In mid-October of 2025, Politico published roughly 2,900 pages of messages from a private Telegram chat called “RESTORE YR WAR ROOM.” The chat, created in January by Peter Giunta, former chair of the New York State Young Republicans, aimed to rally support for his bid to lead the national Young Republicans federation. Over several months, […]
As of Wednesday, Oct. 1, the federal government officially entered a shutdown after Congress failed to pass a temporary spending bill before the Sept. 30 deadline. The clash centered on healthcare subsidies and spending levels, which have forced hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay and brought many government functions to a […]
Within the past few months, two of late-night television’s most prominent voices, Stephen Colbert and, most recently, Jimmy Kimmel, have faced abrupt endings to their respective shows. In May, CBS announced that ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ would come to a close in 2026, after nearly a decade on air. Four months later, ABC […]