Politics

Sen. Bob Menendez says his wife has breast cancer and will require a mastectomy, a revelation made just as the presentation of evidence began at his New York bribery trial. The New Jersey Democrat said in a statement Thursday there was concern about the seriousness and advanced stage of the disease that was recently diagnosed for Nadine Menendez. S...

A South Jersey township is dealing with a shortage of volunteer firefighters by cutting back on the number of firehouses.

President Joe Biden has asserted executive privilege over audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur at the center a Republican effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.

The corruption trial for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez got underway Wednesday after the full jury was seated. Prosecutors stepped up first with their opening statements, arguing the senator took gold bars and cash in bribes — a claim that the defense countered, saying Menendez is “an American patriot.” NBC New York’s Jonathan Diens...

Abortion will be one of the topics that will get voters to the polls in November. Former president Donald Trump has spoken about how he believes states should decide what the law is surrounding reproductive rights, not the federal government. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke to voters at a rally for Trump about what they think.

New data shows that thousands of Philly democrats wrote in a choice for someone other than President Biden during the Pennsylvania Primary in April.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged tensions with historical ally the U.S. over the military operation in Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the continent.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates, on June 27 hosted by CNN and on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC.

Sen. Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and his wife are charged with accepting bribes of cash, gold bars and other items in exchange for official acts.

At the start of his corruption trial in New York City, a federal jury was alternately introduced to Bob Menendez as a bribe-taking U.S. senator who betrayed his country, and as an American patriot.

Over jeers of “shame” shouted from the gallery, New Jersey lawmakers have passed legislation to overhaul the state’s open public records law.

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said the long delay by the U.S. Congress in approving military aid for his country was “a colossal waste of time,” allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to inflict more suffering in the 2-year-old invasion and prolonging the war.