With the midterm elections coming up, the results are being watched by many, as it serves as an early signal of which party will control Congress after November. Every one of New Jersey's twelve U.S. House seats are on the ballot in 2026, along with one of the state's two Senate seats. The general election is November 3, 2026. The results will have a huge impact on the balance of power between the two parties for the second half of Trump’s term. The Senate Race Democratic Se

New Jersey officials have spent the past year modeling what it looks like when a state absorbs a trillion-plus dollars in federal healthcare and food-assistance cuts. A year in, those projections are starting to feel like reality. The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025, cut federal Medicaid funding by roughly $1 trillion nationwide and food assistance by close to $200 billion, financed partly by making earlier tax cuts permanent. New Jerse