TRENTON — Republican front-runner Donald Trump hurled an attack at Gov. Chris Christie over Twitter Monday morning, accusing the governor of spending too much time away from his day job. The billionaire businessman questioned how Christie is running the “deeply troubled” state of New Jersey when he’s “spending all of his time” in New Hampshire. The… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday sent a letter to President Obama saying New Jersey will not accept any Syrian refugees from the war-torn country. In the letter, Christie argued the Obama administration failed to notify the state or coordinate with New Jersey agencies on resettling refugees in the Garden State. Christie, who is running… Read the rest of this entry »
ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wake of the deadly terrorist attacks that rocked Paris, Gov. Chris Christie offered one of his fiercest rebukes of President Obama’s strategy to defeat terrorism here and abroad, and vowed Saturday to be a president who puts the “safety, security and freedom” of Americans first before all else. The governor, speaking… Read the rest of this entry »
ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Chris Christie indicated Friday night New Jersey officials are on alert following the deadly series of attacks in Paris that have claimed lives across the city. Christie, tweeting from his gubernatorial account, said he’s working with New Jersey State Police and the state’s Homeland Security department in the wake of the attacks.… Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey commuters traveling to and from New York’s Penn Station rely on two century-old trans-Hudson tunnels. New Jersey commuters got a jolt of good news yesterday: The federal government will cover at least half of the up to $20 billion price tag for a new trans-Hudson tunnel. That could go some way toward… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Trump/Christie in 2016? It’s a possibility, Donald Trump told a crowd in New Hampshire on Wednesday, according to a report by NBC News. As Trump made an appearance at a political speaker series in Manchester, a man in the crowd asked the billionaire businessman and Republican presidential candidate if he’d given any thought to… Read the rest of this entry »
NEWARK–In the first defense motions challenging the evidence in the George Washington Bridge scandal, lawyers for two former allies of Gov. Chris Christie late Tuesday complained the government failed to produce “critical facts essential to their ability to prepare for trial.” They also said that the mountain of documents produced by the government against Bill Baroni,… Read the rest of this entry »
Gov. Chris Christie has a busy day Monday, acting on dozens of bills sitting on his desk. Here is a look at some key measures he either vetoed or signed: BILLS HE VETOED * He outright vetoed legislation that… Read the rest of this entry »
SOMERSWORTH, N.H. — Gov. Chris Christie was edged out of the upcoming GOP debate’s main stage event scheduled for Tuesday, delivering a major blow to the struggling campaign that had just begun showing signs of gaining momentum. The line was announced Thursday night on Fox Business just as Christie campaigned in New Hampshire, where the latest… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Democrats tightened their control of the state Assembly in Tuesday’s elections, wresting three seats away from a Republican party ruled by Gov. Chris Christie, a presidential candidate whose popularity has dropped at home. It means Democrats will control 51 seats in the 80-seat lower house as of January — their biggest majority since 1979.… Read the rest of this entry »