Joe Hernandez

Department of Justice prosecutors had accused the New Jersey Democrat and wealthy Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen of engaging in a bribery scheme.

A person not sitting in federal court in Newark on Monday held major sway over the trial of U.S. Sen Bob Menendez.

The federal jury deciding the fate of New Jersey U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez will start from scratch Monday, after a juror was excused last week.

Christa Cooper had been thinking about the N.J. governor's race for months, but didn't like what she heard from Democrat Phil Murphy or Republican Kim Guadagno.

Closing arguments concluded Monday in the federal corruption trial of N.J. U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend accused of engaging in a seven-year bribery scheme.

New Jersey's senior senator is accused of accepting bribes from a longtime friend in return for government favors.

Lagging in the polls, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, a Republican, rolled out a tough-on-illegal-immigration TV ad many viewed as a departure from her moderate conservative persona.

The two men have been saying it from the beginning: U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen are simply old friends. Bribery was never in the picture.

Sessions said he would urge federal prosecutors to use whatever laws they can think of to “dismantle” the transnational criminal organization with an estimated 40,000 members.

In a new push to fight the opioid crisis, New Jersey state officials are trying to stop the flow of legal but highly addictive painkillers at the source: doctors.

On the first Friday of this month, four inmates at the Cumberland County jail in South Jersey overdosed in their cells almost simultaneously.

Residents of Paulsboro, New Jersey, walk away disappointed after first debate in governor's race.