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President Joe Biden is sending his national security adviser for talks with a senior Chinese official in Rome on Monday.

The department is directing prosecutors to stop limiting peoples' rights to seek compassionate release from prison in plea deals, a practice that advocates called cruel.

Domestic assaults with guns have almost doubled over the last five years. Philadelphia City Council heard from victims and others about how to work on the issue.

Another year, another defeat for recreational marijuana. House lawmakers were unable to get the needed votes to advance the legalization measure.

The new Steve Sweeney Center for Public Policy at Rowan University is billed as bringing pragmatic solutions to New Jersey issues.

On his first anniversary as attorney general, Merrick Garland said he's committed to unraveling the conspiracy behind the storming of the U.S. Capitol.

The legislation, if passed, aims to speed up the process of installing filtering hydration stations, but doesn’t earmark funds to help pay for them.

A reauthorization of the landmark 1994 law is included in an annual federal spending package moving through Congress.

The preliminary figures provide the latest picture of how new election rules rushed into place by Republicans made it harder to vote for thousands of voters in both parties.

The law allows the state to create a list of New Jersey businesses that do business with the Russian and Belarusian governments.

The money covers the U.S. costs of sending troops and weapons to Eastern Europe and equipping allied forces there in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

In his first in-person budget address in two years, Murphy touted a growing economy and announced a new property tax relief program.

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio wasn’t there when the riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021. That's because police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot.

The proposal would require the industry to cut smog-and-soot-forming nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90% per truck over current standards by 2031.

House passes bill for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Amtrak engineer found not guilty. And, once-critically endangered bald eagles are being tested for lead poisoning.