PHIL MURPHY

The November midterms broadened the party’s bench for potential presidential contenders, though none have said they would challenge Biden if he runs.

Democrats are on edge and bringing in the reinforcements amid a narrower-than-expected margin.

"We identified the source of the threat who no longer poses a danger to the community," an FBI spokesperson said.

NEWARK, N.J. — Officials with the FBI have identified the man believed to be responsible for a broad threat made against synagogues in New Jersey, according to multiple reports. >> Read more trending newsAuthorities questioned the man, whose identity was not immediately released, The Associated Press reported. “It doesn’t appear there are others who pose a threat to Jewish synagogues affiliated with this subject of interest.”On Thursday, officials shared that they had “received credible information” about a “broad threat” against synagogues in New Jersey and urged people to take security measures for their safety. I am grateful to the @FBI, as well as state law enforcement partners including the @NewJerseyOAG, the @NJSP, and the @NJOHSP, for their tireless efforts in mitigating the immediate threat to our Jewish synagogues. pic.twitter.com/cGOyM1o02d — Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) November 4, 2022It was not immediately clear whether the man suspected of making the threat against New Jersey synagogues would face charges.

The man, whose identity was not released, was questioned by law enforcement and no longer poses a danger to the community.

Federal agents have identified the man they believe posted a broad online threat against synagogues in New Jersey but do not believe he was planning to carry out a specific plot, a law enforcement official said Friday. But investigators do not believe the man had the means or motive to carry out any specific attack, the official added. The official could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The source of the threat "no longer poses a danger to the community," the FBI in Newark tweeted. In 2019, a man stabbed five people at a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, fatally wounding one person.

Federal agents have identified the man they believe posted a broad online threat against synagogues in New Jersey but do not think he was planning to carry out a specific plot, a law enforcement official said Friday. The man, whose identity was not immediately released, was questioned by law enforcement and told agents he had been bullied in the past and harbored anger toward Jewish people, the official said. The source of the threat “no longer poses a danger to the community," the FBI in Newark tweeted.

NEWARK, N.J. — Officials with the FBI’s field office in Newark said on Thursday that it had received “credible information” about a “broad threat” to synagogues in New Jersey. >> Read more trending newsIn a tweet Thursday afternoon, the FBI asked synagogue officials to “take all security precautions” to protect their facilities and community members. The FBI takes all threats seriously and we are working with our law enforcement partners actively investigating this threat. — FBI Newark (@FBINewark) November 3, 2022According to The Associated Press, the alert was posted after officials discovered an online threat directed broadly at synagogues in New Jersey. I have been in touch with the @NewJerseyOAG, @njohsp, and @FBINewark regarding a credible threat to synagogues in NJ.

The FBI said it received credible information of a threat to synagogues across New Jersey on Thursday. Gov. Phil Murphy is in communication with state leaders on the matter.

NEWARK, N.J. — Two police officers were wounded Tuesday by a gunman perched on a rooftop in Newark, New Jersey, a state official confirmed. #BREAKING At least two police officers have been injured following a shootout in Newark, New Jersey. According to the TV station, the wounded officers had been serving a warrant at a home near Van Velsor Place and Chancellor Avenue when gunfire rained down from above. In this day and age you never know when something like this is going to happen.”Officials with the Newark Police Department did not immediately identify the wounded officers, and a motive for the attack was not immediately clear. Law enforcement sources confirmed to WNBC that no threat to the community remained by 3 p.m. EDT.

At least two New Jersey police officers have been shot by a gunman, possibly on a roof, according to media reports.

The state Senate of New Jersey has confirmed Gov. Phil Murphy's former chief counsel, Matt Platkin, 35, to be New Jersey's new attorney general.

The New Jersey State Board of Education on adopted a K-12 climate change education, making New Jersey the first state to require learning about the issue.

The hosts of \"The View\" discusses Ron DeSantis\'s praise of Biden amid Hurricane Ian

A New Jersey grand jury has indicted 14 corrections officers on charges stemming from what authorities said was a brutal attack in 2021 on inmates at the state's only prison for women. The grand jury handed up the indictments after a more than yearlong investigation into the events at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, in the community of Clinton, Acting Attorney General Matt Platkin’s office said late Tuesday. The indictments are the latest development in a state criminal probe that resulted in significant fallout, including the departure of the state’s corrections commissioner and Gov. Phil Murphy’s declaration that he will close the prison.

Former New Jersey Gov. James Florio has died at age 85.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (AP) — Irate that a session to discuss a proposed smoking ban during a major casino industry conference was snuffed out, casino workers and patrons opposed to smoking in the gambling halls held a noisy protest outside the meeting Thursday. About 100 people rallied in the rain underneath a walkway outside the Hard Rock casino, demanding that the state Legislature act on a bill to ban casino smoking that has the support of more than half of state lawmakers and Gov. He recently became president of the Casino Association of New Jersey, the Atlantic City casinos' trade association which vehemently opposes a smoking ban. “The CANJ is running and hiding right now,” said Peter Naccarelli, a Borgata dealer and a leader of a push by casino workers to ban smoking in their workplaces. “They have no logical arguments.”Lamont White, another Borgata dealer opposed to smoking, said the casino industry's main argument has always been, “We'd lose money, and money is more important than casino workers lives.”“That's all they have to say,” he said.

Irate that a session to discuss a proposed smoking ban during a casino industry conference was canceled, casino workers and patrons opposed to smoking in the gambling halls held a noisy protest outside the meeting Thursday in New Jersey.

The Mega Millions jackpot was the third largest ever at an estimated $660 million with a cash option of $388 million.

Governors Meeting FILE - Arkansas Gov. The National Governors Association is holding its summer meeting in person for the first time since 2019, after meeting virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The National Governors Association is the last standing, true bipartisan group that gets things done," Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson said he doesn't see the governors association addressing abortion following the reversal of Roe. In response, some Democratic governors have signed measures banning their state's law enforcement agencies from enforcing other states' abortion bans.

Stark political divides are threatening to overshadow a meeting this week of the nation's governors.

Iowa and New Hampshire are in the hot seat to be removed from the early window, due to a perceived lack of diversity and representation.

The White House is launching a partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of President Joe Biden’s climate change plan.

New daily Covid cases used to be an easy way to track the pandemic's severity. Today, you might want to pay attention to a different set of numbers.

Gov. Phil Murphy sent a letter to nearly 60 businesses suggesting they could expand into New Jersey because the state protects abortion rights.

The task force will be comprised of members from both parties.

The U.S. House this week approved a wide-ranging gun control bill that has little chance of passing the Senate.

Phil Murphy, a Democrat, to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre. — (AP) — The leaders of the National Governors Association said Friday they're forming a bipartisan working group to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre. Reaching consensus could be a tall order given that the nation's governors have been divided along partisan lines on how to approach issues of gun control and school safety. Hutchinson and Murphy appeared to leave open the possibility that the recommendations could include some gun control proposals. The U.S. House this week approved a wide-ranging gun control bill that has little chance of passing the Senate.

The National Governors Association says it's forming a working group of governors to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre.

Georgia gunmaker Daniel Defense offers buy now, pay later, so the cost of buying its guns can be spread over several payment periods.

The casino industry says a total ban on smoking would hurt business and result in job losses. Workers say their health is at stake.

Sundiata Acoli, 85, has been in prison for almost five decades for the 1973 murder of a policeman.

Sundiata Acoli was an activist with the Black Liberation Army when he was involved in murdering a New Jersey State Police trooper in 1973. His parole was blocked for years despite an exemplary prison record. On Tuesday, he won his freedom.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy reveals the strange room former President Trump had right next to the Oval Office.

More than a dozen facilities will sell pot as New Jersey joins other states with legal recreational marijuana markets.

On Thursday, the doors will finally open on what analysts believe could be a $2 billion market for adult-use, or recreational, marijuana in the Garden State by 2025.

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) (Julio Cortez)TRENTON, N.J. — (AP) — Recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey for those 21 and older will begin April 21, Democratic Gov. The news comes about a year after the state's regulatory commission started operating, and a year and a half after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot question to permit recreational marijuana for people 21 and older. New Jersey is one of 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized recreational marijuana. How much tax revenue New Jersey gets from recreational marijuana isn’t clear. In 2019, as legalization of recreational marijuana was still just pending before voters, he had estimated about $60 million in revenue.

TRENTON, N.J. — (AP) — Recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey for those 21 and older will begin April 21, Democratic Gov. Murphy's announcement on Twitter comes just three days after state regulators green lighted permits for seven facilities that already sell medical cannabis to begin retailing recreational marijuana. New Jersey is one of 18 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized recreational marijuana. How much money the state will get in tax revenues from recreational marijuana isn’t clear. In 2019, as legalization of recreational marijuana was still just pending before voters, he had estimated about $60 million in revenue.

Recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey for those 21 and older will begin April 21.

Before former President Donald Trump's baseless assault on the U.S. voting system, candidate concessions were taken for granted. No more.

Conservative media have pointed to sample lesson plans to claim young students will be taught in detail about gender identity. But they aren't actual school curriculum.

Phil Murphy has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced on Thursday. >> Read more trending newsMurphy, 64, took a rapid antigen test Thursday afternoon as part of his regularly scheduled testing regimen, and the results came back positive, Mahen Gunaratna, the governor’s communications director, said in a statement. Murphy then took a PCR test that also had a positive result, NJ.com reported. This afternoon, as part of a regularly-scheduled testing regime, @GovMurphy took a rapid antigen test that came back positive for COVID-19. He subsequently took a PCR test, which also came back positive.

Governors and state lawmakers throughout the U.S. are floating proposals to send checks to help residents cope with soaring inflation at a time when state budgets are bursting with cash.

The BA.2 variant more than doubled in prevalence in only a week in New Jersey and New York.

Gov. Phil Murphy proposed a 'one-year fee holiday' during his budget address Tuesday that would eliminate various state payments.

The jackpot was an estimated $126 million with a cash option of $86.1 million.

Murphy aims to sever financial ties with Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, but he noted that Lukoil stations are franchised by New Jersey locals.

"It feels very much like we are on that road from pandemic to endemic," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy told CNBC.

Starting Monday, businesses will no longer be required to ask for vaccination cards, and masks will no longer be mandated in public schools for children ages 5 and older.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the public health emergency declared in response to omicron will end on Monday.

Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed property tax relief for nearly 1.8 million New Jersey households, including renters. Here's what residents need to know.

The party has traditionally dominated on education issues, even when the GOP has outperformed it on the ballot. That may be changing.

"I was confused, like, why they saw me as a bad person," the teen said of the police officers who pinned him down while the other boy sat on a couch.

"I was confused, like, why they saw me as a bad person," the teen said of the police officers who pinned him down while the other boy sat on a couch.

In video posted to social media of a shopping mall fight, an officer tackles the Black youth who's involved and handcuffs him with the assistance of another officer as the white participant looks on.

After several states, including California, lifted indoor mask mandates on their own, the CDC assures that updated COVID-19 guidance is on the way.

The governors of four states have announced plans to lift statewide mask requirements in schools a month or two from now.

You can see it in the masks, in the seating charts and even in the distribution of water glasses at the White House.

Governors across the U.S. took sweeping action during earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic, but are taking a much different approach during the record-setting caseloads caused by the omicron variant.

With more bad weather looming, Virginia officials are seeking to reassure the public they are prepared as they reacted to harsh criticism of their response to a storm earlier this week that left hundreds of motorists stranded on Interstate 95.

This month’s elections may have offered a preview of the Spanish-language misinformation that could pose a growing threat to Democrats.

New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli says he spoke to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and conceded the election, but adds he plans to run again in four years.

New Jersey Republican Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign denies that there was fraud in this year’s governor’s election but says the margin could shrink enough to warrant a recount.

Republicans are increasingly optimistic about flipping governor’s offices in key battleground states next year.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was declared the winner in his reelection campaign after results from mail ballots and Democratic-leaning counties helped him extend his lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

New Jersey’s longtime state Senate president, Democrat Steve Sweeney lost reelection, falling to a Republican newcomer who spent little money and underscoring Democratic woes in the Biden era.

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey narrowly won reelection in his reliably blue state while a Republican political newcomer delivered a stunning upset in the Virginia governor’s race.

Democrats are blending finger-pointing, optimism and a renewed push to unstick their stalled legislative agenda as they scramble for Election Day lessons from a jolting loss in Virginia and a closer than expected win in New Jersey.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has won reelection over Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey narrowly won reelection in his reliably blue state while a Republican political newcomer delivered a stunning upset in the Virginia governor’s race, sending a warning to Democrats that their grip on power in Washington may be in peril.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy and Republican Jack Ciattarelli were virtually deadlocked early Wednesday after a campaign centered on the incumbent’s progressive policies and handling of the pandemic.

Tight races for governor were unfolding in Virginia and New Jersey late Tuesday with the Democratic candidates narrowly trailing their Republican rivals in states that President Joe Biden easily captured a year ago.

New Jersey's decidedly liberal shift under first-term Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is facing a test as he seeks reelection against Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

First lady Jill Biden has campaigned for Democrats in Virginia's and New Jersey’s governors' races.

Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders might be running for governor of Arkansas, but she's not talking much about the state.

President Joe Biden has approved major disaster declarations greenlighting federal aid for people six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

As residents and businesses across New Jersey spent the holiday weekend trying to clean up damage from last week’s storm, rescue workers resumed the search for two friends whose car was caught up in the floodwaters.

The destruction left by the remnants of Hurricane Ida have officials and experts agreeing that infrastructure including roads, sewers and housing in New York and New Jersey must be quickly improved.

The National Weather Service says a tornado that ripped through Mullica Hill, New Jersey, is believed to have had an EF-3 rating, with winds of up to 150 miles per hour.

Residents across the waterlogged Northeast are clearing mud and tearing out soggy carpets after deluges dropped by Tropical Storm Henri.

President Joe Biden visited the U.S. Capitol in search of Democratic support for his multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda.

Gamblers will be able to light up again in Atlantic City's casinos starting Sunday.

With COVID-19 cases declining and vaccinations increasing, governors across the U.S. are wrestling with decisions about when to declare an end to the emergency declarations they have issued and reissued throughout the pandemic.

New Jersey’s embattled corrections commissioner has announced his resignation, a day after Gov. Phil Murphy said the state would shutter its long-troubled and only women’s prison.

One person is under arrest following what authorities say was a targeted shooting at a birthday party in New Jersey that left two people dead and 12 injured.

The governor of New Jersey has cleared the way for the Giants and Jets to play games at MetLife Stadium at full capacity for the upcoming NFL season.

State police in New Jersey say at least two people were killed and 12 people were wounded in a shooting at a house party.

A Massachusetts company plans to build a high-voltage line to bring electricity from a future New Jersey offshore wind farm onto land, and connect it to the power grid.

Many educators in the U.S. say they’ve heard a demand from students for fuller Black history lessons beyond what was already offered.

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.

About 54,600 people in New York tested positive for the virus in the last week, a number that has begun to inch up recently. The situation in New York and New Jersey mirrors a national trend that has seen case numbers inch up in recent days. AdNeither New York nor New Jersey is experiencing anything like what they saw last spring, when hospitals — and morgues — were overflowing. New Jersey hospitals are reporting about 2,200 virus patients — up by roughly 300 in the past couple of weeks. New York City's Public Advocate Jumaane Williams urged New York to pause reopening plans.

(AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Big West Conference will hold its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments without spectators, including family and guests of the teams. The Big West’s board of directors decided to start the season without fans in attendance. AdPelicans officials say they are hoping to allow as many as 4,000 fans per game later this season. The Cleveland Browns and Cavaliers have been permitted to have a limited number of fans at games during the pandemic. AdThe governor said about 1,700 to 1,800 fans should be allowed to attend Devils games under the new rules.

A medical worker prepares a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in a local rural medical post in the village of Ikhala in Russias Karelia region, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)MEXICO CITY — Mexico has received its first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Mexico received its first shipment of vaccines from Pfizer in mid-December, but turned to Sputnik V in January when other expected vaccine shipments were delayed. The company reiterated that it will have capacity to provide 100 million vaccine doses to the U.S. by the end of June. ___WASHINGTON — The White House now says it expects to catch up by mid-week on deliveries of coronavirus vaccine doses that were delayed by severe weather.

The winter weather prompted school districts to cancel in-person learning on Monday, and many COVID-19 vaccination sites were closed and rescheduling appointments. As much as 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow was predicted to fall in areas throughout the day Monday and overnight. 11:30 a.m.BOSTON — The second phase of Massachusetts’ coronavirus vaccine rollout is being disrupted by a winter storm that’s causing schedule changes and at least one vaccination location to shutdown. A winter storm warning remained in effect until Tuesday for much of the state. Most of the state remained under winter storm warnings or winter weather advisories that were expected to remain in effect through Tuesday morning.

Although the heaviest parts of the storm had moved through the metropolitan area by Monday evening, lighter snow showers were expected to continue virtually all day Tuesday, forecaster James Tomasini said. “We’re looking at a long two days here,” New York Gov. Across the Northeast, many coronavirus vaccination sites closed Monday. AdHundreds of flights and many trains and were canceled, and aboveground New York City subway service stopped at 2 p.m. In recent days, a storm system blanketed parts of the Midwest, with some areas getting the most snow in several years.

In past decades, the Census Bureau has given Virginia and New Jersey priority in receiving their redistricting data so they can complete the process in time to run their elections. That’s too late to accommodate Virginia and New Jersey, so they will have little choice but to conduct elections this year under the existing boundaries. He said if legislative redistricting were rushed in time for the 2021 election, it would likely be with incomplete census data. AdThe House of Delegates lines that were created in 2011 were drawn by a Republican-controlled chamber to benefit the GOP. That in turn fueled a Democratic gain of six seats in the 2019 House elections, flipping the chamber to Democratic control.

The others are the lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, insurance commissioner and Kansas Supreme Court chief justice and four Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled Legislature. The legislative leaders and the state’s Republican attorney general passed, for now, because not all health care workers and nursing home residents have received theirs. The governor also said Wednesday that “hundreds” of other, non-elected state officials have been made eligible for early vaccines by their agencies. The others are the lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, insurance commissioner and Kansas Supreme Court chief justice and four Republican leaders in the GOP-controlled Legislature. Most of those Republicans said they didn’t want to jump in line ahead of health care workers, nursing home residents or other vulnerable Kansans.

(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)BEIJING — Authorities in China’s northeastern port city of Dalian are testing millions of residents after seven new coronavirus cases were reported there in the last 24 hours. It has a deal to secure up to 100 million doses of the potential vaccine produced by AstraZeneca. Koca said the first shipment of three million doses of CoronaVac would be shipped to Turkey on Sunday and arrive Monday. He said Turkey could get 4.5 million doses until the end of March and would have the option buy up to 30 million doses. Indonesia has reported nearly 700,000 COVID-19 cases, the largest caseload in Southeast Asia and second in Asia only to India’s 10.1 million confirmed cases.

A woman waits for a Long Island Rail Road train in the Queens borough of New York as snow falls at the start of an oncoming snow storm, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)NEW YORK – Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S. vaccination campaign and in the thick of a virus surge that has throngs of people seeking tests daily. Snow fell from northern Virginia to parts of New England on Wednesday. But we are on it and following it,” he told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.”The need for vaccines prompted New Jersey Gov. The National Weather Service reported that parts of Centre County were hit with as much as 13 inches (33 centimeters) of snow by Wednesday night.

“Our theme today ought to be, ‘If it’s not one thing, it’s another,’” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said as he gave residents storm guidance that's new this year — mask up if you help your neighbors shovel. In New York City, officials braced for the biggest storm in about three years. But they are being told to secure outdoor furniture, remove heaters and take other steps to make way for plows. Gina Raimondo suspended the scheduling of coronavirus tests for Thursday and said some outdoor testing sites may close, though others will remain open.