COVID-19: White House, Senate Seal Proposed $2 Trillion Stimulus Deal Paying Citizens, Business COVID-19: White House, Senate Seal Proposed $2 Trillion Stimulus Deal Paying Citizens, Business
Covid-19: White House, Senate Seal Proposed $2 Trillion Stimulus Deal Paying Citizens, Business The White House struck an historic $2 trillion, bipartisan stimulus package that, if approved by Congress, will send money to certain families and businesses, among others, who are struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic. “At last we have a deal,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on the Senate floor after marathon talks producing what would be one of Congress’ costliest and farthest-reaching measures in history. McConnell described it as “wartime level of investment for our nation," while adding that the Senate would vote in favor of the package sometime afte…
'Life Comes First': NJ Salons Brace For Impact After Ordered Shut By Murphy 'Life Comes First': NJ Salons Brace For Impact After Ordered Shut By Murphy
'Life Comes First': NJ Salons Brace For Impact After Ordered Shut By Murphy This could get ugly. Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered personal care businesses that can't comply with social distancing guidelines to close by 8 p.m. Thursday amid growing COVID-19 scares and cases. Those include hair and nail salons, barber shops, massage parlors, eyelash shops, tattoo parlors and more. Murphy was also considering limiting gatherings to 50 people or less, and those include funerals, weddings, house parties and religious services. It's all in an effort to "flatten the curve" or stop the spread of the virus, that had killed nine New Jersey residents as of Thursday. The move c…
COVID-19: White House Works With Congress To Send Checks To Americans COVID-19: White House Works With Congress To Send Checks To Americans
Covid-19: White House Works With Congress To Send Checks To Americans The White House is working with Congress on a bipartisan plan to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak by cutting checks to Americans in need. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the White House is proposing a $1 trillion economic stimulus package to battle the pandemic, including $250 billion that would be earmarked for direct payments to Americans. According to federal officials, the stimulus package has support on each side of the aisle, and they are working quickly to push the legislation through. “This is a significant economic stimulus plan, and we look forward to having bip…
Hackensack Student's Design Will Represent NJ At Annual White House Easter Egg Roll Hackensack Student's Design Will Represent NJ At Annual White House Easter Egg Roll
Hackensack Student's Design Will Represent NJ At Annual White House Easter Egg Roll A design created by one Hackensack High School student was chosen to represent New Jersey at the White House's 141th Annual Easter Egg Roll. Ahmed El Gazzar's design depicts the New Jersey state bird, the American goldfinch, against a white background. The piece will be on display at the April 22 event, hosted by First Lady Melania Trump on the South Lawn of the White House. Following tradition, the U.S. Department of Education invited students nationally to design an egg reflective of their home state.  Designs had to be emblematic, including elements such as the state flower or stat…
Saddle Brook Police Chief Goes To White House: Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl Dominate L.E.A.D. Talk Saddle Brook Police Chief Goes To White House: Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl Dominate L.E.A.D. Talk
Saddle Brook Police Chief Goes To White House: Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl Dominate L.E.A.D. Talk Heroin and cocaine laced with fentanyl are killing drug users nationwide in staggering numbers, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said after joining Vice President Mike Pence at the White House to boost the L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) program. "This was a great opportunity to let White House representatives know law enforcement is doing everything we can to enforce, reduce, prevent and educate our communities about drug abuse," said Kugler, who is L.E.A.D.’s national chairman. Pence and Jim Carroll, the White House National Drug Control Policy director, spoke during a pr…
NJ School Officials Get F On White House Visit: Students Here On Visas Can't Get In NJ School Officials Get F On White House Visit: Students Here On Visas Can't Get In
NJ School Officials Get F On White House Visit: Students Here On Visas Can't Get In A group of New Jersey students who braved a snow storm to visit the White House saw presidential security in action when three of their foreign classmates were turned away -- leaving school officials with egg on their faces, the New York Post reports. The seventh graders from a school in Highlands (Monmouth County) had spent hours on the bus Nov. 15, leaving them with only enough time for one stop: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When they arrived, Secret Service agents stopped three of the middle schoolers -- here on visas -- who didn't have their passports or other ID required for non U.S. citi…
TV Series: How New Jersey Native Helped Expose Lewinsky In Clinton Affair TV Series: How New Jersey Native Helped Expose Lewinsky In Clinton Affair
TV Series: How New Jersey Native Helped Expose Lewinsky In Clinton Affair Monica Lewinsky has decided it is time to share her story. Part of it chronicles the pivotal role of New Jersey native and former U.S. civil servant Linda Tripp, and her role in exposing the infamous scandal between Lewinsky and former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Sunday's two-hour premiere of "The Clinton Affair" on A&E ended with Lewinsky noting that Tripp -- formerly of East Hanover and Jersey City -- turned out not to be the trusted she initially thought she was. Lewinsky was 24 years old when her affair with Clinton, which ultimately led to Clinton's 1998 impeachment, came to lig…
Ivanka Trump To Close Fashion Company Ivanka Trump To Close Fashion Company
Ivanka Trump To Close Fashion Company Ivanka Trump is shutting down her namesake clothing brand as she turns her focus to her work in the administration of her father, President Donald Trump. After distancing herself from the company last year as she took on a senior advisory role in the White House, Ivanka Trump announced Tuesday that she will be closing the doors of her businesses, which was founded in 2014. She will be meeting with staffers later in the afternoon. “After 17 months in Washington, I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the wor…
Stormy Daniels Takes Wayne Strip Club By Storm Stormy Daniels Takes Wayne Strip Club By Storm
Stormy Daniels Takes Wayne Strip Club By Storm Porn star Stormy Daniels will be making a Wayne appearance next month. Her performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 9 at Lace. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, most recently made headlines earlier this week. She put on a show Monday night, at the same time Trump was nominating Brett Kavanaugh to fill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s seat on the Supreme Court at the White House. She was reportedly paid $130,000 to keep quiet about sleeping with President Trump in 2006 while he was still married.
CAUGHT! Accused Waffle House Shooter In Custody, Police Report CAUGHT! Accused Waffle House Shooter In Custody, Police Report
Caught! Accused Waffle House Shooter In Custody, Police Report UPDATE: A 29-year-old man accused of killing four people in a Tennessee waffle house shooting this weekend was in custody, authorities said Monday afternoon. Metro Nashville Police tweeted just after 2 p.m. Monday that Travis Reinking had been "arrested moments ago." Murder warrants were being drawn up, authorities said. Reinking was caught in a wooded area barely two miles from the restaurant where he opened fire with a semiautomatic AR-15 around 3:25 a.m. Sunday, they said. The Tennessean reported several gunshots heard Monday morning behind a church in Antioch that was surrou…
VIDEO: Celebs Read Paterson Native's Controversial Book 'Fire & Fury' VIDEO: Celebs Read Paterson Native's Controversial Book 'Fire & Fury'
Video: Celebs Read Paterson Native's Controversial Book 'Fire & Fury' PATERSON, N.J. -- Paterson native Michael Wolff has gained international attention for his best selling novel "Fire & Fury: Inside the Trump White House." A host of celebrities including Cher, Hilary Clinton, Snoop Dogg and more read snippets of the novel during the Grammy Awards. In the #1 New York Times bestseller, Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of Trump's time in the White House. CLICK VIDEO ABOVE TO WATCH.
NJ Native Michael Wolff Stirs Up Controversy With New Trump Book NJ Native Michael Wolff Stirs Up Controversy With New Trump Book
NJ Native Michael Wolff Stirs Up Controversy With New Trump Book It's been quite the week for author Michael Wolff, a New Jersey native. Wolff, from Paterson, is the author of "Fire and Fury," an insider's account of the first year of President Donald Trump's White House. The book, which is out now, is No. 1 at Amazon. Former chief strategist Steve Bannon is quoted in the book as saying a meeting Trump's team, which included Donald Trump, Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner took with Russians was "treasonous." Trump responded with a blistering statement saying Bannon has nothing to do with him or his presidency. "When he was fired,…