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Accounting change masks new data showing NJ pension fees jumped 50 percent to $600 million in 2014.

The Senate isn’t going along with House Republicans’ plan to use Department of Homeland Security funding to fight President Obama’s orders on immigration.

At least 40 percent of Washington cities have outlawed marijuana sales within their borders.

The dilemma for frontrunner Hillary Clinton: When the primary season starts, she has to win big or risk being seen as weak.

New "pay-to-play" legislation could keep Christie from raising campaign funds from a wide swath of Wall Street.

The marijuana bust is the largest in the history of the Otay Mesa port of entry and the second-largest ever at any U.S. border crossing.

Language inserted by Chris Christie into a N.J. law allows him to steer cash from environmental lawsuits away from cleanups, into a discretionary fund.

With only hours to go before Homeland Security funding ran out, the House finally joined the Senate in approving a seven-day extension.

The Department of Homeland Security will shut down even as America confronts ISIS and other terrorist threats.

Speaker Boehner failed to get enough House votes to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for three more weeks.

Physicians and parents push for more research on and access to medical marijuana.

The House of Representatives is expected to ignore the Senate by passing a bill to fund Homeland Security -- for three weeks.

New Jersey settles 2004 $8.9 billion case against ExxonMobil for just $250 million; Christie's first AG was an ExxonMobil lawyer.

A representative for Safe Streets Alliance said Bank of the West isn’t off the hook just yet.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shifted from a long-held position on the legalization of marijuana during an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

Hoping to shift blame to Democrats, Boehner wants the House to vote for a three-week stopgap to fund Homeland Security.

The New Jersey governor and potential U.S. presidential candidate isn't bothered by all the negative campaign coverage.

Republicans want to see the deal the New York governor got from Murdoch's News Corp. after he backed initiatives helping the company.

House Speaker Boehner appeared tired of questions about a Homeland Security shutdown. So he blew some kisses.

Homeland Security funding is just the year's first fiscal fight. Who in the U.S. Congress can step up and negotiate a deal?

The New York governor's administration is automatically deleting government emails after 90 days.

New York's governor denied knowledge of a bill News Corp. had lobbied on before giving him a book deal.

After four failed votes, the Senate proves the fifth time is the charm.

Congress has hit another impasse with the Friday deadline to fund Homeland Security looming.

State documents show News Corp lobbies the governor while it pays him as much as $700,000 for a poorly selling memoir.

Using personal stories to illustrate her positions, Clinton sounded like a 2016 candidate in a Silicon Valley speech heavy on tech and gender issues.

In the latest procedural twist, Senate Democrats are waiting to see if Speaker Boehner will agree to DHS funding bill.

It will be legal to smoke pot for non-medical purposes in Alaska starting Tuesday.

Conservatives' insistence on continuing the immigration fight means that Homeland Security funding is still set to run out on Friday.