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Wall Street Journal
15 hours ago
- General
- Wall Street Journal
GOP Is Strong in Virginia and New Jersey
Democrats won big in 2017 by nationalizing state legislative races in Virginia and New Jersey. Republicans suffered historic losses in Virginia's House of Delegates and Democrats made significant gains in Trenton. That set the stage for more Democratic victories in 2018. With 2025's off-year elections, Democrats are using the same playbook: hoping President Trump will again galvanize their base and distract voters from their state-level failures. But this time Republicans are ready, and we're playing offense.
Dominion Post
3 days ago
- General
- Dominion Post
Leon Trenton Pauley
Leon Trenton Pauley, 80, of Grafton, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2025, in his home, with his loving family by his side. He was born September 4, 1944, in Charleston, a son of the late James Meredith and Mary Louise Hamric is survived by his wife, Nancy Warder Pauley, whom he married May 10, 1967, spending more than 58 years was a graduate of Morgantown High School, Class of 1962 and from West Virginia University, Class of married the love of his life, Nancy Warder, May 10, was commissioned a 2LT in the U.S. Air Force May 14, 1967 through USAF ROTC Detachment 915 at WVU. Trenton was awarded USAF Pilot wings June 1968. He flew 196 combat missions in the F-4 Phantom and 50 combat missions in the A-7D in Vietnam (1971-1973). Trenton was awarded his Parachutist badge July 1975, was an Air Liaison Officer to the 82nd Airborne Division 1975- 1978, awarded master parachutist badge and Command pilot wings. He was assigned to the United Nations as a UN Military Observers between Israel and Egypt, Lebanon, Syria. Trenton returned to the States as an instructor pilot for the A-10 Thunderbolt III (Warthog). He returned to the Mid East as deputy chief of the U.S. Military Mission in Kuwait and USAF Advisor to the Kuwait Air Force. Upon arrival to Shaw AFB, he took command of the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron flying the 0-2 Cessna Sky Master and the OT-37 Scorpion. He retired from the USAF in August 1988 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Trenton received many military awards and decorations during his career including a Distinguished Flying Cross, Defense Military Service Medal, two Military Service Medals, 16 Air Medals, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Korea National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the United Nations retiring from the Air Force, he flew with Eastern Air Lines until it went out of business. He earned a Middle Grade Teaching Certification in all subjects, teaching sixth grade for 11 years inFayetteville, then retired to Grafton, where he and his wife purchased her grandfather's farm. Desiring to continue service to his country, he moved his membership in the VFW to Grafton. Grafton VFW Post 3081 elected him post commander. He was elected 3rd VFW district commander and in 2018 was elected VFW state commander earning the Coveted All American State Commander Award, Gold Legacy Life Member, member of Taylor County Honor Guard and has participated in over 950 funerals plus numerous patriotic was selected to be the general chair of Grafton's Memorial Day activities three times and was appointed to the Taylor County Health Board serving on the new building addition to his wife, Trenton is survived by two children, Heather Houlden (Richard), and Derek Pauley; three grandchildren, Noah Warder Houlden, Ryan Hamric Houlden, Autumn Sloan; one sister, Sue Anderson (Stu); three brothers, W. Kent Pauley (Christine), Dwight James Pauley (Susan), David Winnonda Pauley (Sheila); and many nieces and addition to his parents, Trenton was preceded in death by his brother, M. Brent and friends may call at Bartlett Funeral Home, 202 McGraw Avenue, Grafton, from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 1, and Monday, June 2, from 9 a.m. until the 12:30 p.m. hour of the funeral service, with Pastor Todd Jarman officiating. Interment will follow at the West Virginia National Cemetery, with full Military Honors accorded by the U.S. Air Force and the Taylor Honor may be sent to the family at Bartlett Funeral Home is honored to serve the Pauley family. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Taylor County Honor Guard or the West Virginia State VFW.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Wrangling in New Jersey primaries tests messaging on Trump for November and beyond
TRENTON, N.J. — In the waning days of New Jersey's contested primary for governor, Democratic and Republican candidates are offering a glimpse of where the general election campaign could go. They're grappling over the package of Trump tax breaks and program cuts recently passed by the House but characterizing it in dramatically different ways.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
New Jersey swung toward Trump. But now Democrats want a governor to fight him.
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — One Democrat vying to become New Jersey's next governor showed himself boxing with President Donald Trump in an AI-generated advertisement. Another got arrested while trying to visit an immigrant detention center that Trump had reopened. And Rep. Mikie Sherrill, widely viewed as the slight favorite in a crowded June 10 primary, often warns that her Republican opponent is gearing up to 'DOGE New Jersey,' a reference to Elon Musk's cuts across the federal government. Waiting to hear Sherrill speak at a strip mall this month near Trenton, voters said they were looking for a 'fighter' and an 'oppositional voice.'
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Feds sue four New Jersey Dem mayors for policies blocking immigration enforcement
The Trump administration is suing, clockwise from top left, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh, and Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, among others, in a complaint that targets the city's ordinances that protect undocumented immigrants from detention and deportation. (Photos by Andrew Harnik/Getty and Fran Baltzer, Danielle Richards, and Reena Rose Sibayan for New Jersey Monitor) TRENTON, N.J. – The U.S. government has sued Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken – and their elected officials – for city policies prosecutors say interfere with the Trump administration's immigration detention and deportation goals. Prosecutors want a judge to declare the policies an unconstitutional violation of the Constitution's supremacy clause, which holds that federal law prevails over state law. They also want an injunction to block the cities from protecting their residents and visitors from immigration enforcement. 'The United States is currently facing a crisis of illegal immigration, and the Federal Government is set to put a stop to it,' the lawsuit states. 'While states and local governments are free to stand aside as the United States performs this important work, they cannot stand in the way. And where inaction crosses into obstruction, local governments break federal law. That is what is happening across New Jersey right now. It is past time it ends.' The complaint, filed Thursday, names as defendants Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh, Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and the cities' council presidents (all four mayors are Democrats). Baraka and Fulop are among six Democrats running to become New Jersey's next governor, and Baraka just two days ago beat another federal case against him over a contested immigration jail that recently opened in Newark. Baraka blasted the latest prosecution as 'absurd.' 'We are not standing in the way of public safety. We are upholding the Constitution, providing oversight, and following the laws and guidelines of the State of New Jersey,' he said in a statement. 'Nothing in our policies prevents law enforcement from doing their jobs. What we refuse to do is turn our city into an arm of federal immigration enforcement, which the courts have already ruled is not our role.' Fulop said he would not be 'bullied' and vowed to fight the feds. 'Jersey City gets sued for being a sanctuary city — I guess MAGA ran out of conspiracy theories for the week,' he said. 'Here is the truth: Jersey City's policies protect families, reflect our values and have led to record low crime rates.' And Sayegh dismissed the complaint as 'a frivolous lawsuit and a flagrant affront to the rule of law.' 'We will not be intimidated, and we will fight this egregious attempt to score political points at Paterson's expense,' Sayegh said. Bhalla also said his city 'will not back down.' 'The Trump administration's treatment of immigrants, lawful residents, and countless citizens is truly disgraceful and often, unconstitutional. Families have been senselessly torn apart, and legal residents who have not been proven to have committed any crimes have been deported to jails overseas without due process. These actions of the federal government are truly barbaric, and Hoboken will not aid this lawlessness,' he said. In the 24-page complaint, U.S. Justice Department prosecutors led by Yaakov M. Roth, acting assistant attorney general, accused the cities of denying federal immigration agents access to undocumented people in local jails, forbidding local police from delivering them to federal immigration agents, and barring 'otherwise willing local officers from providing mission-critical information to federal immigration authorities.' Prosecutors cite executive orders and police directives that the cities issued in 2017, 2018 and 2019 during President Trump's first term, but that remain in effect. Such policies prohibit 'even the most basic cooperation with federal officials' and undermine immigration enforcement work, prosecutors argue. 'These efforts to shield illegal aliens within the Garden State are unlawful,' the complaint states. The complaint also accuses city officials of discrimination, because they bar local police and municipal officials from cooperating only with federal immigration agents, not any other entity. Singling out one agency for unfavorable treatment constitutes discrimination, the lawsuit says. 'Such discriminatory targeting of the Federal Government is unlawful,' the complaint says. The complaint comes three weeks after federal authorities began detaining undocumented people at Delaney Hall, a 1,100-bed jail in Newark that has drawn protesters daily. Jail officials initially had barred city officials from inspecting the facility, which led to Baraka's arrest earlier this month when he visited the site seeking entry. Prosecutors on Monday dropped charges against Baraka but then charged Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-10) with assaulting officers by acting as a human shield to protect Baraka from arrest. She denies the charges, and Congressional Democrats from around the country have denounced that arrest. Immigration advocates decried the lawsuit filed Friday as the feds' attempt strong-arm local governments into carrying out federal immigration enforcement. Amy Torres, executive director of the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice, said the cities' policies don't violate federal law but instead 'reflect a clear separation between local and federal responsibilities.' She urged the cities to resist caving to federal 'bullying.' 'Over the last few months, the Trump Administration's DOJ has made it clear that they want to make an example out of New Jersey — first by raiding our cities, then by expanding ICE jails in defiance of local law, and most recently by arresting elected officials and charging sitting members of Congress with felonies,' Torres said in a statement. 'It is clear that the DOJ remains hellbent on making a national example out of New Jersey. In return, NJAIJ calls upon the cities of Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Hoboken to be a national example of resistance, dissent, and champions for justice.' SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE This report was first published by the New Jersey Monitor, part of the States Newsroom nonprofit news network. It's supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. New Jersey Monitor maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Terrence T. McDonald for questions: info@
