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I cover New Jersey for The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/by/tracey-tully

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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
National Democrats have added CD-2 in South Jersey, a seat now held by a Republican convert, Congressman Jeff Van Drew, to their midterm target list.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Former NJ Gov. Tom Kean is here for the CD-7 debate between Rep. Tom Kean Jr. and Rebecca Bennett, the Democratic challenger. The debate starts at 7pm and will be aired live in a variety of places.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can anything be normal these days?
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Luigi Mangione 'fangirl' works for one of N.J.'s biggest cities. She’s causing drama in NYC court.
The woman holds an NYC press credential that may be revoked under a newly proposed city bill targeting non-journalist credential holders.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The first statement Dale Caldwell’s lawyer issued was measured. The second mentioned “character assassination,” and made clear no resignation was imminent. Then a flood of Gov. Sherrill’s allies, starting with Sen. Cory Booker, began taking sides:
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Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s Lt. Governor, Violated Workplace Policies, Report Finds (Gift Article)
Investigators found that New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, sought a promotion for his girlfriend and made a sexually charged comment to a staff member.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/n...
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Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators (Gift Article)
New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026
NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/09/2026
Breaking News: OpenAI disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes and other “concerning” behavior.
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OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning' A.I. Behavior
The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Half-Marathoners in New Jersey Wade Through Flooded Course www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/n...
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Half-Marathoners in New Jersey Wade Through Flooded Course (Gift Article)
Harrowing social media videos showed runners navigating chest-high waters after a drenching rainstorm on Sunday.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Here’s the US Supreme Court decision rejecting President Trump’s efforts to try to alter the mail-ballot process before November. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Inside the Snowballing Conversations at A.I. Companies About a Doomsday www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t...
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Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday (Gift Article)
Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m told they are 2 separate matters and that the college employee had been terminated.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Sincerely, A Concerned NJ Resident” It was addressed to the state ethics commission, the AG, the Civil Service Commission and me. If it was sent to the NYT mailroom it never reached my mailbox. But I recently obtained a copy. 8/8
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Please put a stop to this shameless and corrupt behavior.” 7/8
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The Lieutenant Governor is also hitting on women at functions while traveling using taxpayer money. He has been particularly shameless in handing out his state business cards and asking women out on dates.” 6/8
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“and the woman he brought with him demanded to be seated at the head table even though she arrived unexpected and without a ticket. This incident was disruptive to the event.” 5/8
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“He also brought an uninvited female guest to the Essex County Democratic Committee’s Women of Excellence Lunch on April 18th,” 4/8
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“He did this on February 24th at the Rowan University Rosa Parks Scholarship Luncheon and again at the Whitesboro Black History Gala on April 18th.” 3/8
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It starts: “The NJ Lieutenant Governor, Dale Caldwell, has been bringing uninvited female guests to events while traveling using taxpayer funds.” 2/8
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The tone of the original complaint was personal, and appeared to be written by someone annoyed by one of the “uninvited female guests.” One of the guests was his daughter, he has noted. The other was a friend from Charlotte, who told me she was in NJ for a visit. He denies the claims. 1/8
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Anonymous Letter Set Investigation Into a Lieutenant Governor in Motion (Gift Article)
The letter claimed that Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, brought “uninvited female guests” to events. Mr. Caldwell said the complaint rested on “misinformation.”
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An investigation into NJ Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell’s conduct has engulfed state politics. Here are details about an anonymous one-page complaint, mailed May 6, that set the scandal in motion. Dr. Caldwell has strenuously denied the claims, calling them “inaccurate, misleading and completely false.”
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Anonymous Letter Set Investigation Into a Lieutenant Governor in Motion (Gift Article)
The letter claimed that Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, brought “uninvited female guests” to events. Mr. Caldwell said the complaint rested on “misinformation.”
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Meanwhile on X, from Evan Hubinger, who leads the Alignment Science team at Anthropic.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
Possibly the most American news of all time
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Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
‘The company also collects biometric data and uses artificial intelligence to analyze every call and communication, sharing its findings with law enforcement … can detect calls between incarcerated people, flag problematic keywords in calls and messaging, and identify the type of phone called.’
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
More thought-provoking journalism from Dana DiFillippo at newjerseymonitor.com
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New ID requirement to message NJ inmates leads to data privacy fears • New Jersey Monitor
NJ prisons now require people to upload a passport or driver's license to message incarcerated loved ones. That's a barrier and data privacy risk, critics charge.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE arrests have surged in NJ since spring, after agents began fanning out under orders to detain 2,000 immigrants nationwide a day.
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A Mayor’s Wife Is Injured as ICE Chases Another Driver, Officials Say (Gift Article)
A driver fled after being stopped by federal immigration agents, who then pursued the individual on a New Jersey highway, the police officials said.
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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Patients at NYC public hospitals waited an average of nearly 14 hours this year to move from the ER to a hospital bed. At Kings County, the average was 27 hours. At Elmhurst, it was nearly 24. The full investigation via FOIL data from NYC H+H Corp. —> www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/09/02/n...
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27 Hours in the ER: Bed Shortage Leaves Hospital Patients in Chaotic Limbo
Experts blamed growing admission delays across New York on the closure and consolidation of hospitals.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A spokesperson for the state Department of Education confirmed that Whigham’s program is not a state-approved track leading to “a high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand occupation.” From @njspotlightnews.org
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How Whitney Houston's mortician got a $700k Newark school deal | NJ Spotlight News
Critics ask why contract for hotel and food service training was awarded to local go-to embalmer for celebrities and political elite
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
And a close-in look at the surge, in NJ, where daily arrests have doubled - to 2,000 a day: @luisferre7.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/n...
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‘They Opened the Door and Pulled Us Out’: How ICE Descended on a Town (Gift Article)
One summer morning, immigration agents swooped in and detained 18 immigrants at a store in Lakewood, N.J., plunging the town into fear.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Personal testimonies on what it’s like to live with ICE agents on the hunt in towns in NJ were submitted as part of a lawsuit. @newjerseymonitor.com with a detailed story:
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NJ residents share stories of masked ICE agents in push to retain mask ban • New Jersey Monitor
New Jersey wants a judge to reject a Trump administration push to overturn a state law barring ICE agents from wearing masks.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Any local reporters invited to tonight’s “Protect the Vote” rally featuring Kean @njgop.bsky.social at 6 in West Flemington? I’m told it’s closed but would love a readout from attendee! @njspotlightnews.org @nj.com @danieljhan.bsky.social @northjerseynews.bsky.social Fred Snowflack, Audrey Blumberg
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We Tried to Cover a Tom Kean Campaign Event. Someone Called the Police. Yes, I’m the “nice, little reporter.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/n...
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We Tried to Cover a Tom Kean Campaign Event. Someone Called the Police. (Gift Article)
Representative Thomas Kean Jr. was joined Friday on the campaign trail by House Speaker Mike Johnson. An aide to Mr. Kean blocked a reporter’s entry. Then the police were called.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
One noncitizen who was registered to vote in error in NJ is now facing a cascade of consequences from the state’s screw up: >Green card denied >Lost work authorization >Now, federal immigration officials have initiated removal proceedings. “Deportation court,” his lawyer told me.
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Voter-Registration Error Could Cost Immigrants a Shot at a Green Card (Gift Article)
New Jersey improperly added as many as 6,600 noncitizens to its voter rolls. Those people could now be forced out of the country.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
NJ’s former governor, Christie Whitman, weighs in on the noncitizen voter registration snafu. Praises Sherrill and calls what took place during the Murphy administration what it was: a coverup.
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NJ voter error must be fixed, not politicized, Whitman says | Opinion
Fix the MVC voter registration error. But reject lies meant to undermine faith in democracy, says former NJ Gov. Christie Whitman.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
To see this data from across the country, over 4 years, is powerful. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside the Spending of AIPAC, One of the U.S.'s Largest Super PACs (Gift Article)
In recent years, AIPAC has more than doubled the amount it spends in political campaigns, while rarely mentioning Israel. Its biggest test yet, the Michigan Senate primary, comes Tuesday.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hegseth blocks promotions of seven Navy officers, five of them women or people of color, a highly unusual move that means that for the first time in more than a decade no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral. @gregjaffe.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
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Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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adamlisberg.bsky.social @adamlisberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Algorithmic pricing comes to the news business — just got this renewal notice from nj.com that my $130 annual renewal cost was set personally for me. What are other people being charged?
Text of an email: 

Dear Valued Subscriber,
Thank you for being a loyal subscriber and investing in local journalism. Your support drives our mission to strengthen and empower the communities we serve. We remain committed to being your trusted source in New Jersey.

We wanted to notify you of an upcoming change to your subscription price. Beginning August 15, 2026, the price of your subscription will be adjusted to $130.00 per year. At the end of each term, your subscription will automatically renew at the then-current price, unless you cancel before the end of the term.

This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data. We consider how long you've been a subscriber and your current rate.
This helps determine your new rate in support of our ongoing investment in local journalism.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
$175!
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So hard to read. So important. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/w...
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Killed by the Venezuelan Quakes Just Hours After Being Deported From U.S.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Last Wednesday, I spoke to him briefly at his house in Westfield. Nothing about his appearance was atypical. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/n...
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Representative Tom Kean, Missing for Months, Is Back Home in New Jersey
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m standing by (in NJ) for Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s planned 10 am floor speech on the House floor. Our DC team is there in person. He has promised to be “completely transparent” about the medical condition that has kept him out of the public eye since early March.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Representative Tom Kean Jr. has invited certain Republican officials to participate in a 2pm call on Tuesday in advance of his expected return to Congress this week.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Found: Tom Kean Jr. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/n...
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Representative Tom Kean, Missing for Months, Is Back Home in New Jersey
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The commencement speaker on Monday, Philip D. Murphy, the former governor of New Jersey, praised Mr. Botstein and his leadership, saying that they had known each other for about 15 years. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/n...
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High School Students Heckle Bard President Over His Ties With Epstein
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
“She was failed,” her mother, Jennine Semanchik, would later say, “by every single law enforcement agency that she went to for help.” Horrible story, great reporting from @traceytully.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/n...
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He Provided Security to 3 Governors. Then He Snapped.
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Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
For those interested. The locations include: Romulus, Michigan Social Circle, Georgia Flowery Branch, Georgia Hamburg, Pennsylvania Tremont, Pennsylvania Salt Lake City Roxbury, New Jersey
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“The Roxbury warehouse is a logistics center fit for packages, not thousands of people," the guv and AG say in a statement. “This isn’t a partisan issue and we're grateful for our partnership with the Roxbury community as we keep DHS’s feet to the fire to ensure this facility is never opened.”
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Huge about-face. After buying warehouses with tax dollars, at inflated prices, ICE will now try to dump them. Documents obtained by @haleaziz.bsky.social show that a NJ warehouse slated to become a 1,500-bed detention center is on the offload list. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
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ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
“My aunt who lives in the United States told me my name was all over the news in connection with an attempted homicide in New Jersey, and I told her, like, how? I’ve been here for three months now,” he said in a phone interview from Peru, in Spanish. “They were saying I had run over the ICE agent.”
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Driver Charged With Hitting ICE Agent After Confusion Over His Identity
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Tracey Tully @traceytully.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
What’s in a stadium name? A World Cup snub for NJ A fun (paywall free) read: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/n...
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What’s in a Stadium Name? A World Cup Snub for New Jersey.
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