Trump decries 'fake' reporting on Melania, says she's well

President Donald Trump is complaining about media reports questioning the first lady's recent absence from public view. Trump says the press has been "so unfair, and vicious."

'No one wants the invite anyway': Lebron James, Steph Curry agree on no White House trip

LeBron James and Steph Curry may be fierce opponents on the basketball court. But the pair do agree on this: No matter who wins the NBA finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Golden State Warriors, no one wants to go to the White House to meet President Donald Trump.

Menendez, pharmaceutical executive to fight for Senate seat

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Democratic voters, undeterred by a federal corruption case U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez had faced until it was dropped earlier this year, picked the two-term incumbent on Tuesday to represent their party in the fall campaign against a Republican former pharmaceutical executive.

Delaware launches sports betting, other states close behind

DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Full-scale sports betting is coming to Delaware, barely three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to implement wagering schemes.

UN office calls on US to stop separating families at border

The United Nations human rights office called on the Trump administration Tuesday to "immediately halt" its accelerating policy of separating children from their parents after they cross the U.S. border with Mexico, insisting there's "nothing normal about detaining children."

Voters head to the polls in New Jersey

Democrats' road to controlling any part of Congress could cut through New Jersey this fall - but first, primary voters will have their say.

Gold Star families honored at the White House

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted Gold Star families for a memorial reception at the White House.

Wagner leaves Senate, vowing to work to fix state's problems

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Scott Wagner, who once warned that he would carry a baseball bat into Pennsylvania's Senate to get things done, bid farewell Monday to the institution that he had barged into as a write-in candidate four years earlier to concentrate on his Republican campaign for governor.

Supreme Court rules in favor of Colorado baker in same-sex wedding cake case

The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in a limited decision that leaves for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people.

Trump says he has 'absolute right' to pardon himself

President Donald Trump asserted his presidential power and escalated his efforts to discredit the special counsel Russia probe Monday, declaring he has the "absolute right" to pardon himself and attacking the investigation as "totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!"

Judge blocks New Jersey's bid to bolt waterfront commission

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked New Jersey from withdrawing from the bi-state Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, a group that investigates illegal activity at the ports. 

Prospects for 2nd straight shutdown grow in New Jersey

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and the Legislature's disagreement over the budget is raising the prospect of a state government shutdown for the second straight year. 

What you need to know about the NJ primary election

Democrats' road to controlling any part of Congress could cut through New Jersey this fall - but first, primary voters will have their say.

Bill Clinton bristles at questions on Lewinsky, #MeToo

Former President Bill Clinton says the #MeToo movement is overdue. Just don't ask him about Monica Lewinsky.

Tariffs, Trump and Trade Wars

The president took to Twitter on Saturday to defend his aggressive trade policies. "The United States must, at long last, be treated fairly on Trade," Trump tweeted. "If we charge a country ZERO to sell their goods, and they charge us 25, 50 or even 100 percent to sell ours, it is UNFAIR and can no longer be tolerated. That is not Free or Fair Trade, it is Stupid Trade!"

NJ lawmakers face key decisions on sports betting rules

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey lawmakers are scheduled to make some key decisions as they race to legalize sports betting after winning a case in the U.S. Supreme Court.

NJ tries, again, to ban most beach smoking

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey is trying -- yet again -- to ban most smoking on public beaches, but it still hasn't answered a question that has snubbed out past efforts: Who would be responsible for enforcing the ban?

Where's Melania? First Lady has not been seen in public for 24 days

First Lady Melania Trump has not been seen in public for 24 days, and now there is word she will not be attending the G7 summit in Quebec or the North Korean summit in Singapore.