Tracey Tully

New Jersey

Reporter at The New York Times

I cover New Jersey for The New York Times. Reach me at [email protected]

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3 lawmakers involved in Newark protest could be arrested, DHS says

3 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Tracey Tully |Alyce McFadden

Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, speaks to reporters in Newark, N.J., on May 6, 2025. Federal officials arrested the mayor of Newark on Friday while he and three members of Congress were protesting at a new immigration detention facility that is expected to play a central role in President Trump's mass deportation effort.
Newark's Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully |Luis Ferré-Sadurní |Alyce McFadden

Mayor Ras J. Baraka of Newark was arrested Friday outside a detention center in the city that the federal government was using as part of its campaign to deport undocumented immigrants. Alina Habba, a lawyer for President Trump whom he named as New Jersey's interim U.S. attorney, announced the arrest in a social media post. After his arrest, Mr. Baraka, 55, was taken to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, his aides said.
A New ICE Detention Center Draws a Democratic Mayor's Ire

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully |Luis Ferré-Sadurní

Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark staged a predawn demonstration outside a detention center. He argues that the facility's owner does not have valid permits to operate. The mayor of Newark led a predawn protest outside an immigrant detention facility on Tuesday, trying to keep the jailhouse from becoming a critical part of the Trump administration's ability to enact mass deportations. The mayor, Ras J.
This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

Two professors from Rutgers University in New Jersey went out on a limb to write a "mutual defense compact" for Big Ten schools. Their effort is gaining steam. The conversation between two Rutgers University professors that lit a fire in U.S. higher education circles lasted only about 10 minutes.
Wildfire burns in 11,500 acres of New Jersey forest area

3 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Ed Shanahan |Tracey Tully

A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey had spread to 11,500 acres of the heavily forested area by Wednesday morning, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, authorities said.
Nadine Menendez Is Found Guilty of Taking Bribes and Obstructing Justice

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

Ms. Menendez had been charged with her husband, Robert Menendez, a former New Jersey senator convicted in July of trading his political influence for gold, cash and a Mercedes-Benz. Nadine Menendez was convicted on Monday of participating in a complex bribery conspiracy with her husband, Robert Menendez, a former senator from New Jersey who last year was also found guilty of trading his political influence for gold, cash and a Mercedes-Benz convertible.
How a Private Health Crisis Has Loomed Over 2 Very Public Trials

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully |Olivia Bensimon

Nadine Menendez's breast cancer diagnosis has held a powerful grip on the government's bribery case against her and her husband, Robert Menendez, New Jersey's disgraced former senator. Her trial had just resumed after being suspended for three days. And Nadine Menendez, charged by federal prosecutors with orchestrating a complex international bribery scheme, had something to say. It involved a lapel pin.
A Teachers' Union Is Spending Millions to Elect Its Boss Governor of New Jersey

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

The candidate, Sean Spiller, is president of the union, the New Jersey Education Association. A related PAC is prepared to spend $35 million on his election. He failed to qualify for matching state campaign funds and fell short of the threshold to participate in two upcoming debates as he runs for governor of New Jersey. His spokesman works for a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and he has no paid campaign manager.
‘Finally Some Fire’: Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Strikes a Chord at Home

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Tracey Tully

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‘Finally Some Fire’: Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Strikes a Chord at Home

1 month ago | mahoningmatters.com | Tracey Tully

Sen. Cory Booker’s staff members described a nagging fear as they worked for a week to fill 15 binders with enough material to cover what would soon become a history-making, 25-hour speech. What if no one listened? Their worry was short-lived. By 11 a.m. Tuesday, 16 hours after Booker, D-N.J., had begun railing against President Donald Trump’s policies on the floor of the U.S. Senate, roughly 14,000 callers had left messages on his office hotline, aides said.