Tracey Tully

In New York City, emergency rooms last week logged the highest number of patients treated for heat-related illnesses in years.

The New Jersey Republican has explained the reason for his long absence: depression. Now he must convince voters that he deserves another term.

Representative Thomas Kean Jr., a New Jersey Republican, has finally reappeared in Congress. Questions remain about his nearly four-month absence from public life, which he said was due to depression.

The congressman, who has been absent from Washington since March, answered the door of his home on Wednesday evening. He was wearing a suit and tie.

Representative LaMonica McIver was charged with assault after an altercation with immigration agents that resulted in no injuries. She faces up to 17 years in prison.

Lt. Ricardo Santos of the New Jersey State Police had faced questions about his judgment and conduct before he became the primary suspect in a double murder-suicide.

Mr. Kean has missed three months of votes in Washington and been absent from the campaign trail in his New Jersey district because of an unexplained health condition.

The New Jersey representative, Thomas Kean Jr., voted in the House and spoke at a committee hearing on March 5. He hasn’t been spotted since.

President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are expected to attend the game on Monday at Madison Square Garden. A viewing party on Friday led to more than a dozen arrests.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill dispatched the New Jersey State Police outside the Delaney Hall migrant detention center after federal officials said they would flood the area with armed agents. Not everyone a...

The governor said the Department of Homeland Security’s actions at Delaney Hall raise “serious questions.”

Some Republicans acknowledged how strange it felt to vote for Representative Thomas Kean Jr., who has not been seen for months. Mr. Kean issued a statement promising to be transparent about his sit...

The message from President Trump about Representative Thomas Kean Jr. comes as voters head to the polls on Tuesday. Mr. Kean’s name is on the ballot, but he hasn’t been seen for months.

Dr. Adam Hamawy, a New Jersey Democrat with big-name support on the left, has touted his humanitarian work, but some want to talk about a person he met in 1991.

Republican officials said they have talked to the congressman, who has been absent from Congress for weeks. His office said Mr. Kean will eventually explain his absence.

Representative Thomas Kean Jr. last voted in Washington on March 5, citing a medical issue. An appearance planned for late May has been canceled.

New Jersey, where Mikie Sherrill is governor, is one of only a few states to try to bar federal immigration agents from wearing masks.

Representative Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey, who has missed nearly two months of votes in Washington, said he expected to fully recover from a “personal medical issue” but gave no other details.

A spokesman for Representative Thomas Kean Jr. said an unspecified “personal medical issue” has led the New Jersey Republican to miss House votes.