The primary was the most expensive in New Jersey history and the first in 44 years without a ballot design that gave party bosses extraordinary influence.

President Donald Trump (back to camera) holds his arms wide open to hug Kayla Harrison after she beat Julianna Peña by submission in the Women's Bantamweight championship at UFC 316 at Prudential Center, Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Newark, N.J.

New Jersey holds one of only two gubernatorial elections this year, with Republican candidates fighting over Trump's endorsement and Democrats navigating how to respond to the president's controversial policies.

Jack Ciattarelli easily won the Republican nomination for New Jersey governor on Tuesday with President Donald Trump’s endorsement, setting up a November general election expected to be an early national bellwether for voters’ views in the first year of Trump’s second term.

At 9:51 p.m. on Saturday, Joshua Van, a flyweight, went on a furious offensive inside the UFC 316 octagon at the Prudential Center. As his counterpart backpedaled into the chain-link fence, Van drove him to the mat and kept pounding with 16 consecutive punches for a TKO.

Trump looks on at UFC 316 in Newark

President Donald Trump walked out to a thunderous standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at the Prudential Center, putting his public feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk on hold to instead watch the fierce battles inside the cage.