Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife are facing more charges as an indictment accuses the congressman of conspiring to act as a foreign agent. The charges, filed on Thursday, Oct. 12, supersede federal corruption charges filed on Sept. 22. In the September indictment, Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were accused of participating in…

New Jersey junior Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., called on senior Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., to step down in the wake of an indictment on bribery and corruption charges. Booker said he found the allegations to be specific and disturbing, and added that stepping down is best for the people of New Jersey.  “Stepping down is not…

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., made his first public remarks since being indicted on federal bribery and corruption charges. Menendez said he believes he’ll be exonerated and remain New Jersey’s senior senator.  Menendez is accused of accepting bribes in exchange for using his Senate seat to help associates and friends. According to the indictment, federal agents…

Calls for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to resign have grown since being indicted on federal charges of bribery on Friday, Sept. 22. The indictment accused Menendez and his wife, Nadine Menendez, of participating in a “years-long” bribery scheme with three New Jersey businessmen. Since the indictment, members from both political parties have called for Menendez…

A tentative agreement has been reached between Hollywood studios and the currently striking Writers Guild of America, signaling a potential end to the work stoppage. And samples collected from an asteroid which took seven years to obtain have arrived on Earth, holding possible clues about the origins of our solar system. These stories and more…

Unprecedented rate hikes and the nation’s first social media-driven bank run led to Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, ex-CEO Greg Becker testified to the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, May 16. But many senators didn’t buy it, faulting executives for fatal mismanagement. The hearing marked the first time top executives at SVB and Signature Bank spoke publicly…

77 Congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Biden that said his immigrant parole program and proposed asylum rules break the law. But Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, D, who represents a district on the southern border, decided not to sign the letter and said asylum seekers should apply at ports of entry. “I want to…

The Biden administration is coming under heavy fire for its prisoner exchange of WNBA star Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. While critics are happy Griner is on her way home, they are not pleased a man called the merchant of death is free.  Bout was originally arrested in 2008, and extradited to…

Montana’s attorney general wants YouTube to restore some videos that the streaming giant removed. Austin Knudsen said some Democratic lawmakers and others in the federal government are pressuring YouTube to routinely remove politically unfavorable speech. The Montana attorney general sent a letter Wednesday to YouTube’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, expressing his concern over YouTube’s removal of…