Former US Sen. Bob Menendez gets 11 years in prison for taking bribes and acting as agent of Egypt

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt — crimes his lawyer said he’s been mocked for as “Gold Bar Bob.” The judge delivered the sentence after Menendez...

Former Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking bribes of cash and gold, acting as agent of Egypt

Judge gives prison terms to two men convicted of bribing ex-Sen. Bob Menendez, who is to be sentenced later Wednesday

Judge rejects new trial for former Sen. Menendez over tainted laptop

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected claims by former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez that his conviction should be thrown out because the jury was given a laptop containing material that was supposed to be excluded from the trial. Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan...

Fetterman was elected to challenge convention. Now, he's challenging his fellow Democrats

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat, many backers hoped he'd challenge convention and the status quo. He did and has — just not in the way many had expected. Fetterman has broken with his party on some...

Prosecutors seek 15 years in prison for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez after bribery conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez should be imprisoned for 15 years for a “grave abuse of his power,” after the New Jersey Democrat became the first person to be convicted of abusing a Senate committee leadership position and the first U.S. public official to be...

Prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez for taking bribes and serving as a foreign agent

New Majority Leader Thune kicks off Senate session with pledge to preserve filibuster

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his first floor speech as leader that his priority will be to “ensure the Senate stays the Senate.” Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Republicans...

Menendez’s lawyers seek lenient sentence, saying conviction made him a ‘national punchline’

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez are urging a judge to be lenient at his sentencing later this month for his conviction on bribery charges, saying the ordeal has made him a “national punchline” despite a lifetime of good deeds that have saved lives. ...

Judge denies sentencing delay for ex-Sen. Bob Menendez but puts his wife's trial off until February

NEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will be sentenced on corruption charges as scheduled at the end of January, and his wife’s trial will be moved from January to February, a judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan rejected Menendez’s...