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New California Sen. Adam Schiff wants to be more than a Trump antagonist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Adam Schiff stood on the Senate floor almost five years ago as a House impeachment manager and made a passionate case that Donald Trump should be removed from office for abusing the power of the presidency. “If right doesn’t matter, we’re lost,” he told the...
New Jersey interim Sen. George Helmy stepping down for Andy Kim to be sworn in early
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey interim Sen. George Helmy, a Democrat appointed when Bob Menendez resigned after a federal corruption conviction, is stepping down this weekend so Sen.-elect Andy Kim can be sworn in early. The move was expected and confirmed what Helmy and...
Ex-US Sen. Bob Menendez seeks new trial, citing prosecutors' recently admitted error
NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Menendez asked a judge Wednesday to set aside guilty verdicts that forced his resignation from the U.S. Senate and grant a new bribery trial. Lawyers for the New Jersey Democrat said in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that a recent revelation by...
Prosecutors say some erroneous evidence was given jurors at ex-Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Some evidence that a federal judge had excluded from the bribery trial of former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was inadvertently put on a computer given to jurors, federal prosecutors revealed Wednesday, though they insisted it should have no effect on the Democrat’s conviction....
Democrat Andy Kim wins open New Jersey Senate seat, defeating Republican Curtis Bashaw
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim was elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw for the seat that opened when Bob Menendez resigned this year after his federal conviction on bribery charges. Kim, a three-term congressman...
AP Race Call: Democrat Rob Menendez wins reelection to U.S. House in New Jersey's 8th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Rob Menendez won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New Jersey on Tuesday. The first-term congressman defeated Republican Anthony Valdes and three others. Menendez is the son of resigned Sen. Bob Menendez, who was convicted this year of bribery charges. The younger Menendez has worked as...
AP Race Call: Democrat Andy Kim wins election to U.S. Senate from New Jersey
Democratic Rep. Andy Kim won New Jersey's Senate race over Republican hotelier Curtis Bashaw on Tuesday, succeeding Bob Menendez, who resigned this year after a federal bribery conviction. Kim, a three-term congressman, becomes the first Korean-American to be elected to the Senate. He declared his run for the...
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey on Election Day
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic primary, New Jersey voters turn to the Nov. 5 general election to resolve several races for federal offices up and down the state. Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican former President Donald Trump and seven third-party candidates...
Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw clash over abortion and immigration in New Jersey Senate debate
NUTLEY, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw clashed over abortion and immigration Sunday in their first debate for New Jersey’s Senate seat, open this year after Bob Menendez’s conviction on bribery charges and resignation. Kim, a three-term...
Indicted New York City mayor adopts familiar defense: He was targeted for his politics
For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams — a former cop — refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration. Not anymore. The day news of his indictment on corruption charges broke, Adams defiantly suggested, without providing...
