Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on all counts Tuesday in his federal corruption trial. Federal prosecutors in New York alleged the New Jersey Democrat accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, mortgage payments and more in exchange for the senator's political clout. Three New Jersey businessmen who were also charged, along with the governments of Egypt and Qatar, were the alleged recipients. Two of those co-defendants, Wael Hanna...

The North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) voted 4-1 to approve the We The People Party as a political party, enabling Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to obtain ballot access in the November general election.  Though the Democrat-majority board voted against certifying the party in several previous meetings, board members Alan Hirsch and Jeff Carmon flipped from their previous stance during a Tuesday morning meeting. Siobhan Millen remained opposed to certification of the We The People...

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was found guilty on Tuesday of federal bribery charges accusing him of accepting "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in bribes in exchange for wielding his influence to benefit foreign governments and a trio of businessmen, per multiple outlets. Why it matters: Menendez — who filed to run for re-election last month — now faces possible expulsion from the Senate as well as decades in prison. The big picture: ...

The jury in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and two of his business associates, Fred Daibes and Wael Hana, found Menendez guilty on all charges after a grueling nine-week complex trial in Manhattan. Menendez pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he accepted an array of bribes in exchange for helping foreign governments. Jurors deliberated for three days. The conviction on all 16 counts against him exposes Menendez to a sentence of more than 200 years...

NEW YORK (NewsNation) —New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty of accepting bribes, including gold and a luxury car. Menendez pleaded not guilty to 16 felony charges that he accepted bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from 2018 to 2022.  The trial lasted nine weeks and took place in a Manhattan federal court. The start of jury deliberations had been pushed back a day due to a four-hour prosecution rebuttal....

The number of illegal immigrants arrested while attempting to enter the United States from Mexico dropped in June to the lowest level since the Trump administration, a big win for President Joe Biden four months ahead of the election. Across the nearly 2,000-mile southern border, Border Patrol agents apprehended 83,536 illegal immigrants last month, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data released Monday evening. It is the lowest...

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