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Attorneys for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez filed a motion Monday seeking their client’s acquittal in connection to the bribery case Menendez was found guilty in last month. “Senator Robert Menendez respectfully renews his motion for judgment of acquittal on all counts for failure to introduce sufficient evidence to satisfy each of the elements of each offense, or, in...

The 70-year old Menendez was convicted on charges that he used his influence to meddle in three different state and federal criminal investigations to protect the businessmen.

In his speech Monday night, he’ll be making a symbolic handoff of his party to Vice President Kamala Harris and pressing the case for what he says is the threat to the country if Donald Trump returns to the White House.

New Jersey’s one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots has prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge. The judge held a hearing Monday as he considers a lawsuit claiming the system favors preferred candidates of establishment party leaders and gives them a more prominent position on the primary ballot. The lawsuit was filed by Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and others...

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has vowed he’s not going anywhere amid a federal corruption case against him, but the party he once held considerable sway over is looking beyond him. Party leaders, from Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy to local officials, have called on Menendez to resign. His home county party has dropped its endorsement, and in a year...

Self-help guru Marianne Williamson has pledged to tackle food insecurity and climate change. Here’s what you need to know about the Democratic presidential candidate.

Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a Democratic candidate in the 2024 presidential race. Here’s what you need to know about the controversial member of one of America’s most famous political families.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein will return to Congress after missing nearly three months while recovering from shingles.