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Not a 'caretaker': Meet Bob Menendez's extremely temporary replacement
George Helmy may end up tying for the 10th shortest-serving senator in American history. He's takin…
Bryan Metzger
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Bob Menendez's congressman son survives fight of his political life amid father's 'gold bars' corruption scandal
Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla launched a primary challenge against the younger Menendez in December aft…
Bryan Metzger
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Inside Rep. Rob Menendez's fight to be more than a 'nepo baby'
The first-term congressman largely owes his seat to his criminally indicted father, Bob Menendez. N…
Bryan Metzger
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Top New Jersey Democrats call on Bob Menendez to resign, breaking their silence
When Menendez faced similar corruption charges in 2015, his party was quick to rally around him. Th…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Prosecutors say new evidence shows Sen. Bob Menendez received gifts in exchange for working with Qatari royal family member
Prosecutors say Senator Bob Menendez used his position to help real estate buisnessman Fred Daibes …
Hannah Getahun,Associated Pre…
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Most Democratic senators are calling for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign in the wake of his bribery indictment
So far, the Democratic senators who have called for Menendez's resignation are mostly those facing …
Bryan Metzger
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Fetterman becomes first Democratic senator to demand Bob Menendez resign over corruption charges
"He's entitled to the presumption of innocence, but he cannot continue to wield influence over nati…
Charles R. Davis
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How Nadine Arslanian went from relative obscurity to the center of Bob Menendez's political corruption scandal
The wife of US Senator Bob Menendez once described him as "very, very hot." Now they're both facing…
Michelle Mark,Katherine Long
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Latino lawmakers dismiss Sen. Bob Menendez's claims that he's being racially targeted: 'This is not that'
Rep. Pete Aguilar, the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, said Menendez was conflating his own iss…
Bryan Metzger
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Gold bars, cash, and an air purifier: The 8 alleged bribes Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife took, ranked
The New Jersey senator helped Egypt in exchange for gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz, and other cool stuf…
Jacob Shamsian,Taylor Berman
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Sen. Bob Menendez is facing charges yet again this time in the most cartoonish corruption scandal you can imagine
Sen. Robert Menendez is facing bribery allegations that he helped Egypt and three businessmen in ex…
Rebecca Cohen,Brent D. Griffi…
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Student-loan borrowers in public service have 3 more months to benefit from extra relief — and 2 Democratic lawmakers want to make that relief permanent
This PSLF bill repays "those who dedicate their lives to serve and improve our communities with stu…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Just 5% of New Jersey Democrats would support Sen. Bob Menendez in a future primary contest, new poll finds
Bob Menendez, indicted on bribery charges last month, has gone from a 58% approval rating to 14%, a…
Charles R. Davis
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Some student-loan companies have 'derailed' debt forgiveness for public servants, a Democratic senator says — and he wants Biden's Education Department to expand the relief
Sen. Bob Menendez wants Biden to provide student-loan relief to public servants "improperly" steere…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Sen. Cory Booker gave an impassioned speech defending Sen. Bob Menendez's character during a closed-door lunch with fellow senators
"You gotta hate the sin, but love the sinner," said Booker, who has long been a close political all…
Bryan Metzger
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Federal agents found more than $480,000 in cash 'stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing' in Sen. Bob Menendez's home, indictment says
The New Jersey Democrat says he's the victim of a "smear campaign" because people "cannot accept" t…
Bryan Metzger
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An Egyptian official responded with a 'thumbs up' emoji when Sen. Bob Menendez offered sensitive weapons information for gold and bribes, prosecutors say
Prosecutors claimed that Sen. Bob Menendez provided sensitive US government data to Egypt and used …
Azmi Haroun
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If Bob Menendez wanted to legally get rich while being a senator, he could've just written a more popular book
Menendez's colleagues have raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars, legally, from books sales. Wh…
Bryan Metzger
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Sen. Bob Menendez Googled 'how much is one kilo of gold worth' around the time his wife accepted alleged bribes, indictment says
The senator's most recent financial disclosure showed that his wife continued to own gold bars and …
Brent D. Griffiths
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Student-loan borrowers don't need 'quick fixes,' a top Democratic senator says she wants a pause on payments through 2023
Biden just gave student-loan borrowers four more months of relief. Sen. Patty Murray said that's no…