Bob Menendez Spends Millions on Lawyers as Campaign Donations Dry Up

Democratic senator Robert Menendez (N.J.) refunded more campaign donations than he took in during the final quarter of 2023, while forking out millions of dollars to lawyers defending him against bribery and foreign agent charges. Menendez’s campaign paid $2,329,000 to five law firms representing him in the federal case, according to a campaign finance report

Defense Secretary Says He Shouldn’t Have Kept Hospitalization, Cancer Diagnosis Secret

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Feb. 1 said it wasn’t right that he and other military officials kept secret the fact that he underwent surgery for cancer and was hospitalized again shortly after. “I want to be crystal clear—we did not handle this right. And I did not handle this right,” Mr. Austin, a retired

Senate GOP takes hard line on tax deal

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Drone That Killed US Troops Was Iranian-Made, Officials Say

The United States has assessed that Iran manufactured the drone that slammed into a U.S. base in Jordan over the weekend, killing three American soldiers and wounding more than 40, four U.S. officials told Reuters. Washington has blamed the attack—the first to kill U.S. troops in the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas