Menendez’s strategy of blaming wife in bribery trial may have pitfalls

Washington — During the first five weeks of Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial, his attorneys have peppered government witnesses with questions aimed at shifting the blame to the New Jersey Democrat’s wife, Nadine.  Legal experts say Menendez’s strategy is not unique, but could backfire with jurors.  “An empty-chair defense when a spouse is involved is somewhat

RFK Jr. Says US Should ‘Vastly Scale Back’ Its Military Budget

The independent presidential candidate vowed to cut military spending by 50 percent and reallocate that money to domestic programs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an outspoken critic of U.S. involvement in “forever wars,” reiterated his view that the nation should scale back its military presence abroad and shift its focus to domestic programs, during an address

Hamas Official Says ‘No One Has an Idea’ How Many Hostages Still Alive

A high-ranking Hamas official and negotiator for the terrorist group said “no one has an idea” about how many of the over 250 hostages taken from Israel on October 7 are still alive. “I don’t have any idea about that,” the official, Osama Hamdan, told CNN during an interview in Beirut, Lebanon, when asked about