Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife being treated for breast cancer

Opening statements to continue in Sen. Menendez bribery case Opening statements to continue in Sen. Menendez bribery case 01:30 Washington — Nadine Menendez, the wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, is being treated for grade 3 breast cancer and will have a mastectomy, her husband disclosed Thursday.  The New Jersey Democrat revealed his wife’s cancer diagnosis

Justice Department moves forward with easing restrictions on marijuana

Washington — The Justice Department officially proposed a new rule on Thursday that would reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, a policy move that would ease restrictions on cannabis on the federal level if ultimately approved.  While the rescheduling of marijuana would neither make the substance legal nor decriminalize it across the nation, changing

Witness testimony expected to begin in Bob Menendez trial

The bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey continues Thursday, with the first witness expected to take the stand as soon as Thursday afternoon.  Wednesday’s proceedings consisted of opening statements, as the defense and prosecution offered very different portraits of the Democratic senator. Menendez, who is being tried separately from his wife, Nadine

Jurors see gold bars in Bob Menendez bribery trial

An FBI agent who led the search of Sen. Bob Menendez’s home, in which federal investigators discovered more than a dozen gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, testified Thursday in the New Jersey Democrat’s corruption trial.  Prosecutors showed jurors two one-kilogram gold bars and several $100 bills that were confiscated from

Supreme Court upholds funding structure for CFPB

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the funding structure for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), rescuing the consumer finance agency from another effort by its critics to weaken it. The court said in a 7 to 2 decision that the agency’s funding structure complies with the Constitution’s Appropriations Clause. Justice Clarence Thomas