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

Biden asserts executive privilege over recording of special counsel interview

Washington — President Biden asserted executive privilege over audio recordings from an investigation into his handling of classified documents, a top Justice Department official revealed in a letter to House committee leaders obtained by CBS News.  The assertion came at the recommendation of the Justice Department, as the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees were slated

Russian state media say jailed U.S. soldier has entered a guilty plea

Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier jailed in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has entered a guilty plea to theft charges and is cooperating with investigators in the case, Russia’s state-run news outlets said Thursday. “He is cooperating, he admitted [guilt],” the RIA news agency cited a representative of the local interior ministry as