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
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
On one train, according to a video on social media, a man led a small group in chanting, ‘Raise your hands if you’re a Zionist.’ President Joe Biden has condemned recent acts of anti-Semitism in New York that have included anti-Israel activists targeting an exhibit in memory of those whom Hamas killed at a music
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
Six House members want to use the data to assess the ‘national security damage’ caused by the decades-old U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement. A group of Republican lawmakers has requested that the Commerce Department disclose government-funded research that led to Chinese patents, aiming to highlight the risks they perceive in renewing a bilateral science and
A group of legal experts and former U.S. officials argued that Jack Smith has the authority to prosecute the former president. Special counsel Jack Smith has the constitutional authority to prosecute former President Donald Trump in his classified records case, a group of legal analysts and former U.S. officials argued in a new court motion
Committee created in 2023 with a $51,000 budget (Fibonacci Blue/Wikimedia Commons) A California Bay Area committee appointed to design racism reparations for black residents wants two years and $5 million just to write a plan. The reparations panel for Alameda County, whose largest city is Oakland, made this demand late last month, San Francisco’s NPR