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☆ Sen. Bob Menendez hit with bribery charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

PoliticsSen. Bob Menendez hit with bribery chargesPostedU.S. Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, and his wife have been charged with bribery offenses in connection with their relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Alex Cohen has more.

Persons: Sen, Bob Menendez, Robert Menendez, Alex Cohen Locations: New Jersey, Jersey

As the day went on after the bombshell indictment, Democrats began bailing on their legally troubled colleague. The indictment said Menendez used his position to help the business executives as well. The indictment includes cinematic, almost comical details about the payoffs Menendez is said to have accepted. Some of the cash was stashed in jackets that were embroidered with the words "Robert Menendez" or "Senator Menendez." At one point, the indictment said, Menendez did a Google search for "kilo of gold price."

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☆ Read the Robert Menendez Indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

the purpose of his meeting with MENENDEZ was to consider a potential candidacy for U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. After the meeting, the Candidate informed MENENDEZ that he might have to recuse himself from the DAIBES prosecution as a result of a matter he had handled in private practice involving DAIBES. MENENDEZ also told the Candidate that MENENDEZ would be recommending a different individual for the position. Instead of the Candidate, ROBERT MENENDEZ, the defendant, recommended a different individual for U.S. Attorney. Subsequently, the Advisor informed MENENDEZ that the Advisor believed that the Candidate would likely not have to recuse from the prosecution of DAIBES.

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Senator Robert Menedez (D-NJ) walks to the Senate floor for a procedural vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2023. The investigation marks the third time Menendez has been investigated by federal prosecutors, but he has never been convicted. Prosecutors said Hana, who is originally from Egypt, arranged dinners and meetings between Menendez and Egyptian officials in 2018 at which the officials pressed Menendez on the status of U.S. military aid. Menendez at a meeting in 2018 told Hana non-public information about the status of the aid, prosecutors said. Hana then texted an Egyptian official, "The ban on small arms and ammunition to Egypt has been lifted," according to the indictment.

Persons: Robert Menedez, Jonathan Ernst, Bob Menendez, Menendez, Joe Biden, Prosecutors, Damian Williams, Nadine Menendez, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, Fred Daibes, Uribe, Daibes, Hana, Egypt’s, Jon Corzine, Clifford Case, Luc Cohen, Jonathan Stempel, Simon Lewis, Andrew Goudsward, Tom Hals, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S, Capitol, REUTERS, New Jersey businessmen, U.S . Senate, Foreign Relations, Prosecutors, NBC, Benz, Hana, State Department, U.S . Department of Agriculture, USDA, New, Republican, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, WASHINGTON, New Jersey, U.S, Manhattan, Egypt, Ukraine, China, United States, Washington, New York

Danil Shamkin | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesU.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife were indicted in New York on federal bribery charges for accepting cash, gold bars, home mortgage payments and more as part of "corrupt relationship" with three businessmen from their home state. "This investigation is very much ongoing," said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams at a press conference on the indictment of the senator and his wife, Nadine Menendez. Source: SDNYThis is the second time Menendez has been indicted on federal bribery charges. U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, arrive for a reception honoring Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife, Mareva Mitsotakis, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2022. Those efforts allegedly included the senator recommending to Biden that he nominate a candidate for U.S. Attorney for New Jersey "who Menendez believed could be influenced by Menendez with respect to Daibes's case," the indictment charges.

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☆ Sen. Menendez defiant after second corruption indictment: 'Prosecutors did that the last time'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Christina Wilkie | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., walks through the Senate subway on his way to a vote in the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2023. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Menendez on Friday vowed to remain in the Senate while he fights federal charges of bribery and extortion announced earlier in the day. The indictment was the second time the New Jersey Democrat had been prosecuted for alleged corruption as a sitting senator. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Menendez holds one of the most powerful gavels in Congress. The senator and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were indicted Friday on three criminal counts each after a multiyear federal investigation.

Persons: Sen, Bob Menendez, Bill Clark, Getty Images WASHINGTON — Sen, Robert Menendez, Menendez, Nadine Menendez, Damian Williams, Nadine, Alexi J, Rosenfeld Organizations: Washington , D.C, Cq, Inc, Getty Images WASHINGTON, New, New Jersey Democrat, Senate Foreign Relations, Democratic, NBC News, Southern, of, Attorney, U.S, Getty Locations: Washington ,, New Jersey, Jersey, of New York, U.S, New York City

☆ Here's why TD Cowen's Robert Moskow favors JM Smucker
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHere's why TD Cowen's Robert Moskow favors JM SmuckerRobert Moskow, TD Cowen food analyst, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what it'll take for volume to reflect positively, how much of a weak consumer is already baked into stocks, and trends emerging in the consumer space.

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☆ The Natural, Unnatural Genius of America’s Trails - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Lately I’ve been hiking the 125-mile-long Paumanok Path in eastern Long Island in sections. I love that it extends uninterrupted from Rocky Point in the west to Montauk Point in the east. It’s the network effect, which says that a network grows in value as it adds nodes. A long trail becomes better when a short trail through a special piece of woodland is incorporated into it. Conversely, the short trail attracts new attention and visitors.

Persons: Robert Moor, “, tingle, ”, Walt Whitman Locations: Mount Washington, N.H, Maine, Georgia, Long, Rocky, Montauk, Chicago

Cord Jefferson's “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a much-watched bellwether in the Oscar race. Toronto's audience award winner, voted on by festival attendees, has historically nearly always signified a best-picture contender at the Academy Awards. Why is this the only thing we have to offer to culture?”The Toronto International Film Festival, which wraps Sunday, was diminished this year due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes. Red-carpet premieres were mostly without movie stars, detracting from some of the buzz that the largest film festival in North American typically generates. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe” and the midnight madness award went to Larry Charles' “Dicks: The Musical."

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There are signs that the country has now slipped into another era of brutal oppression, even as newly reelected President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks publicly of “peace, love, harmony and tolerance." “It is the beginning of a new term and we are seeing people being abducted and tortured, people’s homes being burnt down, and lawyers arrested for simply doing their job,” said Doug Coltart, one of Nhende’s lawyers, who was himself arrested. The sight of an elected representative showing injuries from a beating isn't uncommon in Zimbabwe. The CCC and analysts say there is a clear post-election clampdown now that the international observers have left. “It was a sham election, a disputed election, a flawed election.

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☆ Rudy Giuliani 'may have been compromised' by the Kremlin, and FBI leaders didn't care, alleges special agent Johnathan Buma
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Johnathan Buma says his FBI supervisors didn't care about his leads tying Giuliani to Russian intelligence. They are also investigating Hunter Biden for the firearm-related charges that he was indicted for this week. FBI didn't care about Giuliani's possible Kremlin ties, Buma says"Rudy Giuliani may have been compromised by individuals suspected of being involved in Russian counterintelligence influence operations," Buma told Insider. According to Buma's disclosure, an FBI Intelligence Information Report asserted that Fuks was "a co-opted asset of the RIS" or the Russian intelligence services. Hunter Biden left his laptop at a computer repair store in April 2019.

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☆ How the airline boarding process became such a mess
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And airlines have made it chaotic by design — so people will pay to get an easier boarding process. Decades ago, airlines used to board first class and use an open boarding process for the main cabin. A better boarding processAirlines have been experimenting with different boarding schemes to try to speed up the process. Jason Steffen, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas physics professor developed a boarding method that boards passengers in rows of two. Southwest Airlines has the fastest boarding process of any major airline by simply allowing people to claim the first available seat.

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[1/3] United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain joins UAW members who are on a strike, on the picket line at the Ford Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, U.S., September 15, 2023. But UAW President Fain has said Ford could have funded better pay and benefits for workers if it curtailed stock buybacks and dividends to shareholders. Full-time Ford employee Robert Murphy, 53, said he was bothered that some workers get half the pay of others doing similar jobs. The strike is ambitious in taking on three automakers at once, but strategic in that keeping most factories running preserves workers' strike fund. Shortly after, one supporter of plant workers, a 38-year GM veteran who declined to give his name, said he did not think the industrial action would stop until the automakers gave into the union demands.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Rebecca Cook, Eric Mullins, Jim Farley, Ford, Fain, Robert Murphy, Murphy, ” Murphy, Eric Cox, Kevin Krolicki, Jamie Freed, Peter Henderson, Clarence Fernandez, Nick Zieminski Organizations: United Auto Workers, Ford Michigan Assembly Plant, REUTERS, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford’s, Plant, UAW, Ford, Thomson Locations: Wayne , Michigan, U.S, WAYNE , Michigan, Detroit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of rioters have been charged, convicted and sentenced for joining the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. There is no public record of a conviction or a sentence in Lazar's court docket. Lazar was sentenced in Washington’s federal court on March 17 to 30 months in prison, according to the Bureau of Prisons, but there’s no public record of such a hearing. Questions about Lazar’s case have been swirling for months, but the details of his conviction and sentence have not been previously reported. The judge overseeing Lazar’s case in May rejected a request from media outlets — including the AP — to release any sealed records that may exist.

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VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Europe’s 12 Ryder Cup players delivered a mixed bag of scores in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship. Of the Europeans heading to Rome for the Ryder Cup in two weeks, Matt Fitzpatrick (66), Ludvig Åberg (68) and Tyrrell Hatton (68) posted the best rounds at Wentworth. “I think we are all a little bit in the Ryder Cup mindset,” said No. Fitzpatrick, who went out with Robert MacIntyre and Justin Rose (both 72), played the best of the Ryder Cup squad after starting with four birdies in his first six holes. “I’ll start focusing on the Ryder Cup once Sunday finishes.”They are all chasing the 26-year-old Helligkilde, who is coming to the end of his second season on the European tour.

Persons: —, Marcus Helligkilde, Dane, Matt Fitzpatrick, Ludvig Åberg, Tyrrell Hatton, Nicolai Hojgaard, Luke Donald, Adrian Meronk, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, ”, Viktor Hovland, Marco Simone, ” Hovland, McIlroy, Swede, Åberg, ” Åberg, “ Ludvig, “, Hovland, Donald, Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Fitzpatrick, Robert MacIntyre, Justin Rose, Richie Ramsay, ” Fitzpatrick, birdies, Helligkilde Organizations: Ryder, BMW PGA, Wentworth Locations: VIRGINIA, England, Rome, “

It marked the longest a genetically modified pig kidney has ever functioned inside a human, albeit a deceased one. “Two months is a lot to have a pig kidney in this good a condition. Political Cartoons View All 1160 ImagesSo-called xenotransplantation attempts have failed for decades — the human immune system immediately destroyed foreign animal tissue. Montgomery gambled that maintaining Miller's body on a ventilator for two months to see how the pig kidney worked could answer some of those questions. She recently got a card from a stranger in California who's awaiting a kidney transplant, thanking her for helping to move forward desperately needed research.

Persons: gurney, Maurice “ Mo ” Miller, “, Dr, Robert Montgomery, Montgomery, ”, Mary Miller, Duffy, Miller, ” Miller, Sue Duffy, Montgomery’s, immunologist Massimo Mangiola, Jeffrey Stern, Karen Maschke, Mangiola Organizations: NYU Langone, Food and Drug Administration, Associated Press, University of Maryland, FDA, NYU, Hastings Center, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Newburgh , New York, California

☆ Caesars Paid Ransom After Suffering Cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Katherine Sayre | Robert Mcmillan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Republicans laughed at Trump behind his back after he rambled during a Senate luncheon, according to Mitt Romney's new tell-all book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Republican Senators laughed at Trump behind his back, Mitt Romney says in his upcoming book. The former President appeared at a GOP Senate luncheon in 2019 days after the Mueller probe concluded. According to the excerpt, Trump made a special appearance at a weekly Senate Repbulicans' caucus lunch in March 2019. In the same speech, according to the excerpt, Trump declared that the GOP would soon become "the party of health care." Romney's book also calls out other top Republicans like GOP leader Mitch McConnell who allegedly praised Romney privately for calling out Trump.

Persons: Trump, Mitt Romney, Mueller, Romney, Mitt, Donald Trump, Repbulicans, Robert Mueller's, Mitch McConnell, doesn't Organizations: Service, Department, GOP, McConnell Locations: Wall, Silicon, Russia

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Monday dropped charges against Bijan Kian, a onetime business partner of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn who had been accused of acting as an unregistered agent of the Turkish government. Prosecutors alleged that Kian and Flynn, who were partners in an entity called the Flynn Intel Group, were acting at Turkey’s behest when they undertook a project to discredit exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. Among other factors, he cited evidence that an actual conspiracy involved Flynn and Alptekin, with Kian excluded from the arrangement. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Virginia declined to comment on why prosecutors decided to drop the case. Flynn, who received a presidential pardon in 2020, became a chief promoter of Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Persons: Bijan Kian, Michael Flynn, Kian, Robert Mueller’s, Flynn, Fethullah Gulen, Gulen, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Donald Trump's, Ruhollah Khomeini, Prosecutors, Kamal Alptekin, Anthony Trenga, Trenga's, Trenga, Alptekin, Mark MacDougall, Rafiekian —, Rafiekian, ” MacDougall Organizations: —, National Security, Prosecutors, Flynn Intel Group, U.S, Circuit, Appeals, Attorney's, of, Justice Department Locations: Va, Turkish, U.S, Turkey, Trenga, Eastern, of Virginia

"Iran initially wanted direct access to the funds but in the end agreed to having access via Qatar," said a senior diplomat. Reuters pieced together this account of previously unreported details about the extent of Qatari mediation of the secret talks, how the deal unfolded and the expediency that motivated both parties to clinch the prisoner swap deal. Ties between the U.S. and Iran have been at boiling point since Donald Trump quit a nuclear deal with Iran as U.S. president in 2018. Reaching another nuclear deal has gained little traction since then, as President Joe Biden prepares for the 2024 U.S. election. Then president Trump in 2018 reimposed the sanctions when he pulled Washington out of a deal under which Iran had restricted its nuclear program.

Persons: Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi, Iran Dr, Ali Bagheri, Antony Blinken, Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, hasn’t, Jin, Washington, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Blinken, Iran’s, Trump, Iran Robert Malley, Abram Paley, Ali Bagheri Kani, Mehdi Safari, Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al, Khulaifi, Malley, Paley, Kani, Al Khulaifi, Laila Bassam, Samia Nakhoul, William Maclean Organizations: Regional Affairs, Political Affairs, Qatar News Agency, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Qatar, Qatar DUBAI, U.S, Reuters, British, Islamic, Washington, Doha, Iranian, State Department, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The State Department, Democrat, Qatari, TRANSIT QATAR, Iran, The Central Bank of, U.S ., State, Foreign Ministry, Thomson Locations: Islamic Republic, Iran, Tehran, Qatar Gulf, DOHA, Qatar, U.S, Tehran’s, Emad Sharqi, Western, Gulf, South Korea, Washington, Switzerland, Seoul, Doha, Iranian, The Central Bank of Iran, Beirut

☆ Iran, US on verge of prisoner swap under Qatar-mediated deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Reuters pieced together this account of previously unreported details about the extent of Qatari mediation of the secret talks, how the deal unfolded and the expediency that motivated both parties to clinch the prisoner swap deal. 'You can build trust'The U.S. administration has not commented on the timing of the funds transfer. Ties between the U.S. and Iran have been at boiling point since Donald Trump quit a nuclear deal with Iran as U.S. president in 2018. Reaching another nuclear deal has gained little traction since then, as President Joe Biden prepares for the 2024 U.S. election. Then president Trump in 2018 reimposed the sanctions when he pulled Washington out of a deal under which Iran had restricted its nuclear program.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, hasn't, Jin, Washington, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Blinken, Trump, Iran Robert Malley, Abram Paley, Ali Bagheri Kani, Mehdi Safari, Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al, Khulaifi, Malley, Paley, Kani, Al Khulaifi Organizations: Capitol, Iranian, National, Washington D.C, U.S, Reuters, British, Islamic, Washington, Doha, State Department, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The State Department, Democrat, Qatari, Iran, The Central Bank of, U.S ., State, Foreign Ministry Locations: Iranian, Washington, United States, Qatar, Iran, U.S, Tehran's, Emad Sharqi, Islamic Republic, Western, Gulf, South Korea, Switzerland, Tehran, Seoul, Doha, The Central Bank of Iran

☆ Iran, US on Verge of Prisoner Swap Under Qatar-Mediated Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +9 min

Persons: Parisa Hafezi, Andrew Mills, Antony Blinken, Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, hasn’t, Jin, Washington, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Blinken, Iran’s, Trump, Iran Robert Malley, Abram Paley, Ali Bagheri Kani, Mehdi Safari, Foreign Ministry Mohammed Al, Khulaifi, Malley, Paley, Kani, Al Khulaifi, Laila Bassam, Samia Nakhoul, William Maclean Organizations: Reuters, U.S, British, Islamic, Washington, Doha, Iranian, State Department, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The State Department, Democrat, Qatari, TRANSIT QATAR, Iran, The Central Bank of, U.S ., State, Foreign Ministry Locations: Andrew Mills DUBAI, DOHA, Qatar, Iran, U.S, Tehran’s, Emad Sharqi, Islamic Republic, Western, Gulf, South Korea, Washington, Switzerland, Tehran, Seoul, Doha, Iranian, The Central Bank of Iran, Beirut

☆ Opinion: ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ and the power of political fantasy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Opinion Nicole Hemmer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

That subplot puts “Red, White & Royal Blue” into a particular film and television genre: liberal wish fulfillment. Join us on Twitter and Facebook“The West Wing” is, unsurprisingly given its Sorkin-ism, much the same (observers on Reddit and elsewhere have noted Sorkin’s predilection for re-using the same lines and jokes). It was regularly cited as an inspiration for Obama staffers attracted to the show’s insider-y look at the West Wing and its characters’ fundamental decency. That emphasis on process is what makes the politics of “Red, White & Royal Blue” seem smaller than the fantasy of the electoral map hinging on Texas would lead viewers to believe. But process without vision is stultifying, and reflects more than the limits of onscreen political fantasy.

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REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 8 (Reuters) - A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against Republican U.S. The six were among 39 people the special grand jury recommended charging in its Dec. 15 report, which had been sealed for nine months. Wood, a conservative lawyer who promoted conspiracy efforts about the election, denied wrongdoing and said he was surprised to find out the special grand jury recommended charges against him. The grand jury voted 20-1 in favor of indicting Trump with respect to the national effort to overturn the election. The special grand jury report remained secret at Willis's request while she determined what charges to bring.

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☆ Live updates: Trump Georgia special grand jury report and latest election subversion case news
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Aditi Sangal | Matt Meyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The special grand jury report in Fulton County, Georgia, was released Friday after nobody raised any objections to making the documents public before a court-imposed deadline. However, the members of the special grand jury recommended their report be published, and according to Georgia law, this means the judge is required to make it public, barring objections, according to court filings. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — who presided over the special grand jury and the separate grand jury that later approved charges in the case — said on August 28 that anyone who had concerns about publicly releasing the full report should raise an objection by Wednesday of this week. “Any concerned party that believes something less than everything should be published has until 6 September 2023 to file an objection to complete publication,” McBurney wrote. “If no objections are filed by 5:00pm on 6 September 2023, the remainder of the final report will be added to the docket.”There is no indication that anyone raised any objections, so the full report was released Friday as planned.

Persons: Robert McBurney —, “, ” McBurney Organizations: CNN Locations: Fulton County , Georgia, Georgia, Fulton County

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