Menendez defiant amid bribery charges The New Jersey senator addressed the $480,000 in cash found in his house, but not the gold bars. Another prominent Democrat is now calling for his resignation ...

Senator Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) intends to step down from Congress next month, he wrote in his resignation letter to Governor Phil Murphy on Tuesday, which comes a week after his foreign-bribery ...

Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during a press conference on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Union City, N.J. Menendez and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) AP U.S. News ...

The governor has had a few weeks to consider whom to appoint to the post. Though he doesn’t leave office until Tuesday, Menendez formally submitted his letter of resignation on July 23.

Menendez, who had served as senator in New Jersey since 2006, was convicted on all counts, including bribery, fraud, acting as a foreign agent and obstruction, in a federal trial last month.