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US prosecutors indicted Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Thursday for acting as a foreign agent of the Egyptian government. These charges are in addition to previous charges of bribery against Menendez and are related to the same incidents. The indictment alleges that Menendez accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes from Egyptian businessmen [...]

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US prosecutors unveiled an indictment against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), his wife and three businessmen on Friday, accusing the senator of using his position to aid three businessmen in financial and pending criminal matters, as well as assisting the government of Egypt, in exchange for bribes. Menendez denied the accusations soon after the indictment’s release. [...]

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Mohamed Khairullah, a New Jersey mayor who was denied entry to the White House Eid al-Fitr event despite a previous invitation, sued multiple US government agencies Monday, including the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Secret Service, to end the Federal Terrorist Screening Dataset (FTSD). The Secret Service has not confirmed why Khairullah, mayor of [...]

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Federal prosecutors announced additional charges and a new co-defendant in the classified documents case against former US President Donald Trump on Thursday. The new charges against Trump include two new obstruction charges and an additional wrongful retention of documents charge. Prosecutors have also now charged Trump property manager Carlos De Oliveira with multiple obstruction charges [...]

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The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis that a Colorado-based web designer cannot be compelled to create wedding websites for LGBTQ+ couples, despite the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) which protects LGBTQ+ people from discrimination in public accommodations. The Court determined that forcing the designer to comply with CADA would violate [...]

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The New Jersey Attorney General and Commissioner of Environmental Protection announced on Wednesday that they reached a settlement with Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, the US subsidiary of a Belgian company, over the release of so-called “forever chemicals.” In total, officials say Solvay agreed to financial commitments of $393 million. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), [...]

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Former US president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 37 criminal charges in a Miami, Florida federal court. Trump faces federal criminal charges including willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record, corruptly concealing a document or record, concealing a document in a federal investigation, scheme to conceal, and [...]

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