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Karl Rove Talks IRS Scandal, Compares His Group To NAACP

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Karl Rove on Sunday defended his group Crossroads GPS, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, against charges that it improperly benefited f...

Hunt On For Source Of Prostitution Allegations Against Dem

Washington Post | Carol D. Leonnig and Peter Wallsten | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

A pair of FBI agents met on a recent weekday morning with brothers Alfonso “Alfy” and Jose “Pepe” Fanjul in the Palm Beach headquarters of the...

Investigation Into Dem Senator Echoes Past Scandals

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- An ethical cloud is following Sen. Robert Menendez in Washington, even as he has leading roles in some of Congress' most important polic...

Obama Nothing But 'Confident' On Immigration Deal

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 03.28.2013 | Politics

President Barack Obama's hopes for comprehensive immigration reform remain nothing short of "confident." In a Wednesday interview aired on Telemund...

Embattled Dem Senator Continues With Business As Usual

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 03.26.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Beyond the investigations, it's business as usual for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez. The new Senate Foreign Relations Committee cha...

Did The Daily Caller Frame Bob Menendez?

AP | EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ | Posted 03.23.2013 | Latino Voices

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A Dominican prosecutor said Friday that a local attorney told him someone claiming to work for the conservative w...

Michael Calderone

Daily Caller Denies Paying Lawyer To Smear Sen. Menendez

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.22.2013 | Media

NEW YORK -– The Daily Caller's editor-in-chief, Tucker Carlson, denied Friday that his news site paid Dominican lawyer Melanio Figueroa to find wome...

Senator Calls For Action After Report Casts Doubt On Prostitution Story

AP | Associated Press | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A spokeswoman for Robert Menendez says the senator hopes U.S. authorities join their Dominican counterparts in investigating the or...

Police Say Women Were Paid To Make Claims Against Senator

AP | EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Three women were paid to falsely claim in videotaped interviews that they had sex for money with a U.S. sena...

Menendez Reportedly Under Grand Jury Investigation

AP | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Menendez is being investigated by a Miami federal grand jury for his role in advocating for the business interests of a...

Robert Menendez Under Grand Jury Investigation: Report

Washington Post | Posted 05.14.2013 | Politics

A federal grand jury in Miami is investigating Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), examining his role in advocating for the business interests of a wealthy...

Senators Remain Hush-Hush While Crafting Immigration Bill

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics

By ERICA WERNER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's...

Friday Talking Points -- I'd Love to Change the World

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

Paul Ryan introduced his version of the Republican budget this week, and it seems Ryan has agreed that two or three of President Obama's biggest budget victories actually do significantly cut the deficit, and are therefore worth including in the Republican plans for the future.

Menendez Warns North Korea Against 'Suicide' Mission

Agence France Presse | | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics

A top US lawmaker warned North Korea Thursday that any pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States would be suicide, telling Congress the iso...

Senator Bob Menendez Hopes For Same Media Diligence With Investigation of Accusers

The Huffington Post | Nick Abrams | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) responded on Tuesday to the media's handling of prostitution allegations made against him, criticizing "nameless, faceless,...

Jason Linkins

How To Google Like A Dominican Escort

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics

Today, amid the warblogging going on between The Daily Caller and the Washington Post over who has the most reliably sourced story on the alleged enco...

Menendez Looks Forward To End To 'Smears'

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Menendez, who has maintained all along that he never paid prostitutes for sex, said he is looking forward to whatever eviden...

Poll: Booker Would Trounce Fox News Host In Election

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 02.21.2013 | Politics

Cory Booker would defeat Geraldo Rivera by 36 points in a hypothetical 2014 U.S. Senate matchup, according to a New Jersey Senate poll released Thursd...

FBI Probing Dem Senator Prostitution Allegations

www.washingtonpost.com | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

A team of FBI agents has been conducting interviews in recent weeks in the Dominican Republic and the United States, looking into allegations that Sen...

Napolitano Denies Knowledge Of Intern Scandal

Posted 02.13.2013 | Politics

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says she was unaware of an immigration case...

Elise Foley

Jeff Flake: GOP 'Will Warm To' Path To Citizenship

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) -- both members of the Senate "gang of eight" -- said Tuesday they are hopeful that...

Dem Denounces Prostitution Allegation 'Smears'

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- After ducking comment for days, Sen. Robert Menendez is forcefully denying allegations he engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Repu...

Senate Passes Bill To Improve Embassy Security

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday approved legislation that would allow the State Department to transfer $1.1 billion to improve security at U.S. emb...

Elise Foley

Harry Reid Is Confident Troubled Dem 'Did Nothing Wrong'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 02.03.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Sunday that he stands behind Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who is facing allegations th...

Friday Talking Points -- The Immigration Coalition

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
Chris Weigant

While Hillary had healed the divisions within the party to a large extent by the 2008 Democratic nominating convention, Obama naming Hillary for Secretary of State cemented the two halves of the party back together in an impressive way.