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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...

U.S. Senator Offers Bill To Arm Syrian Rebels

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2013 | World

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the chairman of the influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill on...

Maids Complain About Harsh FBI Questioning Over Menendez

Miami Herald | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics

Two maids allege that FBI agents from Miami tried to brow-beat them into making incriminating statements against U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, during que...

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...

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Gains Leverage

Roll Call | Eliza Newlin Carney | Posted 03.25.2013 | Politics

The growing clout of Latino donors and voters has quietly boosted the fortunes of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which has gained members, politic...

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...

Robert Menendez Donor Courted President Obama, Harry Reid

Politico.com | Kenneth P. Vogel and Tarini Parti | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics

Salomon Melgen had a knack for going straight to the top. He posed for pictures with President Barack Obama, flew Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid...

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...

Michael Calderone

News Outlets Investigated Menendez Claims -- And Passed

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.09.2013 | Media

NEW YORK -– Two veteran New Jersey political reporters were approached by operatives with prostitution allegations against Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N...

Chuck Schumer, Border Fences and Immigration Politics

Ryan Campbell | Posted 05.07.2013 | Latino Voices
Ryan Campbell

The image that Democrats and Republicans build for themselves will either help or be hung around the necks of their party-mates during midterm elections, and will set the tone for all things immigration related this political cycle.

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,...

Michael Calderone

Hookers, Hamas And Hagel: Conservative Media Struggles For Credibility

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.22.2013 | Media

WASHINGTON –- On Thursday evening atop the capital city's posh W hotel, National Review editor Rich Lowry toasted Robert Costa on becoming the magaz...

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...

Escort Says She Was Paid To Make Up Claims About Menendez

The Washington Post | Posted 03.04.2013 | Politics

An escort who appeared on a video claiming Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) paid her for sex has told Dominican Republic police that she was instead paid...

Menendez Bill Benefitted Big Donor He Used For Jet Trips

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Menendez sponsored legislation with incentives for natural gas vehicle conversions that would benefit the biggest polit...

Joshua Hersh

Aipac 2013 Conference Arrives At Tough Time For Budgets, Bipartisanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 03.02.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A major gathering of pro-Israel activists and lobbyists that kicks off here this weekend arrives at a time of heightened budget austerit...

Senators Push Promise to Support Israeli Strikes on Iran

Jamal Abdi | Posted 05.01.2013 | World
Jamal Abdi

New legislation would effectively signal that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can decide not just whether to enter Israel into war with Iran, but whether the United States enters such a war.

Crisis Management Clichés Meet Hard Facts in Robert Menendez Case

Steven Schlein | Posted 04.28.2013 | Politics
Steven Schlein

Menendez is facing ethical, political and potential legal issues that will not go away because he holds a news conference. What particular thing should he get ahead of? What particular thing should he apologize for?

Embattled Senator Uses MLK's Words As Ethics Defense

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley and Preston Maddock | Posted 02.25.2013 | Politics

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) this week summoned the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to defend himself against ethics questions involving his friendsh...

Jesse Jackson Jr.: Can't Buy a Break

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Rick Horowitz

He spent how much money?! He spent it on what?! ...

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...

Menendez Case Highlights Need for Medicare Reform

Gary Shapiro | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Gary Shapiro

Congress hasn't acted on obvious reforms thanks to the lobbying of the drug industry. This is tragic and costly to our nation. What would be even worse is if a senator blocked investigations of fraud in the use of expensive drugs.