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The federal bribery trial of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez ended in a mistrial Thursday when the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on all charges against the New Jersey politician and a wealthy donor. Prosecutors did not immediately say whether they plan to retry the lawmaker.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, accused Lockheed senior executive John Rood, the nominee to become the Defense Department's undersecretary for defense policy, of "ducking the answer" when asked if he would recuse himself from discussions with U.S. allies that could benefit Lockheed.
Saito, who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii, was... . FILE - This Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, file photo shows the Hawaii State Hospital in Kaneohe, Hawaii.
The judge and lawyers in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial are interviewing jurors as the jury says it remained deadlocked. The judge and lawyers in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial are interviewing jurors as the jury says it remained deadlocked.
By MATTHEW DALY and JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken faces a storm of criticism and a likely ethics investigation after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him Thursday of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour.
By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a sweeping defense policy bill authorizing a $700 billion budget for the military, including billions of dollars more for missile defense programs to counter the growing nuclear weapons threat from North Korea.
The Department of Defense's Twitter account on Thursday retweeted a call for President Donald Trump, as well as Senator Al Franken and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, to leave politics over sexual assault allegations-something the agency insisted was a mistake. The original tweet from the account @ProudResister said: "The solution is simplea Roy Moore: Step down from the race.
Six people fell ill Thursday at Elliot Hospital after a bag of white powder ripped open as a city man under arrest struggled with police over the bag, authorities said.
A California jury on Thursday ruled in favor of Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who said she developed the cancer mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos in the company's talc-based... A popular local vacation destination for more than 50 years, 3 Ponds Campground in Brentwood is being sold to a developer planning a 55 and over ... (more)
In this Oct. 26, 2006 file photo, former President Bill Clinton holds up the hand of Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic lawyer who is running against three-term Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., at a rally in Albany, N.Y. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said, in an interview in The New York Times, that former President Clinton should have resigned over his sexual affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky 20 years ago.
NOVEMBER 14: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , , and Sen. John Cornyn , walk up to speak to reporters about the proposed Senate Republican tax bill, after attending the Senate GOP policy luncheon, at US Capitol on November 14, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Sometime next April, pregnant cows in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada will take the lead in an annual migration of nearly 200,000 animals north to Alaska. From winter grounds in Canada's Yukon Territory, the caribou traveling in small and large groups will cross rivers and gaps in the mighty Brooks Range on the 400-mile journey.
A supporter of the now dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party wears a poster of party leader Kem Sokha as she stands outside the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Oct. 31, 2017. Cambodia's government faced international criticism Friday after the main opposition party was dissolved ahead of elections and the European Union raised a potential threat to vital trade preferences.
Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen have become... . FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2017, file photo, Southern California quarterback Sam Darnold rolls out to pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz.
In the wake of the recent mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill Thursday meant to strengthen the existing background check system for firearms. The Fix NICS Act, which refers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, would set up incentives and penalties for state and federal agencies to boost their compliance with existing requirements that they report criminal history records to the system, helping ensure it stays up to date.
The White House plans to ask the U.S. Congress on Friday for about $45 billion in additional aid for disaster relief to cover damage from hurricanes that struck Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida and other disaster damage, a congressional aide said on late Thursday. FILE PHOTO: An aerial photo shows damage caused by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas, U.S., August 31, 2017.
Sergei Kislyak, former Russian ambassador to the U.S., said the list of Trump officials he met or spoken with is "so long," it would take him more than 20 minutes to name them. "First, I'm never going to do that," he said in an interview with Russia-1, a state-owned Russian television channel, CNBC reported .
Then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit for service members during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Dec. 15, 2006. Then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit for service members during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Dec. 15, 2006.