The sentencing of Nadine Menendez has brought to a close a prosecution that focused on the years after she met then-Sen. Bob Menendez in 2018. Bob Menendez began serving his 11-year prison sentence three months ago. His wife will begin her 4½-year sentence next year to allow time for recovery from treatment for breast cancer. Their separate trials focused in part on $480,000 in cash and $150,000 in gold bars found in their home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, during a 2022 FBI raid. The bribery proceeds earned the Democratic former senator the moniker “Gold Bar Bob.”
The majority of a panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat, in a ruling that will deepen political divisions and likely prompt a backlash from the United States government. The far-right politician who governed Brazil between 2019 and 2022 was found guilty on five counts by three members of a five-justice panel. The latest to rule was Cármen Lúcia on Thursday, a day after another justice, Luiz Fux, disagreed and voted to acquit the ex-president of all charges. There is only one pending justice to vote. Once all five justices have voted, the panel will decide on Bolsonaro’s sentence.
Supreme Court Justice Carmen Lucia attends the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes attends the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux attends the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court meet for the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court meet for the verdict and sentencing phase of a trial for those charged in an alleged coup plot to keep Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Opening statements are set to begin for the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was campaigning for a second term. A panel of 12 jurors and four alternates was sworn in Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida. The trial is expected to run another two or three weeks. Ryan Routh’s trial begins nearly a year after prosecutors say a U.S. Secret Service agent stopped his attempt to shoot Trump. Routh has pleaded not guilty to charges including attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate. He is representing himself, with court-appointed attorneys on standby if needed.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice voted Wednesday to acquit former President Jair Bolsonaro of all charges in his alle…
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A jury was selected Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played g…