Disgraced former US Senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in corruption case
Former three-term New Jersey senator is the first to be found guilty of acting as a foreign agent
Today: Bob Menendez, former New Jersey senator & chair of Foreign Relations Committee who became the first sitting senator to be convicted of acting as a foreign agent, cried while asking a judge for leniency.
He was then sentenced to 11 years in prison.
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Six transgender service members and two prospective trans service members have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for the executive order that sets up the possibility of reinstating the ban on trans people serving in the military
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Supreme Court backs TikTok ban: App set to shut down Sunday
Law passed by Congress forces TikTok to be sold to a U.S. company or banned by Sunday
BREAKING: Supreme Court said they will uphold the TikTok ban
but an interesting situation here because the Biden administration said it will not enforce it beginning on Sunday
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