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U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, April 1, 2015, in Newark, N.J. Menendez, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was indicted on corruption charges, accused of using his office to improperly benefit an eye doctor and political donor. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Bob Menendez, New Jersey senator, indicted on corruption charges

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will begin consideration of Lynch's nomination to be attorney general next week. Democrats have been pressing for the Senate to act on President Barack Obama's selection of Lynch, who is the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EDITORIAL: Obama should withdraw Loretta Lynch as AG candidate

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Intentional trashing of the Constitution Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BETSY MCCAUGHEY: The president’s constitutional end run for Iran

By Betsy McCaughey

Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, questioned witnesses about sex trafficking and other abuses during a recent hearing on Cuba. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

EDITORIAL: The suspicious Robert Menendez indictment

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex) speaks at the winter meeting of the free market Club for Growth winter economic conference at the Breakers Hotel Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Joe Skipper)

Ted Cruz: Federal charges against Sen. Menendez could be retaliation for Obama criticism

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks during a committee hearing on Embassy Security on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 16, 2013. (Associated Press)

Robert Menendez responds to federal corruption charges, says he’s ‘not going anywhere’

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Robert Menendez to face federal corruption charges: report

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Saying "Iran will not get a nuclear weapon," Secretary of State John F. Kerry defended the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran. He testified that U.S. policy is to prevent such a scenario. (Associated Press)

John Kerry defends Obama Iran nuclear talks, fails to appease bipartisan critics

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert Menendez, New Jersey Democrat, had previously co-authored legislation to tighten sanctions on Iran if there is no deal by the end of June, but he said Tuesday that he and other party leaders want to give the Obama administration until at least March 24 before throwing their weight behind the legislation — and they'll only support it if there's no agreement in place with Tehran by then. (Associated Press)

Senate Democrats bow to Obama on Iran, pull support for immediate new sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Radio host and columnist Armstrong Williams. (Image courtesy of New Chapter Publisher)

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Obama’s state of delusion

By Armstrong Williams

Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican and an outspoken critic of Mr. Obama's foreign policy, said additional sanctions would reinforce rather than undermine the U.S. bargaining position with Iran. (Associated Press)

Republican senators vow more Iran sanctions despite Obama warnings

By S.A. Miller and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez talks during a news conference at the Secaucus Public Safety Marina, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in Secaucus, N.J. The Federal Emergency Management Administration has approved $440,000 in funding to repair the marina, which serves both the Secaucus Fire Department Marine Unit and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 32 and was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Sen. Robert Menendez: North Korea sanctions don’t go far enough

By Ben Wolfgang and Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Obama administration asks for expansive war against Islamic State

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 17, 2014, file photo,. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., gestures as she speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez threatened Thursday, July 24, to block U.S. arms sales to Iraq if Congress doesn't get an assessment of Iraqi forces and assurances the weapons won't fall into the hands of extremist militants.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Robert Menendez: Ukraine needs U.S. weaponry to defend itself against Russia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 17, 2014, file photo,. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., gestures as she speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez threatened Thursday, July 24, to block U.S. arms sales to Iraq if Congress doesn't get an assessment of Iraqi forces and assurances the weapons won't fall into the hands of extremist militants.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Robert Menendez: Russia has launched a direct attack on Ukraine

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine Russia and developments in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate committee presses Obama administration on inaction against Russia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 27, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez says his attorney has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the Cuban government had a role in allegations against him that have prompted a federal probe of the New Jersey Democrat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Menendez wants federal probe of Cuba role

By ALAN FRAM and DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

As he walks to a closed-door security briefing, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., comments on the creation of a secret “Cuban Twitter&quot; — a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, Thursday, April 3, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration project, which lasted more than two years and drew tens of thousands of subscribers, sought to evade Cuba's stranglehold on the Internet with a primitive social media platform. First, the network would build a Cuban audience, mostly young people; then, the plan was to push them toward dissent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Robert Mendez asks Justice Dept. to probe if Cuban agents crafted 2012 hooker claims

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, gives the commencement address Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Stephen F. Austin State in Nacogdoches, Texas. (AP Photo/Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel, Andrew D. Brosig)

Ted Cruz goes Jack Nicholson: Dems ‘can’t handle the truth’ on Benghazi

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This Jan. 31, 2010, file image released by Miami Dade College shows Dr. Salomon Melgen, posing for a photo at the book signing of &quot;Growing American Roots&quot;, a book by Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., at the college in Miami. Topping Medicare's list of highest paid physicians from it's claims database was Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, whose relationship with Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., made headlines last year after news broke that the lawmaker used the doctor's personal jet for trips to the Dominican Republic. Medicare paid Melgen $20.8 million. (AP Photo/Miami Dade College, Phil Roche, File)

Wealthy Fla. doctor linked to senator back in news

By MATT SEDENSKY and KELLI KENNEDY - Associated Press