Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) plans to resign effective Aug. 20, according to two people briefed on the decision, after months of Democratic hand-wringing over his scandalous federal trial and recent conviction. Those briefed on the decision spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. The longtime Democratic lawmaker was convicted on July 16 of taking bribes from three ...

Lawmakers in Washington decried the killing of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman who was shot in her house earlier this month by an Illinois police officer after she called 911 to report a prowler. Vice President Harris, likely to be the Democratic presidential nominee, said in a statement Tuesday that Massey “deserved to be safe,” and that the police ...

Weeks of pent-up Democratic panic gave way to a historic flood of campaign cash for likely presidential nominee Vice President Harris this week, as allied groups reported massive fundraising hauls amid donor elation. The coordinated Harris campaign reported Tuesday morning that they had raised more than $100 million from 1.1 million donors in the first 41 hours after President Biden ...

Secret Service officials encouraged Donald Trump’s campaign to stop scheduling large outdoor rallies and other outdoor events with big crowds after the assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, Pa., according to people familiar with the matter. In the aftermath of the shooting, agents from the Secret Service communicated their concerns about large outdoor rallies going forward to Trump ...

Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday, an event that is expected to draw crowds of protesters and provide a sharp contrast between the United States’ two political parties in their evolving approach to one of America’s closest allies. Netanyahu comes to Capitol Hill at a fraught time in both Israeli and ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Mechell Harris landed here for the historically Black sorority Zeta Phi Beta’s biennial convention thrilled that Democrats had quickly coalesced around Vice President Harris as the party’s likely nominee for president. Harris, an entrepreneur from Charlotte in her 50s who is Black, thought of her mother, who might live to see a barrier-breaking moment she felt would herald ...

President Biden has always had a complicated relationship with words. As a child, he overcame a stutter by reading Irish poets and practicing conversations ahead of time to work out the right phrases. As an up-and-coming senator, he won praise from senior colleagues for his rhetorical flourishes — until his first presidential campaign was derailed by accusations that he stole ...

Vice President Harris has pushed the rest of the Biden administration to more heavily consider Palestinian suffering in its response to Israel’s war in Gaza, lambasting the civilian death toll, calling on Israel to allow more aid into the territory, and speaking more forcefully and empathetically than President Biden about the Palestinian plight. Harris — who is now the likely ...

Bissell is voluntarily recalling 3.2 million Steam Shot-style handheld steam cleaners after it received 183 reports of injuries, most of them minor burns. In a release on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website, Bissell said the affected products ‘can expel hot water or steam onto users while heating or during use, posing a burn hazard.’ The products are sold throughout ...

McDonald’s will extend its $5 value meal beyond its initial four-week window in most of its U.S. markets as the fast-food giant says the offer is driving traffic back to restaurants. In a memo to the U.S. system obtained by CNBC on Monday, executives wrote that nearly every business unit, encompassing 93% of its restaurants, voted to extend the promotion past ...