Charles McGonigal, the disgraced former FBI official, pleaded guilty to hiding $225,000 in secret payments while working sensitive cases

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Charles McGonigal, seen here in front of a New York courthouse before his guilty plea last month, admitted to more crimes in Washington DC..

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Donald in Wonderland: lawyers for New York and Trump trade 'looking glass' jabs ahead of business-fraud trial

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Attorneys for New York state and Donald Trump accused each other of distorting reality when it comes to the civil case set to go to trial in October.

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Ken Burns would like you to know he doesn't hang out with Clarence Thomas

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Clarence Thomas and Ken Burns definitely don't hang out, according to Ken Burns.

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New York City's mayor is proposing major policy changes to lower housing costs and build 100,000 new homes

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Brownstone apartment houses in Manhattan, New York, United States, on October 22, 2022.
Half of New Yorkers spend more than 30% of their income on rent as a housing shortage worsens the affordability crisis.

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Gold bars, cash, and an air purifier: The 8 alleged bribes Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife took, ranked

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Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points at some of the cool stuff that US Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife allegedly received from Egyptian-American businessmen.

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Sen. Bob Menendez Googled 'how much is one kilo of gold worth' around the time his wife accepted alleged bribes, indictment says

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Prosecutors allege Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, and his wife accepted gold bars as part of a bribery scheme.

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Inside the Civilian Conservation Corps, the New Deal agency that employed 2.5 million men to preserve national forests

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Teenage laborers in the Civilian Conservation Corps sit in a tent after a day's work

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The chaos over an impending shutdown is so bad that some Republicans say they'll join forces with Democrats to keep the government open

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GOP Rep. Mike Lawler of New York's 17th Congressional District.

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Federal agents found more than $480,000 in cash 'stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing' in Sen. Bob Menendez's home, indictment says

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  • Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has been indicted on bribery charges.
  • Federal agents found cash "stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing" in his home.
  • This is the second time Menendez has been charged with bribery.
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and an exhibit from the indictment against the senator.
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Sen. Bob Menendez is facing charges yet again — this time in the most cartoonish corruption scandal you can imagine

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Sen. Robert Menendez / One of the gold bars Menendez is accused of taking
Sen. Robert Menendez / One of the gold bars Menendez is accused of taking

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