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Nadine Menendez, 58, guilty of bribery and fraud related to using her husband’s influence on behalf of Egypt.Nadine Menendez, the wife of former United States Senator Bob Menendez, has been convicted of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes in exchange for attempting to use her husband’s influence to benefit Egyptian officials and New Jersey businessmen. Nadine Menendez, 58, was found guilty on Monday of all 15 counts she faced, including bribery, honest services wire fraud and conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent. She will be sentenced by US District Judge Sidney Stein…

President Trump remains on the attack against Jerome Powell, deriding the Federal Reserve chief in a social media post on Monday as a “major loser” and pressing him to lower interest rates “NOW.”The latest blast comes just days after Mr. Trump said on April 17 that Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough.” On Friday, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett also said the Trump administration is studying whether firing Powell is an option. Interest rates are at the heart of Mr. Trump’s complaint about Powell’s performance, with the president arguing that the Fed should act to lower the cost of borrowing for consumers…

Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its “unlawful” multibillion dollar budget cuts to the school’s research funding.”Moments ago, we filed a lawsuit to halt the funding freeze because it is unlawful and beyond the government’s authority,” Harvard President Alan Garber wrote in a post on X.The move comes just one day after the Trump administration reportedly planned to cut another $1 billion of federal grants and contracts to the university, in addition to the $2.2 billion cut that was announced last week, the Harvard Crimson first reported.The Wall Street Journal reported that the $1 billion…

The 2025 Surrey Nagar Kirtan, also known as the Vaisakhi Parade, welcomed over 550,000 people to the Newton area on Saturday. The event is now considered the largest Vaisakhi procession in the world.Surrey’s Vaisakhi Parade began in 1998, initiated by Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darbar.The first parade saw around 16,000 people attend.Attendance levels continued to grow throughout the years with 100,000 attendees in 2007.Organizer Moninder Singh says the growth highlights the positive impact of Surrey’s Sikh community.“I’ve had the opportunity to actually be at every single one over the last 27 years. It’s been an amazing sight to see it grow…

Real Betis have scored three goals in a first-half blitz to beat Girona 3-1 in Spain’s La Liga to keep alive their hopes of playing European football next season.Monday night’s win took sixth-placed Betis to within one point of Villarreal. The top five qualify for the Champions League, while the team in sixth will play in the Europa League.”We still have our Champions League dreams,” Isco, who scored his seventh goal of the season on his 33rd birthday, told broadcaster DAZN.”We know it is difficult, it’s not in our hands, but we will fight until the end.”Manuel Pellegrini’s Betis were…

George Clooney is one of Hollywood’s most well-known silver foxes. But lately, he’s been sporting a new look — one he admits is not exactly his favorite.The 63-year-old actor dyed his hair to star in the Broadway adaptation of “Good Night and Good Luck,” and he knows it’s catching people off guard.Clooney pokes fun at his dark hair: “I know it’s not good””I know it’s not good,” Clooney quipped during an interview with “CBS Mornings” that aired Monday. “You never get used to it.”The actor told “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King that he’s had salt-and-pepper hair for most of his…

A hearing kicked off today in Washington, D.C., that could determine whether Google remains in its current form, or if it could face penalties such as selling off its popular Chrome web browser. The so-called remedy hearing is the consequence of a court ruling last August that found Google is operating a monopoly and uses its dominant market position to crush rivals and put a lid on innovation. The U.S. Department of Justice is arguing that Google should be forced to divest its Chrome browser, which the agency describes as “one of the largest entry points that exists for searches.” By selling…

The head of the Roman Catholic Church dies at the Vatican at the age of 88.Pope Francis was widely regarded as the “people’s pope”. He was the first Latin American to lead the Roman Catholic Church, which has more than 1.4 billion followers worldwide. Often a voice for the poor, Francis also faced fierce resistance in his efforts to reshape the highly traditional and conservative church. His messages about peace, poverty and climate change have resonated loudly across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. But will his legacy translate into lasting change? And where does the Catholic Church go from…

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., on Monday signaled he wouldn’t tolerate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly once again sharing sensitive information about military operations in a Signal group chat. “If the reporting is true, this is unacceptable. I would never tell the White House what to do, but I wouldn’t tolerate it,” Bacon told Fox News Digital, reiterating his comments first reported by Politico. Bacon, a retired military officer and Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, said it would be “unacceptable” if Hegseth sent classified information in a Signal chat about a mission in Yemen targeting the Houthis. The New York Times…

FIRST ON FOX: An Indian citizen who is one of the most wanted fugitives in his home country for his alleged connections with terrorist activities, including planning more than a dozen grenade attacks on police officials, has been arrested by immigration officials for being in the United States illegally. Harpreet Singh was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week, Fox News has learned. Singh entered the U.S. illegally on Jan. 27, 2022, in Arizona. He was arrested by a U.S. Border Patrol agent from Tucson’s sector, placed in removal proceedings, and then released into the interior…