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Bob Menendez

Arcs in the news about Bob Menendez from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 74 stories · 1,626 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 2, 2023

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Nothing ongoing. The last arc went quiet Sep 11, 2025.

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Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial, conviction and 11-year sentence

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Sen. Bob Menendez accused of accepting bribes to benefit Qatar in superseding federal indictment · 92 articles, Jan 2Sen. Bob Menendez seeks dismissal of criminal charges. His lawyers say prosecutors ‘distort reality’ · 5 articles, Jan 9Sen. Bob Menendez and wife seek separate trials on bribery charges · 11 articles, Jan 16Sen. Menendez’s wife got engagement ring as part of bribery scheme, prosecutors allege in new filing · 5 articles, Feb 14New Jersey businessman in Menendez case pleads guilty and cooperates with authorities · 27 articles, Mar 1New obstruction of justice charge levied against Sen. Bob Menendez in rewritten indictment · 54 articles, Mar 5Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to obstruction charges in new federal indictment · 36 articles, Mar 11New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez says he won't run in Democratic primary · 58 articles, Mar 21Sen. Bob Menendez's wife cites need for surgery in request to delay her trial · 9 articles, Apr 9Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will have separate bribery trials, judge rules · 22 articles, Apr 10Court papers show Sen. Bob Menendez may testify his wife kept him in the dark, unaware of any crimes · 16 articles, Apr 16Start of Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial is delayed a week to mid-May · 9 articles, Apr 19Jury selection to begin in corruption trial of NJ Sen. Bob Menendez · 48 articles, May 12Lawyer opens defense of Sen. Bob Menendez in his corruption trial by blaming his wife · 44 articles, May 12Opening statements set to kick off second criminal trial for Sen. Bob Menendez · 27 articles, May 15Bob Menendez reveals wife has breast cancer as first evidence entered in his corruption trial · 37 articles, May 16Sen. Bob Menendez trial takes weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator · 13 articles, May 22At Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial, prosecutors highlight NJ politician's wife's desperate finances · 9 articles, May 28Sen. Bob Menendez files as independent for NJ Senate reelection amid bribery trial · 79 articles, Jun 3Sen. Bob Menendez's wife is excused from court after cancer surgery · 6 articles, Jun 6New Jersey businessman testifies that bribes paid off with Sen. Bob Menendez · 32 articles, Jun 7New Jersey's top federal prosecutor testifies for government in Sen. Bob Menendez prosecution · 7 articles, Jun 13Gold bars and Sen. Bob Menendez's curiosity about their price takes central role at bribery trial · 13 articles, Jun 20Sen. Bob Menendez’s defense begins with sister testifying about family tradition of storing cash · 10 articles, Jun 28US prosecutors in trial of Menendez rest case · 21 articles, Jun 28Bob Menendez declines to testify in his bribery trial as defense rests · 27 articles, Jul 3Sen. Bob Menendez 'sold the power of his office,' prosecutor says in closing argument · 28 articles, Jul 8Closing arguments expected in Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial · 7 articles, Jul 8Sen. Bob Menendez's lawyer tells jury that prosecutors' bribery case 'dies here today' · 6 articles, Jul 10Federal jury returns for third day of deliberations at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez · 29 articles, Jul 11Trial of Nadine Menendez, wife of Sen. Bob Menendez, delayed indefinitely · 6 articles, Jul 15Democrats consider expelling Menendez from the Senate after conviction in bribery trial · 50 articles, Jul 16Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery trial; New Jersey Democrat found guilty of accepting gold bars and cash · 120 articles, Jul 16Senate Ethics Committee starts review of Sen. Bob Menendez's conduct following bribery conviction - The Daily Reporter · 13 articles, Jul 22Sen. Bob Menendez to resign following conviction in federal corruption trial · 91 articles, Jul 23NJ governor names his former chief of staff to replace Bob Menendez · 53 articles, Aug 15New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez resigns from Senate after bribery convictions · 21 articles, Aug 20New Jersey Democrat George Helmy sworn in as replacement for Menendez in the Senate · 9 articles, Sep 9Prosecutors say some erroneous evidence was given jurors at ex-Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial · 6 articles, Nov 14Ex-US Sen. Bob Menendez seeks new trial, citing prosecutors' recently admitted error · 7 articles, Nov 27Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez, citing 'emotional toll,' seeks sentencing delay in wake of wife's trial · 20 articles, Dec 26Judge denies sentencing delay for ex-Sen. Bob Menendez but puts his wife's trial off until February · 14 articles, Dec 31

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else10 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Bob Menendez that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Nov 5– 6Rep. Andy Kim wins open New Jersey Senate seat for Democrats after Menendez scandal13 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 7 center, 2 right
  2. Jun 4– 5Andy Kim projected to win New Jersey Democratic Senate primary for Bob Menendez's seat29 articles · 24 independent sources
    5 left, 7 center, 3 right
  3. Mar 28New Jersey Democrat targets Sen. Menendez's access to classified information — and Trump's6 articles · 4 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right
  4. Mar 24– 25New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy suspends her Senate campaign to replace indicted Sen. Menendez42 articles · 28 independent sources
    3 left, 8 center, 3 right
  5. Feb 9Ex-TV news reporter is running as a Republican for Bob Menendez’s Senate seat in New Jersey10 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 1 right
  6. Jan 18– 19Fetterman backs Andy Kim as Democrats scramble to keep Menendez's Senate seat in New Jersey6 articles · 6 independent sources
    3 left, 2 center, 0 right

Stories that name Bob Menendez

  1. Dec 3– 4New Jersey interim Sen. George Helmy stepping down for Andy Kim to be sworn in early7 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 2 right
  2. Oct 7Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw clash over abortion, immigration at NJ Senate debate9 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  3. Jun 5– 6Republican Curtis Bashaw's nomination fueling GOP hope in deeply Democratic New Jersey5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right

Local coverage

  1. Nov 6Democrat Andy Kim of New Jersey to become first Korean-American Senator, ABC News projects9 articles · 3 independent sources
    2 left, 1 center, 0 right
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