It's Monday, September 25th, and he says he can explain those gold bars in his house.

We start here.

A U.S. Senator is indicted on shockingly familiar charges, accused of taking hundreds of thousands

of dollars in bribes that took some rather almost cartoonish forms.

Republicans and Democrats are calling for his resignation, but Bob Mnendez says he's

not going anywhere.

President Biden has enough problems on his own.

Even the best interpretation of this new poll shows huge concern for his re-election

chances, and it's like an interstellar drop-off service.

This was like hinting a hole-in-one from 63,000 miles above the planet.

How a seven-year NASA mission ended with success and a hunk of space rock.

From ABC News, this is Stark Here.

I'm Brad Milky.

Senators serve six-year terms.

More than any other elected official in Washington, they get time to establish a record to demonstrate

what they're about before they have to run for re-election.

As voters, we entrust them with a little more leeway.

I'm angry because prosecutors at the Justice Department don't know the difference between

friendship and corruption.

Several years ago, back in 2015, federal prosecutors indicted New Jersey Senator Bob Mnendez

on charges of bribery and fraud.

The big question is whether the U.S. Constitution protects Mnendez to advocate on behalf of voters,

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