Menendez hit with damning new charge

NEW YORK — Embattled New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was hit with a damning new charge Thursday in his Manhattan case, alleging he conspired to act as an unregistered agent for the Egyptian government behind the scenes as the powerful chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The explosive development comes weeks after Menendez and his wife, Nadine, were accused of bribery and corruption offenses for allegedly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from three New Jersey businessmen in the form of gold bullion bars, stacks of cash, and a sports car in exchange for advancing co...