Ex-Chair of Senate Foreign Relations Committee to Leave Senate

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has told New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) that he plans to resign from the Senate Aug. 20, the governor announced July 23. Senate colleagues had urged Menendez to quit after he was found guilty in a federal corruption trial earlier this month (see 2407160054). Menendez stepped down as chairman in September 2023 after he was indicted (see 2309280005), but he has remained a vocal member of the committee.