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Jul
US Senator Bob Menendez, who has been active in US politics for the past 40 years and is currently the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has been accused of corruption. The allegations suggest that Menendez accepted bribes from Egyptian authorities to pressure Ethiopia regarding the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Menendez, of Cuban descent, began his political career as the mayor of Union City, New Jersey, before joining the U.S. House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party and later ascended to the Senate, where he has served since 2006. In the spring…