Menendez pleaded not guilty to the charges earlier on Wednesday. Sign up here. It is the second time Cardin, a senior senator known for human rights advocacy, replaces fellow Democrat Menendez in ...

Cardin, a Democrat who announced in May that he will not seek reelection in 2024, will replace New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who was indicted Friday on federal charges that he accepted bribes in ...

Cardin has been a member of the Senate ... and repeatedly said he believes that he will be exonerated. He replaces Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal ...

is in line to replace him as the top Democrat on the committee. Cardin took over for Menendez in 2015 as ranking member when Menendez originally stepped aside — when he was indicted the first time.

Image Senator Ben Cardin, who will replace Mr. Menendez as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, is closer personally to President Biden.Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times ...