Menendez trial goes on as judge refuses to dismiss charges

NEWARK, N.J. — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial will continue after a federal judge declined to throw out any of the 18 charges against the Democratic senator and his co-defendant Salomon Melgen. The ruling Monday by U.S. District Judge William H. Walls had the potential to deliver Menendez a legal and political victory in his…