Menendez to resign from Senate next month

New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) plans to resign from the Senate next month after coming under pressure from fellow Democrats to step down in the wake of his bribery scandal and conviction, a source familiar has confirmed to The Hill.

The New Jersey Globe reported Menendez will step down effective Aug. 20. The Hill has reached out to Menendez's office.

Menendez was convicted last week on charges of bribery, acting as a foreign agent and the rest of the 16 counts he faced...