WASHINGTON

Home confinement

for Manafort, Gates

Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and business associate Rick Gates will remain under home confinement and electronic GPS monitoring until they work out a deal to disclose assets and secure a bond package for their release, a federal judge said at a hearing Monday.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington added that in any deal, she was inclined to end home confinement but not to permit the men to travel internationally and would await further details reached in talks between the parties before issuing a ruling.

"If financial arrangements are made that are satisfactory to the government, I am inclined to impose a less restrictive regime," Jackson said, but added that "we're going to have to wait for consideration of further information."

Jackson said she was also considering ordering the men to stay away from transportation facilities, meet a curfew and continue under electronic GPS monitoring. Jackson set a Dec. 11 hearing to schedule the trial, which could come as early as April.

Legal teams for Manafort and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III sparred in weekend court pleadings over the full extent and disclosure of Manafort's assets.

Manafort, 68, and Gates, 45, pleaded not guilty Oct. 31 in the first criminal allegations in Mueller's investigation of Russian influence in U.S. political affairs. The pair are charged with money laundering, making false statements in federal lobbying registration statements and other offenses in connection with their work advising a ­Russia-friendly political party in Ukraine.

— Spencer S. Hsu

NEW JERSEY

Robert Menendez trial now in jury's hands

A federal jury in Newark began deliberating Monday on whether Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) misused his office to help a donor and friend's business and personal interests.

In his closing argument Monday, Menendez attorney Abbe Lowell said the New Jersey Democrat's "deep and abiding friendship" with co-defendant Salomon Melgen "destroys every single one of the charges" against them.

Over the course of nine weeks, jurors have heard evidence about private jet flights, a luxury hotel stay and other gifts prosecutors say add up to a corrupt bargain between the two men. Defense lawyers have argued the relationship between the two men was based on a close personal friendship, not influence-peddling.

"Not one document, not one email hints at a corrupt agreement," Lowell told the jury during his three-hour presentation. "You should expect and demand more from the government when they have the burden to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt."

Prosecutor Peter Koski argued in his rebuttal that defense lawyers have used "sleight of hand" to get the jury to shift focus away from "a greedy doctor and a corrupt politician."

Menendez allegedly accepted a Paris hotel stay, political donations and trips on Melgen's private plane in exchange for helping Melgen get U.S. visas for his girlfriends, intervening in the doctor's $8.9 million dispute with Medicare, and trying to preserve Melgen's port interests in the Dominican Republic.

— Alan Maimon

FLORIDA

FSU suspends its fraternities, sororities

Florida State University has indefinitely suspended its fraternities and sororities after the alcohol-related death of a freshman pledge and cocaine charges against a member of another fraternity.

University President John Thrasher didn't say Monday how long the suspensions will last. He has also banned alcohol at events of recognized student organizations.

Andrew Coffey, a pledge at Pi Kappa Phi, died Friday after he was found unresponsive following a party. The university suspended the fraternity after Coffey's death.

On Monday, Phi Delta Theta member Garrett John Marcy, 20, was charged with the sale and trafficking of cocaine.

— Associated Press

INDIANA

Chief wants officers

in June shooting fired

Indianapolis' police chief has suspended two officers over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist and has recommended they be fired.

Chief Bryan Roach took the actions Monday against Michal Dinnsen and Carlton Howard in connection with the June 29 death of Aaron Bailey. Roach recommended their dismissals to the Civilian Police Merit Board.

A special prosecutor announced last week that the officers would not face criminal charges. Authorities have said Bailey, 45, pulled over for a traffic stop but suddenly drove off and later crashed. The officers approached Bailey's vehicle and fired. An autopsy found that four bullets hit Bailey in the back.

— Associated Press