Bundy: ‘We will continue to stand’PORTLAND, Ore. — The leader of a federal wildlife refuge takeover in Oregon said his group will “continue to stand” after he and six others were acquitted last week of charges in the case.Ammon Bundy told The Oregonian/OregonLive in a phone call from the Multnomah County Detention Center on Monday that it was their duty to stand.“We did it peacefully,” Bundy said. “We did it legally, and the jury’s verdicts confirmed that.”Bundy said the trial ended in “another example of the government not following the law” when U.S. marshals arrested his attorney for challenging the judge’s order to keep him in custody.Bundy remains in jail because he still faces charges in the 2014 standoff at his father’s Nevada ranch. He said he had expected to be transferred to Nevada on Tuesday with brother Ryan Bundy, but U.S. marshals in Las Vegas would not comment about the move.

Jury deliberates N.J. bridge caseNEWARK, N.J. — Jurors will resume deliberations today in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial, a day after they appeared to be wrestling with the law surrounding the top two counts in the indictment against two former allies of Republican Gov. Chris Christie.Bridget Kelly, Christie’s former deputy chief of staff, and former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive Bill Baroni are charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, civil rights violations and misusing the bridge to retaliate against a mayor who didn’t endorse Christie by causing traffic jams in the town of Fort Lee.They testified during the trial that they thought the closure of access lanes was part of a traffic study concocted by former Port Authority official David Wildstein, who has pleaded guilty. Wildstein testified that both defendants were aware of the plan to punish Mayor Mark Sokolich.

Pentagon prepares to attract recruitsWASHINGTON — In a new move to attract a broader pool of military recruits, the Pentagon is asking to spend $140 million over the next five years to create an advertising campaign for the defense department.Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the plan Tuesday as part of a wider effort to beef up recruiting and the ROTC program to attract top talent from around the country.Carter said the department wants to tout the idea of military service as a whole. And he said he wants to make more Americans familiar with the military and the benefits that come with service, including professional training and money for higher education. The advertising funding requires congressional approval.