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How President Biden came to the decision to pardon his son Hunter
Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, DC) — President Joe Biden and his family discussed whether to pardon Hunter Biden during their time together in Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a source familiar with the matter confirmed [Read More…]
GOP senator praises current FBI Director Christopher Wray, calls Putin a ‘tyrant’
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Mike Rounds emphasized his support for current FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom President-elect Donald Trump intends to fire and replace with the loyalist Kash Patel. “I think the [Read More…]
North Carolina was a ‘bright spot’ for Democrats, governor-elect says
ABC News After prevailing in a state that went for Republican Donald Trump, Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein said that his service as North Carolina’s attorney general gave voters confidence and called the Tar Heel state [Read More…]
GOP senator praises current FBI Director Christopher Wray, calls Putin a ‘tyrant’
ABC News Republican Sen. Mike Rounds emphasized his support for current FBI Director Christopher Wray after President-elect Donald Trump announced he intended to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the department’s top job. “I think the [Read More…]
Trump picks Florida sheriff Chad Chronister for DEA administrator
Hillsborough County Sheriff (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration. In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump said that [Read More…]
Trump says he’ll fire FBI Director Christopher Wray, replace him with longtime ally Kash Patel
Rebecca Noble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he plans on firing FBI director Christopher Wray and replacing him with longtime ally Kash Patel. The appointment must be approved by the [Read More…]
James Skoufis announces bid to lead DNC, becomes third to vie for chairmanship
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Media Assets, Inc. (NEW YORK) — New York state Sen. James Skoufis announced his long-shot bid for chairman of the Democratic National Committee on X on Saturday. Skoufis, who paints himself [Read More…]
Trump, Trudeau to meet at Mar-a-Lago amid tariff threats
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Florida at Mar-a-Lago and is expected to meet with President-elect Donald Trump tonight, according to multiple sources. The expected meeting comes [Read More…]
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to meet with House Republicans on DOGE plans
Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head to Capitol Hill next week to meet with House Republicans on their plan to slash regulations and other parts of the [Read More…]
President Biden and first lady to debut AIDS Memorial Quilt on the White House South Lawn
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Sunday by debuting the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the White House. It [Read More…]
Biden says he hopes Trump rethinks tariffs, is thankful for ‘peaceful transition’
US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he visits the Nantucket Fire Department in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 28, 2024. Biden and family are in Nantucket, Massachusetts for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Mandel [Read More…]
Mexico’s president says its ‘position is not to close borders’ in response to Trump’s claim
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico, speaks during the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability, held at the Ecological Park of Xochimilco. on November 25, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo [Read More…]
Centrist group No Labels sues Democratic operatives over efforts to derail it
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the bipartisan group No Labels attempted to field a third-party independent bid in the 2024 presidential race, several of its opponents aggressively attempted to sabotage its operations in hopes of preventing [Read More…]
Trump Cabinet picks, appointees targets of bomb threats and swatting, spokesperson says
Jim Vondruska/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks and administration appointees were the targets of “violent” threats Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a [Read More…]
Trump set to take office with razor-thin House GOP majority
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a razor-thin GOP majority in the House of Representatives that offers Republicans barely any margin of error. [Read More…]
Harris, Walz join campaign finance calls, declare the ‘fight’s not over’
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday thanked supporters during a virtual call and vowed that the “fight’s not over” in her first remarks since conceding defeat to President-elect Donald [Read More…]
Why did a blue Texas border county vote red for the first time in 100 years?
Participants in the annual Christmas Parade march down Main Street, December 1, 2023, in Rio Grande City, Starr County, Texas. The vast majority of rural Starr County, which follows the Rio Grande River border with [Read More…]
Hagerty: The public doesn’t care who does Hegseth’s background check
ABC News Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., a prominent ally of Donald Trump, said voters don’t care who conducts background checks into the president-elect’s Cabinet picks and that Trump would fire members of his administration who [Read More…]
Klobuchar says she can’t make a decision on Trump nominees without FBI background checks
ABC News Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar emphasized Sunday the importance of FBI background checks for Trump’s Cabinet nominees, which she said was necessary for their confirmation. “I want to make a decision on each [Read More…]
Who is Trump’s treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent?
Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect’s choice to lead the Department of Treasury. Bessent has advised Trump [Read More…]