Dec 02 Some Democrats are frustrated after Biden pardons his son Hunter By Bill Barrow, Associated Press The White House on Monday struggled to defend the pardon, claiming the prosecution was politically motivated — a page out of Trump's playbook. Continue reading
Dec 02 WATCH: First Lady Jill Biden unveils White House Christmas decorations By Darlene Superville, Associated Press More than 300 volunteers spent the past week decorating the interior and exterior of the White House and its 83 Christmas trees. They used nearly 10,000 feet of ribbon, more than 28,000 ornaments, over 2,200 paper doves and some 165,000… Continue reading
Dec 02 What Biden's decision to pardon his son means By Colleen Long, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, though he had previously said he would not do so. Continue reading
Dec 02 Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Biden has held himself up as placing his respect for the American judicial system and rule of law over his own personal concerns. Now, both his broken promise and his act of clemency are a political lightning rod. Continue reading
Dec 02 LISTEN: Supreme Court seems unconvinced FDA blocking of flavored vapes popular with youths unfair By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press A majority of Supreme Court justices didn't seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies before refusing to allow them to sell sweet flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use. Continue reading
Dec 01 Biden pardons his son Hunter on gun and tax charges despite previously saying he wouldn't By Associated Press President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit… Continue reading
Dec 01 WATCH: Joe and Jill Biden commemorate World AIDS Day at the White House By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden on Sunday had the AIDS Memorial Quilt spread on the White House South Lawn for the first time in observance of World AIDS Day. Continue reading
Dec 01 What happens next after Trump chooses FBI critic Kash Patel to remake the agency By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Patel is likely to face deep skepticism during his confirmation hearings over his stated plans to rid the government of “conspirators” against Trump, and his claims that he would shut down the FBI’s headquarters in the nation’s capital and send… Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 6:56 Trump taps 'deep state' conspiracy theorist Kash Patel to lead the FBI By John Yang, Claire Mufson, Kaisha Young, Juliet Fuisz As he continues stocking his new administration with staunch loyalists, President-elect Trump on Saturday nominated Kash Patel to be FBI director. Patel claims that the FBI is part of what he calls the “deep state” conspiracy against Trump and his… Continue watching
Nov 30 Trump names loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director to help with effort to upend law enforcement By Eric Tucker, Alan Suderman, Associated Press The selection is in keeping with Trump's view that the government's law enforcement and intelligence agencies require a radical transformation and his stated desire for retribution against supposed adversaries. Continue reading