The recent buzz around preemptive presidential pardons — especially considering President Joe Biden’s expansive pardon of his son Hunter — should alarm anyone who values justice and accountability. This month, Biden pardoned Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing after pleading guilty to federal tax and gun charges. The president also granted his son clemency for any…
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump has landed another prestigious – albeit short-term – gig. The former and future president will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to mark the start of the day’s trading, according to a source familiar with his plans. It will be Trump’s first time ringing…
The claim: Image shows headline saying Biden ‘exemplifies the gospel’ by pardoning son A Dec. 3 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes an image that appears to be a screenshot of an article by The Gospel Coalition, a Christian news and commentary website. “By Pardoning His Son Joe Biden Exemplifies The Gospel,” reads the…
WASHINGTON – From the White House, President Joe Biden on Sunday called the collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime “a moment of historic opportunity” for the country’s long-suffering people. What he didn’t say: It’s also potentially good news for the United States. Assad’s fall not only ends his family’s bloody, half-century reign, it…
WASHINGTON ― The White House on Tuesday condemned violence targeting “corporate greed” following the arrest of Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in New York City. “We condemn violence in the strongest term,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press briefing. “Violence to combat any sort of…
Joe Biden has a storied career, and his ties to Delaware are synonymous with his tenure in public service. From his reign as the state’s longest-serving senator to his commutes from the Wilmington train station to Washington, D.C., to his personal life across the Small Wonder, the First State is filled with Biden milestones. Along with…
Donald Trump’s release of a new fragrance line is reviving familiar questions about financial conflicts of interests, and generating new ones about the legality of using Jill Biden’s image to promote the products. Trump announced a new line of perfumes and colognes on Sunday with a social media post that links to a website where…
On Monday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Rebels have taken over Syria. What’s next? USA TODAY Congress, Campaigns and Democracy Reporter Sudiksha Kochi takes a look at the possibility of bipartisanship, as some Democrats signal support for certain Trump picks and initiatives. Donald Trump says he’ll begin pardoning Jan. 6 rioters on the ‘first day’ of his second term….
President Joe Biden and governors across the U.S. have directed that flags fly at half-staff Saturday, December 7, in honor of Americans who died at Pearl Harbor 83 years ago. National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day honors the 2,403 service members and civilians killed after Japanese forces attacked the U.S. naval base on Oahu, Hawaii, on…
President-elect Donald Trump is naming the former U.S. Border Patrol chief pushed out by the Biden administration to lead the Customs and Border Protection, which monitors hundreds of ways to enter the country. Trump’s CBP nominee Rodney Scott is a 29-year border-enforcement veteran who clashed with President Joe Biden’s team on how best to tackle…