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5 takeaways from Biden's farewell address that also served as a warning to the country
WASHINGTON — With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he used the opportunity to issue dire warnings about the future and call for deep changes to the country's foundational document. Biden's term ends Monday, when he'll be replaced by Donald Trump, a man he has called an existential threat to the nation.
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was a wakeup call
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was a wakeup call
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was a wakeup call
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A soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as “wakeup call” for the country’s ills, investigators said Friday. Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs, Colorado, apparently harbored no ill will toward President-elect Donald Trump, Clark County sheriff’s officials said.
By Tara Copp Verified, Alanna Durkin Richer Verified, Colleen Long, Rio Yamat Verified, Colleen Long Verified
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Trump weighs in on NY mayor, vaccines and drones
PALM BEACH, Fla. — In a freewheeling press conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, declared the country was "not going to lose" the polio vaccine and weighed in on the flurry of drone sightings over New Jersey.
Trump says he will 'look at' pardon for embattled New York mayor Eric Adams
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said in a far-ranging news conference that ihe would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams. Separately he called on the Biden administration to stop selling off unused portions of border wall that were purchased but not installed during his first administration.
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It's the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released.
Donald Trump will ring the New York Stock Exchange bell as he's named Time's Person of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump used his image as a successful New York businessman to become a celebrity, a reality television star and eventually the president. Now he will get to revel in one of the most visible symbols of success in the city when he rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday as he's also named Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
Trump offers a public show of support for Pete Hegseth
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump offered a public show of support Friday for Pete Hegseth, his choice to lead the Defense Department, whose confirmation by the Senate is in doubt as he faces questions over allegations of excessive drinking, sexual assault and his views on women in combat roles.
Biden is considering preemptive pardons for officials and allies before Trump takes office
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump's administration, a preemptive move that would be a novel and risky use of the president's extraordinary constitutional power. The deliberations so far are largely at the level of White House lawyers.
Trump's casting call as he builds out his administration: TV experience preferred
WASHINGTON — There's a common trait that President-elect Donald Trump is clearly prizing as he selects those to serve in his new administration: experience on television. Trump loves that "central casting" look, as he likes to call it. Some, like his choices for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, were until recently TV hosts on Trump's favorite network, Fox News.
Trump chooses loyalist Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Matt Gaetz withdraws
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Justice Department, turning to a longtime ally after his first choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name from consideration amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations. Bondi has been an outspoken defender of Trump.
In their final meeting, Xi tells Biden that China is ready to work with a new US administration
LIMA, Peru — China’s leader Xi Jinping met for the last time with U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday but was already looking ahead to President-elect Donald Trump and his “America first” policies, saying Beijing “is ready to work with a new U.S. administration." During their talks on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru, Xi cautioned that a stable China-U.S. relationship was critical not only to the two nations but to the “future and destiny of...
Harris is set to oppose US Steel's sale to a Japanese firm during event with Biden in Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH — Vice President Kamala Harris used a joint campaign appearance with President Joe Biden in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania on Monday to say that U.S. Steel should remain domestically owned — concurring with the White House's monthslong opposition to the company's planned sale to Japan's Nippon Steel.
Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against Trump
WASHINGTON — The director of the Secret Service said Tuesday she is resigning following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and former presidents could fail in its core mission.
Iran threat prompted more security at Trump rally as officials warn of potential for copycat attacks
WASHINGTON — A threat on Donald Trump’s life from Iran prompted additional security in the days before Saturday’s campaign rally, but it was unrelated to the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential nominee, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, as law enforcement warned of the potential for more violence inspired by the shooting.
Former President Donald Trump is calling for national unity and resilience as he recovers after apparent attempt to kill him
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BUTLER, Pa. — On the heels of an apparent attempt to kill him, former President Donald Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience as shocked leaders across the political divide recoiled from the shooting that left him injured but “fine” and the gunman and a rally-goer dead. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said the upper part of his right ear was pierced in the shooting. His aides said he was in “great spirits” and doing well.
By Jill Colvin Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Colleen Long, Eric Tucker, Michelle Price Verified
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Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say
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BUTLER, Pa. — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt Saturday as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania, law enforcement officials said.
By Jill Colvin Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Colleen Long, Eric Tucker, Michelle Price Verified
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Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in the presidential race and keep fighting
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's family used a gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions. Biden spent Sunday sequestered with first lady Jill Biden, his children and his grandchildren.
Prosecution rests in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial
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WILMINGTON, Del. — Federal prosecutors wrapped up their gun case against Hunter Biden on Friday with two final witnesses in their effort to prove that the president's son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form when he said he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Prosecutors called an FBI forensic chemist, Jason Brewer, who tested a residue found on the leather pouch that contained Hunter Biden’s gun. It came back positive for cocaine, though the amount was minimal, he told jurors.
By Randall Chase, Michael Kunzelman Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Claudia Lauer Verified, Colleen Long
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Prosecution rests in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial
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WILMINGTON, Del. — Federal prosecutors wrapped up their gun case against Hunter Biden on Friday with two final witnesses in their effort to prove that the president's son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form when he said he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Prosecutors called an FBI forensic chemist, Jason Brewer, who tested a residue found on the leather pouch that contained Hunter Biden’s gun. It came back positive for cocaine, though the amount was minimal, he told jurors.
By Randall Chase, Michael Kunzelman Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Claudia Lauer Verified, Colleen Long
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Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden's gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can
WILMINGTON, Del. — The widow of Hunter Biden's brother told jurors in his federal gun trial Thursday about the moment she found the revolver in his truck, describing how she put it into a leather pouch, stuffed it into a shopping bag and tossed it in a trash can outside a market near her home. "I panicked, and I wanted to get rid of them," she testified about finding the gun and ammunition in the vehicle's console in October 2018.
Hunter Biden's ex-wife and former girlfriend testify at trial about finding his drug paraphernalia
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WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden's ex-wife and a former girlfriend testified Wednesday in his gun trial about finding his crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, and jurors saw photos of the president's son bare-chested in a bubble bath and heard about his visit to a strip club.
By Claudia Lauer Verified, Randall Chase, Colleen Long Verified, Michael Kunzelman Verified, Colleen Long
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Jurors in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial see the document at center of the case for the first time
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WILMINGTON, Del. — Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden's son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018.
By Randall Chase, Claudia Lauer Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Michael Kunzelman Verified, Colleen Long
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Jury is chosen in Hunter Biden's federal firearms case and opening statements are set for Tuesday
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WILMINGTON, Del. — A jury was seated Monday in the federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, after prospective jurors were questioned about their thoughts on gun rights and drug addiction while the first lady watched from the front row of the courtroom. Opening statements were set to begin Tuesday after the panelists — six men and six women plus four women serving as alternates — were instructed by Judge Maryellen Noreika not to talk or read about the case.
By Claudia Lauer Verified, Michael Kunzelman Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Randall Chase, Colleen Long
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Judge denies Trump request for mistrial in hush money case over Stormy Daniels’ salacious testimony
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NEW YORK — Donald Trump's defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president's hush money trial cannot be believed. “The details of your story keep changing, right?” attorney Susan Necheles asked at one point. “No,” Daniels said.
By Michael Sisak Verified, Jake Offenhartz Verified, Jennifer Peltz Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Colleen Long
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Trump held in contempt of court for violating gag order in hush money case, ordered to pay $9,000
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NEW YORK — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. If he does it again, the judge warned, he could be jailed. Prosecutors had alleged 10 violations, but New York Judge Juan M. Merchan found there were nine.
By Michael Sisak Verified, Jennifer Peltz Verified, Jake Offenhartz Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Colleen Long
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Ex-tabloid publisher testifies he scooped up possibly damaging tales to shield his old friend Trump
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NEW YORK (AP) — As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. But when it came to the seamy claims by porn performer Stormy Daniels, David Pecker said he put his foot down.
By Jennifer Peltz Verified, Michael Sisak Verified, Colleen Long Verified, Jake Offenhartz Verified, Colleen Long
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As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world
WASHINGTON — For much of her life, Angela Crawford considered herself a fairly conservative Republican — and she voted that way. But then a wave of court rulings and Republican-led actions in states restricted abortion and later in vitro fertilization, the very procedure that had helped her conceive her daughter.
Feds search Sean “Diddy” Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe, AP sources say
NEW YORK — Two properties belonging to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation in New York, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. It’s not clear whether Combs was the target of the investigation.
Feds search Sean ’Diddy’ Combs’ properties as part of sex trafficking probe: Report
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Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate passage ended shutdown threat
WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress passed the long-overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of a partial government shutdown. The White House said Biden signed the legislation at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was spending the weekend. It cleared the Senate by a 74-24 vote shortly after funding expired for the agencies at midnight.
Biden says at DC dinner that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. 'The other's me'
WASHINGTON — The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party's nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. “The other's me," Biden quipped.
Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battle
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as a newly released transcript of Biden's testimony last fall showed he repeatedly insisted he never meant to retain classified information after he left the vice presidency.
Miles apart, Biden and Trump tour U.S.-Mexico border
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Biden and Trump both arrive at U.S.-Mexico border highlighting immigration as a major election issue
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — President Joe Biden and likely Republican challenger Donald Trump arrived Thursday in Texas, some 300 miles apart, for dueling trips to the U.S.-Mexico border in a sign of how central immigration has become to the 2024 election and how much each man wants to use it to his advantage. Each chose an optimal location to underscore his points.
Biden allies, rivals both want transcript of his special counsel interview released. It could happen
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden in part because of his answers during a lengthy interview with the special counsel investigating him. But the sit-down also opened Biden up to fresh scrutiny over his age and memory, and now the public release of a transcript of that discussion is being sought by both Biden allies and critics seeking political advantage.
Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign
WASHINGTON — How it began: President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money from Congress to aid Ukraine and Israel. He took a gamble by seizing on GOP demands to simultaneously address one of his biggest political liabilities — illegal migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. How it ended: Biden came close to succeeding, before it all fell apart spectacularly.
Special counsel finds evidence Biden willfully mishandled classified info but says no charges warranted
WASHINGTON — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. The report from special counsel Robert Hur resolves a criminal investigation that had shadowed Biden's presidency for the last year.
Special counsel finds evidence Biden willfully mishandled classified info but says no charges warranted
WASHINGTON — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. The report from special counsel Robert Hur resolves a criminal investigation that had shadowed Biden's presidency for the last year.
Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel's report that questioned his memory, handling of docs
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not warranted. The report from special counsel Robert Hur resolves a criminal investigation that had shadowed Biden's presidency for the last year.
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Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — How it began: President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money from Congress to aid Ukraine and Israel. He took a gamble by seizing on GOP demands to simultaneously address one of his biggest political liabilities — illegal migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. How it ended: Biden came close to succeeding, before it all fell apart spectacularly.
Biden, Harris paint Trump as freedom's enemy at abortion rally
MANASSAS, Va. — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris rallied for abortion rights Tuesday as they prepared for a likely rematch with Donald Trump, the former Republican president who paved the way for overturning Roe v. Wade. "He's betting we won't hold him responsible," Biden said to a crowd of hundreds of cheering supporters. "He's betting you're going to stop caring." "But guess what?" he added. "I'm betting he's wrong.
A last sticking point in border security negotiations is humanitarian parole. Here’s what that means
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pushing for a deal on border security and Ukraine funding, and one of the last major sticking points is whether to preserve the president’s authority to allow migrants into the U.S. for special cases during emergencies or global unrest. Republicans deride the authority, known as humanitarian parole, as a Biden administration end run around Congress that allows into the U.S. large numbers of migrants who further tax an already overextended immigration system.
A last sticking point in border security negotiations is humanitarian parole. Here's what that means
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pushing for a deal on border security and Ukraine funding, and one of the last major sticking points is whether to preserve the president’s authority to allow migrants into the U.S. for special cases during emergencies or global unrest.
Biden says white supremacy has no place in the US in speech at church where Black people were killed
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Courting Black voters he needs to win reelection, President Joe Biden on Monday denounced the "poison" of white supremacy in America, saying at the site of a deadly racist shooting at a South Carolina church that such ideology has no place in America, "not today, tomorrow or ever." Biden spoke from the pulpit of Mother Emanuel AME Church, where in 2015 nine Black parishioners were shot to death by the white stranger they invited to join their Bible study.
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