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Just minutes before leaving the presidency, Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.” “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end,” he said.
Senate confirmation process kicks into high gear for Trump’s Cabinet
WASHINGTON — After President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office and Congress concludes the inaugural pageantry and the post-inauguration lunch on Monday, the Senate will get back to work. The first item on the Senate’s Trump nomination agenda appears sure to be the confirmation of one of their own. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., had a relatively easy confirmation hearing at the Foreign Relations Committee last week and is expected to be confirmed as secretary of State on Monday evening.
Special counsel Jack Smith, who investigated Trump, says his team ‘stood up for the rule of law’
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Man who died in Tesla Cybertruck explosion was active-duty US Army soldier, officials say
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President-elect Trump weighs in on N.Y. mayor Eric Adams, vaccines and drones in news conference at Mar-a-Lago
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Bidens’ final Christmas in the White House stays traditional — except for that weird carousel tree
After an election year filled with rancor and ultimately, voters’ rejection of the Biden administration, the White House is calling for a “Season of Peace & Light” with this year’s holiday theme. “At the holidays, Americans come together every year in fellowship and faith, reminding us that we are stronger as a community than we are apart,” President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wrote at the end of the holiday guidebook.
What does it mean now that President Biden has pardoned Hunter?
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday, the president did it anyway.
President-elect 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.
Donald Trump says Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy will form outside group to advise White House on government efficiency
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” — which is not, despite the name, a government agency. The acronym “DOGE” is a nod to Mr. Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency, dogecoin.
Kamala Harris says Donald Trump's comments on women 'are offensive to everybody'
MADISON, Wis. — Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies.” “I think it’s offensive to everybody, by the way,” Ms. Harris said before she set out to spend the day campaigning in the Western battleground states of Arizona and Nevada.
'She should be alive today': Harris spotlights woman's death to blast abortion bans and Trump
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Harris and Walz are kicking off a 2-day bus tour in Georgia that will culminate in Savannah rally
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Biden heads to Wisconsin to laud new Microsoft facility, meet voters - and troll Trump
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is racing into yet another battleground state Wednesday, continuing to push a contrast with Donald Trump on economic policy as his own reelection campaign readies a new $14 million advertising blitz aimed in part at Black, Latino and Asian American voters. Biden is traveling to Racine, Wis., where he'll highlight a decision by Microsoft to build a $3.3 billion data center that is expected to create roughly 2,000 jobs.
Trump held in contempt of court for violating gag order in hush money case and 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. Prosecutors had alleged 10 violations, but New York Judge Juan M. Merchan found there were nine. Still, the ruling was a stinging rebuke for the Republican former president, who had insisted he was exercising his free speech rights.
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Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's claim of absolute immunity
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seems highly skeptical of former President Donald Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution, but it’s less clear that the justices are headed for a quick resolution. Chief Justice John Roberts was among at least five members of the court Thursday who appeared likely to reject the claim of absolute immunity that would stop special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump on charges he conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
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 Mr. Combs was the target of the investigation.
A look at Robert Hur, the special counsel due to testify on Biden classified documents case
WASHINGTON — The special counsel who impugned the president’s age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week. Robert Hur is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee on Tuesday as House Republicans try to keep the spotlight on unflattering assessments of Mr. Biden.
Marcia Fudge, Housing and Urban Development secretary, announces resignation in late March
WASHINGTON — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving “with mixed emotions.” A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Ms. Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe Biden’s administration.
Biden’s budget proposal for a second term offers tax breaks for families and lower health care costs
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday released a budget proposal aimed at getting voters' attention: It would offer tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations. Unlikely to pass the House and the Senate to become law, the proposal for fiscal 2025 is an election year blueprint about what the future could hold if Mr. Biden and enough of his fellow Democrats win in November.
Biden welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan as framework for hostage deal is decided in Israel-Hamas conflict
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington Monday and the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing effort to free hostages held in Gaza, and growing concern over a possible Israeli military operation in the border city of Rafah. It is the first meeting between the allies since three American troops were killed last month in a drone strike against a U.S. base in Jordan.
Dearborn, Mich., mayor says police presence increased at places of worship after WSJ opinion piece declared his city ‘America’s Jihad capital’
The mayor of Dearborn, Mich., Abdullah H. Hammoud, said residents can expect an increased police presence “effective immediately” at “all places of worship and major infrastructure points” after a Wall Street Journal opinion piece referred to his city as “America’s Jihad capital.” The increase of law enforcement in the area is a direct response to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published Friday, Mr. Hammoud said on X, formerly Twitter.
Biden to issue executive order targeting Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in West Bank
Humanitarian parole is sticking point in border security negotiations
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.
Israeli strike kills elite Hezbollah commander in latest escalation linked to war in Gaza
BEIRUT — An Israeli airstrike killed an elite Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon on Monday, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes along the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. The strike on an SUV killed a commander in a secretive Hezbollah force that operates along the border, according to a Lebanese security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity according to regulations.
U.S.: Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine and is seeking Iranian missiles
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia has acquired ballistic missiles from North Korea and is seeking close-range ballistic missiles from Iran as Moscow struggles to replenish supplies for its war with Ukraine, the White House said Thursday. Recently declassified intelligence found that North Korea has provided Russia with ballistic missile launchers and several ballistic missiles, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
Biden and Mexican president set to meet, with fentanyl, migrants and Cuba on the agenda
SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, two strong allies who don’t always get along personally, will talk migration, fentanyl trafficking and Cuba relations on Friday.
Biden tells Asia-Pacific leaders that U.S. ‘not going anywhere’ as it looks to build economic ties
SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden on Thursday made America's case to CEOs attending the Asia-Pacific summit in San Francisco that the United States is committed to high standards in trade and to partnerships that will benefit economies across the Pacific. Fresh off his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Mr. Biden also told business leaders that the U.S. was “de-risking and diversifying” but not "decoupling.” from Beijing.
Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get U.S.-China communications back to normal
SAN FRANCISCO -- President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get U.S.-Chinese communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year.
Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get U.S.-China communications back to normal
SAN FRANCISCO — President Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get U.S.-Chinese communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year. Biden said Tuesday shortly before departing for San Francisco to meet Xi and attend this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that the nations must get “on a normal course corresponding” once again even as they have sharp differences on no shortage of issues.
Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get U.S.-China communications back to normal
SAN FRANCISCO — President Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get U.S.-Chinese communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year. Biden said Tuesday shortly before departing for San Francisco to meet Xi and attend this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that the nations must get “on a normal course corresponding” once again even as they have sharp differences on no shortage of issues.
Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get U.S.-China communications back to normal
U.S. President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China's Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get U.S.-Chinese communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year. Biden said Tuesday shortly before departing for San Francisco to meet Xi and attend this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that the nations must get "on a normal course corresponding" once again even as they have sharp differences on no shortage of issues.
Biden says his goal for Xi meeting is to get U.S.-China communications back to normal
SAN FRANCISCO — President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get U.S.-Chinese communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year.
A new answer for migrants in Central America: Bus them north
Miranda Villasmil guided her daughter and son past hundreds of huddled migrants, many still muddied and swollen from their trek here to Costa Rica from South America. The family of three carried just two grocery bags of their belongings from their past lives in Venezuela. When they reached the row of shuttle buses that would carry them to the Nicaraguan border, Ms. Villasmil was so overwhelmed with relief that she texted her relatives back home who were also considering fleeing.
The mayors of 5 big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about getting federal help in managing the surge of migrants they say are arriving in their cities with little to no coordination, support or resources from his administration.
The mayors of 5 big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants
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The mayors of 5 big cities seek a meeting with Biden about how to better manage arriving migrants
WASHINGTON — The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and New York are pressing to meet with President Joe Biden about getting federal help in managing the surge of migrants they say are arriving in their cities with little to no coordination, support or resources from his administration.
Is the U.S. getting involved as Israel fights Hamas in Gaza? What to know.
The United States has pledged unequivocal support for ally Israel, underlining its right to defend itself after an unprecedented incursion by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip killed at least 1,400 people and wounded about 4,562. In a historic show of solidarity, President Biden made a visit Wednesday to Israel, where he was greeted at the airport by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and promised to redouble U.S. military assistance to the country.
John Fetterman breaks with Summer Lee, progressive allies in rejecting Israel-Hamas ceasefire
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is rebuffing calls by some progressive Democrats — including Rep. Summer Lee — for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, which has been designated a terrorist group by the U.S. A statement late Wednesday by Mr. Fetterman, D-Pa., came after evidence showed that the deadly blast at a hospital in Gaza apparently came from an errant missile fired by another Palestinian group, not by Israel. The U.S. has said Israel was “not responsible” for the blast.
Bobby Ghosh: Why the Gazans don't leave Gaza
Why don’t they just leave? As Israel’s furious retaliation for last weekend’s Hamas attack devastates large swathes of the Gaza strip, killing hundreds and maiming thousands of Palestinians, it is not unreasonable to wonder why the 2.3 million civilians living in the tiny enclave don’t flee to safer ground.
U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war
UNITED NATIONS — The U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday to condemn all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and to urge humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, saying it was too early to craft an appropriate Security Council response to the crisis. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the council needs to allow current diplomatic efforts, including by President Joe Biden, to unfold and to find out more facts on the ground first.
Early intelligence suggests hospital blast caused by Palestinian fighters, U.S. says
WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say they have multiple strands of intelligence -- including infrared satellite data -- indicating that the deadly blast at a Gaza hospital on Tuesday was caused by an armed Palestinian group. The intelligence includes satellite and other infrared data showing a launch of a rocket or missile from Palestinian fighter positions within the Gaza Strip.
U.S. to ease sanctions on Venezuelan oil for freer presidential election
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The Biden administration and the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have agreed to a deal in which the U.S. would ease sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry and the authoritarian state would allow a competitive, internationally monitored presidential election next year, according to two people familiar with the breakthrough talks.
Tuberville should drop 'irresponsible' protest and OK military nominees, Biden says
HELSINKI — President Joe Biden on Thursday said it is "irresponsible" of a Republican senator from Alabama to block confirmation of military officers in protest of a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or reproductive care. "He's jeopardizing U.S. security by what he's doing," Biden said of Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Auburn.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is expected to end the asylum limits at the U.S.-Mexico border by May 23 that were put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision, not yet final, would halt use of public health powers to absolve the United States of obligations under American law and international treaty to provide haven to people fleeing persecution, and would apply to all asylum-seekers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans impose new restrictions on ballot access in multiple states, President Biden has no easy options for safeguarding voting rights despite rising pressure from frustrated activists. Unlike on other issues such as immigration or environmental protection, the White House has little leverage without congressional action as the November elections creep up.
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