‘There has never been any evidence of vindictive or selective prosecution in this case,’ prosecutors told a federal judge. President Joe Biden’s claims about his son being selectively prosecuted were unfounded, special counsel David Weiss’s office said in new filings on Dec. 2. “There has never been any evidence of vindictive or selective prosecution in
The former State Department official said the CCP has based its legitimacy and survival on abusing the liberal international order. Alex Wong, a senior official under the first Trump administration, has been appointed by President-elect Donald Trump as his principal deputy national security adviser. A lawyer by training, Wong had served as Trump’s deputy special
Two senators ask Biden administration to clarify the conditions under which the Insurrection Act can be invoked. Two Democratic senators are urging the Biden administration to try to limit President-elect Donald Trump’s ability to deploy military forces inside the United States after he takes office. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), both members
Some Democrats and many Republicans said the pardon should not have happened. The White House on Dec. 2 defended President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter Biden. “He said he came to this decision this weekend, and he said he wrestled with this because he believes in the justice system, but he also believes that
President Biden pardoned his son late Sunday after he was convicted on gun charges and pleaded guilty to tax evasion. With President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter on Sunday night, it joins a list of controversial presidential pardons issued throughout the nation’s history The president said the gun and tax charges that were brought
Around 100 hostages remain in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip after being taken from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. President-elect Donald Trump threatened severe consequences if hostages held in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, are not released by the time he takes office on Jan. 20 next year. “Everybody is talking about
‘The staffer told the officers that he forgot the ammunition was in the bag,’ the Capitol Police said. Capitol Police officers arrested a staffer for Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 2. Officers manning a checkpoint saw on the X-ray screen what appeared to be ammunition in a bag being screened,