President Biden will participate on Thursday in the annual Christmas tree lighting on the Ellipse, his last time taking part in the annual tradition before he departs the White House next year. Mr. Biden returned to the White House on early Thursday after spending the beginning of the week in Angola. Before he left, he
Washington — Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe is set to testify Thursday before the bipartisan House task force investigating the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump as the panel prepares to wrap its investigation into the incidents that sent shockwaves through the country in the lead up to the presidential election. The panel, which
The hearing follows an interim report by the task force detailing ’stunning security failures.’ WASHINGTON—The House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump will hold its final hearing on Dec. 5. The panel, which is investigating the United States Secret Service (USSS) missteps that led to two attempts on President-elect Donald Trump’s
Paris — French Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Thursday was meeting Emmanuel Macron to submit his resignation after losing a vote of no confidence in parliament, with the president urgently seeking ways to halt growing political and financial chaos. Poised to be contemporary France’s shortest-serving premier, Barnier arrived at the Elysee Palace just after 10 a.m.
Harris campaign’s payment to Sharpton’s group ‘does not look good for a man supposed to represent integrity,’ National Black Church Initiative says Al Sharpton preaching (Mustafa Hussain/Getty Images) A black church organization is calling on MSNBC to suspend and investigate host Al Sharpton over donations his organization took from Kamala Harris’s campaign. The National Black
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump said Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, was a “proven leader for common sense regulations.” In the years since leaving the SEC, Atkins has made the case against
The president-elect has tapped Frank Bisignano, president of fintech company Fiserv, to lead the agency. President-elect Donald Trump has added another name to the many he has announced so far as he fills out his Cabinet and other top roles for his incoming administration. He announced on Dec. 4 that he selected businessman Frank Bisignano