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
Washington — Republicans have celebrated holding onto their narrow majority in the House, adding to their flip of the Senate and the White House for a trifecta in Washington next year. But President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of a number of House Republicans to fill top posts in his administration is pulling from an already shallow
President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 30 threatened to slap a 100% tariff on a group of nine nations — the so-called BRICS — if they try to replace the U.S. dollar with another currency. The BRICS countries include Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Trump said he’ll
It’s unusual for a new social media service to get a foothold in a marketplace entrenched by the likes of X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and TikTok which, dominate people’s phones. But Bluesky, a nearly 2-year-old app, is now grabbing attention amid a recent surge of new users, which the company says is likely due to
‘Everybody is talking about the hostages … but it’s all talk, and no action,’ president-elect writes in Truth Social post Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump has a message for Hamas and its benefactors in Tehran: Release the hostages before Inauguration Day, or else. In a Monday afternoon Truth Social post, Trump said