Hunter Biden Is Downplaying a Threatening Text He Sent a Chinese Executive. His Explanation Doesn’t Add Up.

Hunter Biden’s explanation for a threatening text message he sent a Chinese business partner doesn’t add up, a review of publicly available records shows. Hunter Biden was asked during a congressional deposition Wednesday about a July 30, 2017, message in which he pushed a counterpart at CEFC China Energy to finalize a lucrative business deal

Dem Megadonor Tries To Bully NPR Reporter Who Exposed His Shady Shell Companies

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff tracked down journalist, relayed ‘personal details’ about her family Bill Clinton, Marc Benioff (Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME 100 Health Summit) Salesforce CEO and Democratic megadonor Marc Benioff dug up “personal details” about the family of a journalist who exposed his use of anonymous shell companies to buy swaths of land

Sherrod Brown Tapped Black Erotica Narrator To Say the N-Word for His Audiobook

AudioFile Magazine praised the audio version of Senator Sherrod Brown’s latest book as “intriguing,” not just for the Ohio Democrat’s prose, but the “thoughtful tone” of co-narrator Leon Nixon. That silky voice is perhaps best known for a number of erotic novels, including Hood Boyz Fall In Love Too 3, Nobody Can Love You Like

Texas Senator Throws Hat in the Ring To Replace McConnell as GOP Leader

Texas senator John Cornyn on Thursday announced his intentions to run to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.) as the Republican leader in Congress’s upper chamber. “I am asking my Republican colleagues to give me the opportunity to succeed Leader McConnell,” Cornyn said in a statement. “I have learned a lot during my time both in

Iran’s Khamenei Blames US Airman’s Self-Immolation on ‘Western Culture’

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei on Wednesday blamed “Western culture” for the self-immolation of U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell outside of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. “The genocide in Gaza is even too much for that young person who was brought up in the Western culture,” Khamenei said on X. “His conscience was hurting and

White House Refers to Illegal Immigrants as ‘Newcomers’ in Brief

The White House referred to illegal immigrants as “newcomers” in a Thursday brief urging Congress to pass a bipartisan bill on border security and asylum restrictions.  “The bill also includes $1.4 billion for cities and states who are providing critical services to newcomers, and would expedite work permits for people who are in the country

Putin Says Western Countries Risk Provoking Nuclear War

Russian president Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. The war in Ukraine has triggered the worst crisis in Moscow’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Putin has previously