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  • John Dean Reveals Biden Move That Could Doom Trump's 'Revenge' Plot

    The Watergate figure said the president could "take the wind" out of Trump's plans for revenge and retribution with a stroke of his pen.

  • Jill Biden Has Blunt Comment About Her Husband’s Decision To Pardon Hunter

    Dr. Biden responded to shouted questions from reporters at a holiday party Monday.

  • ‘Morning Joe’ Airs the Same Chilling Clip of Trump’s FBI Pick 3 Times in a Row

    MSNBC’s Morning Joe crew on Monday reacted with horror to Donald Trump’s decision to pick Kash Patel to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The choice of Patel, a lawyer who served in several roles in the president-elect’s first administration, set off a firestorm of criticism in part because of his promotion of conspiracy theories and calls for retribution against Trump’s opponents in a second term. To underscore the point, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough repeatedly asked for a clip t

  • Trump’s FBI Pick Scored Gig After Frontrunner Flunked Job Interview

    Kash Patel may have finally been nominated for the position he craved the most—Federal Bureau of Investigation director. But it’s not like Donald Trump wanted him first. President-elect Trump said Saturday he would nominate Patel to head the FBI, heralding him as a “brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter” and signaling he would push current FBI Director Christopher Wray out of his 10-year term. But Patel wasn’t Trump’s first choice for the role, according to Axios—he just di

  • 'Banana Republic Stuff': Mehdi Hasan Nails GOP Hypocrisy Over Trump's Latest Move

    The former MSNBC host put the right on blast for their silence over two questionable moves by the president-elect.

  • Joe Biden Sends Parting Shot at GOP in Bombshell Pardon for Son Hunter

    President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday just days before he was scheduled to be sentenced in separate federal gun and tax cases—marking an about face for the lame-duck president. “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” Biden said in a statement. The president accused his “political opponents in Congress” of pursuing the pr

  • Is Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?

    The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.

  • Why ex-Israeli minister blocked from Aus

    Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said he barred the ex-Israeli minister from coming to Australia due to concerns her views could “undermine social cohesion”.

  • China blasts US arms sale to Taiwan, president's visit

    China says it will take "resolute countermeasures" against the latest US arms sale to Taiwan, adding it has lodged "stern representations" with Washington.

  • A Look Back At The U.S. Presidents Who Have Pardoned Family Members

    Having family in the nation’s highest office definitely has its perks.

  • Can Trump pardon himself now he has won the presidency again?

    Experts weigh in on whether the now president-elect Donald Trump can spare himself

  • The Kremlin Celebrates Trump’s Cabinet Picks

    The incoming Trump administration fills Russian state TV propagandists with glee. In mid-November, when president-elect Donald Trump started to announce his future appointees, state TV host Olga Skabeeva gushed, “All of them are totally wonderful!” Evgeny Popov, Skabeeva’s husband and the co-host of Russia’s 60 Minutes, concurred, describing Trump’s picks as his “radical dream team” and gleefully noting, “All of them personally despise Zelensky.” He cautiously added, “They aren’t friends of Russ

  • Putin approves record defense spending – a third of Russia’s budget

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a record-breaking defense budget, setting aside a staggering third of the government’s total spending as the war in Ukraine drains resources from both sides nearly three years on.

  • What ever happened to the border wall Trump promised 8 years ago?

    The wall is no longer Trump’s central idea, and it never really slowed migration, but it continues to put lives at risk, cost billions, and harm the environment. And with Trump returning to office, the border wall may take center stage once again, Josh Marcus reports.

  • Jasmine Crockett Has Blistering Message For GOP Pearl-Clutching Over Hunter Biden Pardon

    The Texas Democrat advised Republicans to "take a look in the mirror" after the president pardoned his son.

  • Latest US clampdown on China's chips hits semiconductor toolmakers

    (Reuters) -The United States on Monday launched its third crackdown in three years on China's semiconductor industry, curbing exports to 140 companies, including chip equipment maker Naura Technology Group, among other moves. The effort to hobble Beijing's chipmaking ambitions also hits Chinese chip toolmakers Piotech, ACM Research and SiCarrier Technology with new export restrictions as part of the package, which also takes aim at shipments of advanced memory chips and more chipmaking tools to China.

  • German foreign minister criticizes Beijing's support for Russia

    German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has accused China of providing Russia with weapons for its war against Ukraine and threatening peace in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. “Instead of taking responsibility for peace and security in the world as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, China is opposing our core European interests with its economic and weapons aid to Russia,” Baerbock said in a statement ahead of a visit to Beijing.

  • ‘Elon Is Right’: Bernie Sanders Praises Musk for Key DOGE Proposal

    Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) heaped praise on MAGA billionaire Elon Musk’s plans to rein in defense spending as part of his Trump-appointed mission to find ways to slash government spending. “Elon Musk is right,” tweeted Sanders on Sunday. “Last year, only 13 senators voted against the Military Industrial Complex and a defense budget full of waste and fraud. That must change.” That makes Sanders, a democratic socialist who twice came in second for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, a st

  • Israel strikes Lebanon as Hezbollah targets military post

    Lebanon's Health Ministry says nine people were killed in strikes on two southern villages.

  • Trump Taps A Second In-Law For Key Government Position

    On Sunday, the president-elect announced plans to appoint Massad Boulos, the father of Tiffany Trump's husband, to serve as his senior adviser on Arab affairs.