Hunter Biden’s lawyers issued a warning if the Justice Department charged the president’s son, his lawyers would put the president on the witness stand, Politico reports.
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“Twin celebrations of President Donald Trump’s birthday and the Army’s 250th anniversary will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington in a celebration that will cost $25 million…
“Two New York Republicans signaled that the cap on the state and local tax deduction may rise to as much as $80,000 as GOP lawmakers from high-tax states demand a…
“The Trump administration has sharply expanded its campaign against experts who track misinformation and other harmful content online, abruptly canceling scores of scientific research grants at universities across the country,”…
“For all four years of Donald Trump’s presidency — and those years only — Americans would enjoy benefits like no taxes on tips or overtime, under the massive party-line legislation…
“Three top Democratic senators are asking the Trump administration to detail its interactions with crypto exchange Binance and billionaire founder Changpeng Zhao as he seeks a presidential pardon,” the Wall…
“It has been a major impediment to President Trump’s agenda — the ability of a single federal judge in a single district to block a policy across the country,” the…
“Ukrainian and Russian delegations arrived in Turkey on Thursday, yet it remains unclear whether the first direct talks between warring sides since spring 2022 will take place after Russia revealed…
President Trump claimed India had offered the U.S. a deal where “basically they’re willing to literally charge us no tariffs,” and scolded Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, for expanding production…
“Joe Biden clearly just was not capable of delivering the message we needed to deliver in 2024. Why did it take so long? Why was it so hard to recognize…
“Iran is ready to sign a nuclear deal with certain conditions with President Donald Trump in exchange for lifting economic sanctions,” NBC News reports. Ali Shamkhani, a top political, military…
“President Trump was set to travel on Thursday from Qatar to the United Arab Emirates, the final leg of a Middle East tour that has so far yielded a major…
“At 10 a.m. today, Speaker Mike Johnson will bring together the warring factions inside the House Republican Conference. At stake is President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda – and the GOP…
“Qatar’s potential plan to provide a $400 million jumbo jet to the U.S. to use as Air Force One underscores how the tiny Gulf state has managed to diplomatically punch…
“The strategy is an old one for Republicans: Cut taxes for a few years, avoiding the need to account for their cost over the long term, and bet that the…
New York Times: “Politicians generally try to keep their snoozing out of public view in the Capitol complex, where many are known to sleep in their offices or retreat to…
“The Trump family’s $500 million luxury hotel project in Serbia, slated to be built on the site of a bombed-out Defense Ministry building, has run into an embarrassing complication,” the…
“Former Fox News host and newly tapped interim US Attorney Jeanine Pirro took her oath of office on Wednesday and now leads one of the most powerful federal prosecution offices…
The Qatari prime minister and minister of foreign affairs dismissed controversy surrounding President Trump’s plan to accept from his country a Boeing 747-8 to be used initially as Air Force…
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said there’s “no doubt” that former President Joe Biden suffered cognitive decline in office and that it would have been better for the party if he…
“Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares of Trump Media the same day that President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that caused…
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