A former FBI informant accused of falsely claiming that President Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepted bribes has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court papers filed Thursday.
The pace of food price growth has already slowed dramatically over the past year.
President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month.
The announcement was made exclusively on TODAY on Dec. 12.
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.
The incoming Trump administration intends to rescind a long-standing policy that has prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting undocumented people at or near so-called sensitive locations.
The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the military.
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the job.
Trump chose a former Fox News personality and a California billionaire for ambassadorships in his administration. Both positions require Senate confirmation.
The Truth Social post signals Trump’s aim to deregulate federal agencies, undo Biden-era environmental rules, and attract foreign investment.
A federal judge in North Dakota blocked a Biden administration rule that allowed DACA recipients to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is recovering from minor injuries after falling following Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch on Tuesday, his office said.
The president-elect suggested in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the former committee’s members should be jailed.
The president-elect is setting up a new National Energy Council with the goal of “U.S. energy dominance.”
Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and other high-level posts have been outsiders, often with Fox News appearances as key qualifications. But to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Trump went a different route.
