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Read President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he was pardoning his son Hunter Biden, who faced sentencing later this month in two federal cases.
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Republicans fume after President Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter
GOP lawmakers began publicly fuming shortly after President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter Biden.
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President Biden pardons his son Hunter Biden
Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Sunday night, a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence.
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GOP Sen. Mike Rounds expresses support for FBI director a day after Trump picks his replacement
GOP Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., on Sunday expressed support for FBI Director Christopher Wray, just one day after President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Kash Patel to lead the agency as Wray’s replacement.
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DACA recipients worry their protection from deportation won't last another Trump term
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, the roughly 535,000 DACA recipients are bracing yet again for a whirlwind of uncertainty.
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Trump names Massad Boulos, campaign liaison and family relative, as a senior adviser on Middle East
Boulos has previously sought office in Lebanon and has long-standing ties to political figures in the country. Other Trump picks for key national security positions are staunch supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Trump ally.
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@Issue: Incoming and retiring lawmakers in Massachusetts
We speak with two retiring Mass. lawmakers about their experience at the State House and two incoming lawmakers discuss their plans as they arrive to Beacon Hill.
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Trump nominates Kash Patel to serve as FBI director
President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday he would pick Kashyap “Kash” Patel, a 44-year-old loyalist with little significant experience in federal law enforcement, to serve as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Biden's Thanksgiving holiday on Nantucket is part of a longer farewell
Joe Biden is wrapping up his final Thanksgiving holiday as president on Nantucket, a family tradition that this year seems to be part of a broader farewell to his time in the White House. The Democrat’s four years as president will be bookended by Republican Donald Trump, whose Cabinet nominations, tariff threats and glitzy evenings at Mar-a-... -
Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France
Trump and Kushner knew each other from real estate circles and their children were married in 2009.
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar
Trump’s threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
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Canada's Trudeau says he had an ‘excellent conversation' with Trump in Florida after tariffs threat
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump in Florida after the president-elect’s threat to impose significant tariffs on two of America’s leading trade partners raised alarms in Ottawa and Mexico City. It’s unclear, as Trudeau headed back to Canada on Saturday, whether the conversation ha... -
Bomb threats target members of Conn. Congress' homes on Thanksgiving
No evidence of a bomb was found by police on their properties.
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Trump made ‘YMCA' a staple at his rallies. Data shows it's sticking around.
President-elect Donald Trump made the disco classic “YMCA” a staple at his rallies during his past two campaigns. And new data shows that, much like Trump’s political fortunes, interest in the song is on the upswing.
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Boston, Mass. lawmakers call for USPS to respond to slow mail concerns
Mail delays in Boston remain a hot topic for city, state and federal officials who’ve been inundated with complaints. They’re now calling on the U.S. Postal Service to act.
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RFK Jr. attacked the CDC's ‘fascism' and likened vaccinating children to abuse by the Catholic Church
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a dark view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump's tariff threat
A government official says Canada is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States should President-elect Donald Trump follow through on his threat to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.