Two of the largest police unions in the nation denounced the pardons issued by the Trump and Biden administrations in the past month, asserting the orders undermine the rule of law.
China on Wednesday said Panama's sovereignty over the canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans is "not negotiable" as President Trump vows to retake the waterway.
When President Biden walked through the Capitol on Monday with mere minutes left in his presidency, a reporter asked how he was feeling. “Well,” he replied as he made his way throughthe corridors together with his predecessor and successor, Donald Trump, the man he has repeatedly said is a danger to democracy. Aides and longtime...
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party lines. Senators on the Armed Services panel also voted to waive the seven-day rule that usually requires at least a week to elapse between...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called his preemptive pardon from former President Biden, announced Monday for all past members of the now-defunct House. Jan. 6 committee in the final moments of his presidency, "unnecessary" and "unwise." “I continue to believe that the grant of pardons to a committee that undertook such important work to uphold the...
John Ratcliffe took a step closer to being confirmed to lead the CIA on Monday as the Senate Intelligence Committee advanced his nomination. The panel advanced his nomination 14 to 3 shortly after President Trump was sworn into office. All three "no" votes were cast by Democrats. The vote comes days after Ratcliffe’s confirmation hearing,...
President-elect Trump campaigned on leaving abortion decisions to the states, but that could prove a tough promise to keep as he returns to the Oval Office. Anti-abortion groups want Trump to quickly take executive action to re-impose federal restrictions from his first term; Republicans in Congress are poised to send him new abortion legislation; and his...
Of all the things that people could be talking about on Inauguration Day, it didn't take long for people to latch onto the attire of Melania Trump, with one point of discussion taking the lead: her hat.
President Trump was sworn into office for a second time on Monday before an audience in the Capitol that included his predecessor, former President Biden, as well as former Presidents Obama, Clinton and George W. Bush and multiple current and former officials and lawmakers. However, a few notable figures decided to skip Trump's inauguration. Here’s...
The Pentagon on Monday swore in Robert G. Salesses as the acting secretary of Defense while President Trump's nominee Pete Hegseth awaits Senate confirmation. Salesses was sworn in just after noon, according to a defense official. NBC News first reported on his swearing-in. Salesses is the deputy director of the Washington Headquarters Services at the...
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the two leaders of the now-disbanded Jan. 6 committee, thanked former President Biden for a pardon they said was “not for breaking the law but upholding it.” Just hours before leaving office, Biden announced he would issue pardons for all the members of the committee...
President Biden announced pardons for members of his family in the last minutes of his presidency, a shocking development as President-elect Trump’s inauguration is already underway. The blanket pardons were granted to his brother, James Biden; Sara Jones Biden, his sister-in-law; his sister, Valerie Biden Owens; John T. Owens, his brother-in-law; and Francis Biden, Biden’s other brother....
Some of the country's leading technology leaders are together at the Capitol Rotunda for President-elect Trump's inauguration as the industry gets closer to the incoming leader's orbit. Among those at the inauguration are Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon...
