President Biden said the GOP is in for a world of hurt in the 2024 election cycle, betting that women and angry voters are set to punish Republicans over restrictions on abortion that flowed from the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the broad right to abortion one year ago.

Pro-life advocates have united in pushing Congress to restrict abortion nationally a year after the end of Roe v. Wade, but can't agree on a total ban or 15-week limits.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump as hard-right Republican allies of the former president introduce a pair of proposals to declare it as though the historic charges never happened.

Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Friday against claims from IRS whistleblowers that the Justice Department interfered with the investigation into Hunter Biden, saying more broadly that attacks on the department's independence are corrosive.

The White House said President Biden was not involved in a business transaction between his son Hunter and a Chinese businessman, as presidential aides tried to address questions about a WhatsApp message in which the younger Biden invoked his famous father in a coercive manner.