Former Vice President Al Gore is not happy with the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties -- that's COP28 for short. The massive event in Dubai came to a close on Tuesday, leaving Mr. Gore concerned over the global climate deal that emerged but did not call for phasing out the use of fossil fuels.

President Biden's troubled son Hunter Biden is in Washington but House investigators say they remain in the dark over whether he will show up for a deposition about his father's involvement in his business deals. Republican lawmakers conducting an impeachment inquiry into whether President Biden engaged in influence-peddling scheduled a closed-door deposition with his son on Wednesday morning, ordering him to appear under subpoena.