The appointment of a special counsel may appear to put a bullseye on Hunter Biden and threaten to make the family's foreign business deals a lasting issue for the president's reelection campaign.

Former President Donald Trump is notoriously a man of many words, as are his multitudes of surrogates and supporters. The 45th president and his team have had quite a bit to say recently about the mental state of special counsel Jack Smith, "disloyal" Ron "DeSanctimonious," "sloppy" Chris Christie, and a lot of other things, but we have yet to hear the answer to the billion-dollar question: What exactly would be different in a second matchup against President Joe Biden?

Hawaii Rep. Jill Tokuda (D) said Sunday the state’s warning sirens “likely did not go off,” as the Maui wildfire tore through parts of the island last week, marking the deadliest wildfire in modern United States history. “We know everybody who’s ever lived in Hawaii knows the warning sirens,” Tokuda told CBS’ Margaret Brennan on...

Senate Democrats got a scare last week when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) was briefly admitted to the hospital after a fall at her home, underscoring the slim margins the party has when they return to Washington after Labor Day with an ambitious agenda on deck.  Feinstein’s office said she was admitted and released from the...

Many Americans who serve as caregivers are consumed by the immense cost of tending to ailing or aging family members. And as the baby boomer generation ages, more Americans are in for a rude awakening as to just how expensive caring for older adults has become. The price of nursing home care increased by an average of 2.4...

Seven people were killed, including a 23-day old infant, in a Russian shelling on Sunday targeting Ukraine’s southern Kherson region. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a Telegram post that the artillery shelling on the village of Shiroka Balka killed a family, including a husband, wife, 12-year-old boy and 23-day-old girl and another resident. The...

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday he is "hopeful" that the special counsel appointed to investigate Hunter Biden's business dealings will proceed without "fear or favor." NBC's Chuck Todd asked Pence on "Meet the Press" Sunday whether he approved of Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to elevate David Weiss — the Delaware federal prosecutor...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday that he would not commit to prosecuting President Biden’s family if he were elected president, saying his focus would be on growing the economy and ending the war in Ukraine.  In an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Ramaswamy sharply attacked recent reporting quoting him saying he...

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio.) said on Sunday that Congress should consider implementing a travel ban on Iran.  During an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Turner, who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told moderator Margret Brennan that he would support a broader diplomatic deal and negotiations between the U.S. and Iran that...

DES MOINES — Former President Trump was the clear star of the show at the Iowa State Fair this weekend, despite a growing number of legal problems threatening to bedevil his reelection campaign. Trump visited the annual Iowa event Saturday — the same day that his chief primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, was also...