Day: January 8, 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said he remained undecided on whether to issue pre-emptive pardons to protect some public figures who have been threatened with retaliation by his Republican successor Donald Trump. In an interview released Wednesday, Biden told USA Today he was considering the pardons for people such as former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and former top U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach calling plays on their legislative priorities as Republicans take power in Washington. But with Trump set to meet with GOP senators Wednesday on Capitol Hill, Republicans are quickly finding themselves in a dilemm…

The Palisades and Eaton fires have destroyed neighborhoods and left tens of thousands evacuated from their homes, with a state of emergency in effect.

Trump argued justices should pause the sentencing while he tries to appeal the ruling ordering it.

Biden confirms he may still opt to protect Trump’s enemies from prosecution, while Trump scrambles to halt sentencing in criminal business fraud case

By Jorge Garcia and Mike Blake LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -More than 30,000 people evacuated their homes as a wildfire ripped through an upscale coastal area of Los Angeles overnight, with Hollywood celebrities among those fleeing by car and on foot as flames engulfed homes and set hillsides ablaze. Weather conditions were expected to deteriorate further throughout Wednesday as a wind storm and arid

“Are you waiting for American marines to land in Greenland or what?” one journalist pressed the European Commission.

A sentencing hearing is set for Friday, with Trump saying he is protected by presidential immunity.

President-elect Trump on Wednesday morning filed an emergency petition to the United States Supreme Court in an effort to block his sentencing in New York v. Trump.