Former President Joe Biden sold his presidential memoir to the Hachette Book Group for around $10 million, according to a Wednesday report. Biden was previously represented by Creative Artists Agency, which sold Hachette worldwide rights for the book. The agency had represented Biden for his memoir Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and […]
The Department of Justice on Wednesday formed a “strike force” to assess the declassified evidence that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released regarding the Obama administration‘s role in Russian election interference claims during the 2016 presidential election. The newly announced strike force will also determine the next legal steps that might stem from the […]
Ron Klain, who was chief of staff to former President Joe Biden until 2023, is testifying behind closed doors Thursday as part of the latest interview for the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Biden’s inner circle and his use of the autopen. Klain entered a House office building at 9:46 a.m. and did not take […]
The Trump White House on Wednesday rejected a disaster relief request from Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) following devastating flooding in western Maryland. Moore requested $15.8 million in disaster relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for repairs due to heavy flooding in May. “These communities demonstrated a clear need through FEMA’s own process, and […]
Barack Obama will headline an August fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard that will highlight the Democratic redistricting effort as the former president faces calls for prosecution from the Trump administration. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard referred Obama to the Department of Justice for prosecution on Wednesday, alleging the former president ignored an intelligence community assessment […]
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley will run for Senate in North Carolina. Whatley will be in a highly competitive and likely expensive race to replace Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who announced his retirement earlier this year. He will likely have President Donald Trump’s backing after his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, who served as Whatley’s co-chair […]
DOD IG: ‘SECRET/NOFORN’ INFO IN SIGNAL CHAT: Citing “people familiar with the matter,” the Washington Post is reporting that the Pentagon’s acting inspector general found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s description of planned airstrikes on Yemen in March — shared on an unsecure group chat on Signal — included details derived from a classified email […]
President Donald Trump‘s polling is down six months into his second administration, but that does not mean Democrats have an advantage before next year’s midterm elections. Trump’s approval rating is averaging less than a percentage point better than it was post-Liberation Day at 45.5%, but the president’s disapproval rating is at its worst of his […]
Senate Democrats are reluctantly offering Republicans vital votes to advance government funding measures despite a lack of GOP assurances that partisan methods won’t later be used to slash bipartisan spending deals. However, some Democrats suggest it could backfire to so freely extend bipartisanship at a time GOP lawmakers preview more cuts using only Republican votes, […]
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper admitted to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday night that he has “lawyered up.” Clapper’s decision to do so comes after recent revelations and accusations by the Trump administration that intelligence agencies falsified information to claim Russia engaged in election interference in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald […]
