Biden’s staff approved mass last-minute pardons with autopen

Former President Joe Biden did not closely review every case included in his sweeping end-of-term clemency spree and instead delegated vast authority to aides to handle the process, including to then-chief of staff Jeff Zients, who signed off on the use of an autopen to execute dozens of high-profile pardons on Biden’s final night in […]

Obama pushes Democrats to ‘toughen up’

Former President Barack Obama implored fellow Democrats to “toughen up” at a private fundraiser in New Jersey as his party attempts to rebuild its coalition under President Donald Trump’s second term. “I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to […]

NYC race could show how small socialist movement...

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Monday that the New York mayoral election has more possible “downsides” for the socialist members of the Democratic Party. Mamdani’s victory in the Big Apple’s Democratic primary mayoral election has garnered national attention, with some questioning if the party could embrace socialism more. York said younger Democratic […]

Historic Grand Canyon Lodge destroyed as wildfires rage...

Firefighters are continuing to combat wildfires in Arizona that have destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and forced the closure of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. The two wildfires blazing near the Grand Canyon, the Dragon Bravo Fire and the White Sage Fire, were ignited naturally by lightning strikes. The Dragon Bravo Fire began on […]

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