Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, arrived in a Delaware courtroom on Wednesday morning expecting to finalize a plea agreement with federal prosecutors over two misdemeanor tax charges. Hours later, Hunter Biden unexpectedly pleaded not guilty to the charges after the judge overseeing the case expressed skepticism about the specifics of … Read more
U.S. Facebook users have one more month to apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta agreed to pay late last year. Meta is paying to settle a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social media platform allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, … Read more
WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden’s plea deal hit a major roadblock during an unexpectedly contentious federal court hearing Wednesday as prosecutors and Biden’s attorneys initially disagreed about the scope of the agreement and the judge then balked at approving the deal. After pressing both sides for details about the deal, U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen … Read more
The US government conducted a “multi-decade” program which collected, and attempted to reverse-engineer, crashed UFOs, a former American intelligence official told a remarkable congressional hearing on Wednesday. David Grusch, who led analysis of unexplained anomalous phenomena (UAP) within a US Department of Defense agency until 2023, told the House oversight committee in Washington that “non-human” … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A school field trip to the National Civil Rights Museum was replaced with a trip to a baseball game. A choir director was terrified of teaching the history behind spirituals sung by enslaved people. A teacher spent months in administrative proceedings over objections to state-approved curriculum. Nearly two years after Tennessee’s … Read more
Republicans are escalating their attacks against Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, threatening to impeach him for corruption. Republicans are escalating their attacks against Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, threatening to impeach him for corruption. The White House blasted congressional Republicans on Wednesday for what it characterized as clumsy and unfocused attacks … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force intelligence officer testified Wednesday to Congress. The Pentagon has denied his claims. Retired Maj. David Grusch’s highly anticipated testimony before a House Oversight subcommittee was Congress’ latest foray into the world of UAPs … Read more
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has picked former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to lead the massive, financially challenged U.S. agency that distributes Social Security benefits to the elderly and disabled, the White House told Reuters on Wednesday. O’Malley, a Democrat, would need to be confirmed by the Senate to become … Read more
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at the Capitol on January 31, 2023.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images House Republicans may soon launch an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who lead the Clinton impeachment, says he supports an inquiry. But he said it would be a “terrible idea” to actually impeach … Read more
Hunter Biden prepared Wednesday to come before a federal judge in Delaware to gain approval of a controversial plea agreement, in which he will admit to tax crimes but avoid jail time after a five-year federal probe into his finances. The president’s son is appearing in federal court in Delaware, after agreeing to enter guilty … Read more