Hunter Biden offers to testify at House GOP open hearing about foreign deals rather than in closed-door deposition

WASHINGTON – Hunter Biden responded Tuesday to a House subpoena for testimony about his overseas business deals, offering to testify at an open hearing rather than closed-door deposition, which his lawyer said would prevent a “cloaked, one-sided process.” But Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, said he would be expected … Read more

Hunter Biden agrees to testify before lawmakers in public hearing, lawyer says

Washington — Hunter Biden, the son of President Biden, has agreed to be interviewed by lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee in public as part of its impeachment inquiry into the president, his lawyer said in a letter to the panel Tuesday. Abbe Lowell, Hunter Biden’s attorney, told Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, a Republican … Read more

High school senior dies in hydroplane crash, Indiana cops say. ‘Beloved young woman’

A beloved high schooler just months from graduating was killed in a single-vehicle crash during Thanksgiving weekend, Indiana cops say. Lindsay Locker, a 17-year-old senior at Eastern Hancock High School, was the only passenger in a Sunday, Nov. 26, crash involving a Chevy Silverado, according to the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the 18-year-old … Read more

In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump had a “good faith” basis to question the results of the 2020 election, his lawyers said in demanding that prosecutors turn over any evidence related to voting irregularities and potential foreign interference in the contest won by Democrat Joe Biden. A defense motion filed late Monday in federal court in … Read more