Month: June 2023

House GOP Vows to Continue Biden Family Probes After Hunter Biden’s Guilty Plea Deal

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has reached a plea agreement with the Justice Department on tax charges, according to a letter filed in the U.S. District Court in Delaware on Tuesday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer criticized the deal and said it wouldn’t impede the investigation into the Biden…


Journalist Defends Reporting on Election Interference

A journalist whose reporting helped raise concerns about possible Chinese meddling in Canadian democracy told a committee of MPs on June 20 that he stands by his work. Sam Cooper, who recently left Global News to start his own online news site, told MPs that other countries, such as Australia and the United Kingdom, have…


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Evacuation Ongoing for 43-Acre Fire in Menifee, 5 Percent Containment

A fire has erupted in the hills of Menifee, California, on June 20 forcing evacuations of surrounding residents, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). The fire is 43 acres with 5 percent containment as of 3:14 p.m. on Tuesday, CAL FIRE reported. Officials reported the fire’s forward advancement has stopped…


Barebones Hunter Biden Indictment Contrasts With Treatment of Paul Manafort

After the Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea from Hunter Biden to two misdemeanor counts of tax evasion, some commentators contrasted the DOJ’s treatment of the president’s son with that of former Trump 2016 campaign chair Paul Manafort. Much like Hunter Biden, Manafort, a career campaign operative, had his foreign business dealings scrutinized…


Barebones Hunter Biden Indictment Contrasts with Treatment of Manafort

After the Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea from Hunter Biden to two misdemeanor counts of tax evasion, some commentators contrasted the DOJ’s treatment of the president’s son with that of former Trump 2016 campaign chair Paul Manafort. Much like Hunter Biden, Manafort, a career campaign operative, had his foreign business dealings scrutinized…


Behind the Hunter Biden Plea Deal

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is accepting a plea deal on charges for tax evasion and a gun violation. A Department of Justice letter offering Hunter Biden the deal was released Tuesday. It notes that Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of “willful failure to pay income…


[PREMIERING NOW] Behind the Hunter Biden Plea Deal

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, is accepting a plea deal on charges for tax evasion and a gun violation. A Department of Justice letter offering Hunter Biden the deal was released Tuesday. It notes that Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor counts of “willful failure to pay income…


GOP Presidential Candidates Weigh In on Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal

As news spread on June 20 of Hunter Biden’s plea bargain with federal prosecutors, expressions of anger and frustration with the nation’s “broken” justice system were common among the Republican presidential primary field—or at least among those contenders who said anything at all. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that the first son will…


Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Delivers Foreign Policy Speech

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivers a foreign policy speech at 7:00 p.m. ET on June 20 at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, to commemorate his uncle John F. Kennedy’s famous June 1963 Peace Speech. …