Biden draws line in 9/11 terror attack plea deals
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has refused to approve some of the conditions that lawyers for the defendants in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks had sought in a possible plea bargain, ruling out a presidential guarantee that the five men would be spared solitary confinement and provided care for the trauma of their torture in […]
Delery to leave White House counsel post
WASHINGTON — The top White House lawyer will leave next month after a nearly three-year run helping President Joe Biden weigh legal considerations as he implemented his pandemic response, battled Republican investigations and crafted major legislation. Stuart Delery joined Biden’s transition legal team after the Democrat defeated then-President Donald Trump in November 2020. Delery served [...]
Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to tax counts
WILMINGTON, Del. — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two tax crimes after a deal with federal prosecutors unraveled during a court hearing following the judge’s concerns over the agreement. Hunter Biden was charged last month with two misdemeanor tax crimes of failure to pay more than $100,000 in taxes from […]
Kimpson leaving South Carolina Senate to join Biden admin
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. Marlon Kimpson, a South Carolina lawmaker and early backer of President Joe Biden, is leaving his legislative post more than a year early to take an appointment in the Biden administration. The departure makes Kimpson the latest in a string of South Carolina Democrats taking positions in the administration […]
Biden says Congress needs more level-headed representatives
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — The nation’s No. 2 elected Democrat says Congress needs more level-headed representatives like his former staffer Fran Person. Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd of around 500 in Sumter on Tuesday that Republicans don’t understand issues important to most Americans, like the cost of higher education. Biden says Democratic candidates […]
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