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By Reis Thebault · The Washington Post (c) 2024 SACRAMENTO – California lawmakers are returning to the capitol here on Monday to open an emergency special session aimed at establishing a multimillion dollar legal fund to combat the incoming Trump administration with an expected barrage of lawsuits. The special session, which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called […]

By Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden faced mounting criticism Monday for his decision to issue a sweeping pardon of his son, with a number of Democrats expressing concern that it would undercut faith in the justice system and provide ammunition to President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to remake it. In the […]

By Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden faced mounting criticism Monday for his decision to issue a sweeping pardon of his son, with a number of Democrats expressing concern that it would undercut faith in the justice system and provide ammunition to President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to remake it. In the […]

By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2024 It’s one thing for a president to pardon his son. It’s another to do it like this. President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, on Sunday is exceptional not just because of the pardon’s recipient – the closest family member to receive a pardon in […]

By Aaron Blake · The Washington Post (c) 2024 It’s one thing for a president to pardon his son. It’s another to do it like this. President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, on Sunday is exceptional not just because of the pardon’s recipient – the closest family member to receive a pardon in […]

By Tony Romm · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Elon Musk on Wednesday called for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the nation’s most powerful watchdog agencies, signaling it could be scrapped as part of a planned review of government spending ordered by President-elect Donald Trump. “Delete CFPB,” Musk said in an […]

By Tony Romm · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Elon Musk on Wednesday called for the elimination of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one of the nation’s most powerful watchdog agencies, signaling it could be scrapped as part of a planned review of government spending ordered by President-elect Donald Trump. “Delete CFPB,” Musk said in an […]

By Lisa Rein, Isaac Arnsdorf ·  The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Trump transition team said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the Biden White House to start coordinating the handoff of federal agencies to the new administration. But the Trump team is still refusing to accept several typical trappings of the presidential transition process,including federal […]

By Lisa Rein, Isaac Arnsdorf ·  The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Trump transition team said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the Biden White House to start coordinating the handoff of federal agencies to the new administration. But the Trump team is still refusing to accept several typical trappings of the presidential transition process,including federal […]

By Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Military personnel manning a U.S. Army command outpost in Iraq found the radio report suspicious. During an operation to hunt suspected al-Qaeda militants, American soldiers involved notified their commanders that they had just killed three detainees who, they said, had broken free of their restraints and attacked […]