The White House has confirmed that a small number of classified documents were discovered in a locked closet at a think tank in Washington, D.C.…
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The White House has issued its first veto threat of the new Congress, targeting a House Republican bill that would rescind funding allotted to the…
Attorney General Merrick Garland has assigned the U.S. attorney in Chicago to review classified documents found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global…
President Joe Biden is set to visit the US-Mexico border on Sunday to meet with local officials and address the issue of migration. The visit…
The First Lady will undergo a Mohs surgery next week to remove a small lesion found above her right eye during a routine skin cancer screening. The White House physician Kevin O’Connor said in a statement that the lesion was found during a routine skin cancer screening and that doctors have recommended it be removed in an abundance of caution. Mohs surgery is typically an outpatient procedure that cuts away thin layers of skin to look for signs of the most common types of skin cancer as well as other less-common skin conditions. The First Lady’s press secretary Vanessa Valdivia told CNN that the procedure is expected to take place next week and that the First Lady is expected to make a full recovery. The White House has not released any further details about the lesion or the procedure, but O’Connor said that the First Lady will be monitored closely and that any further updates will be provided as necessary. The First Lady’s office has not yet released any information about the cost of the procedure or any potential insurance coverage. However, O’Connor said that the First Lady will be taking all necessary precautions to ensure her safety and well-being.
The House select committee investigating the January 6th Capitol attack released transcripts of interviews with Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, former White House deputy chief of staff Tony Ornato, and Robert Sinners, who worked on the Trump campaign’s Election Day operations in Georgia in 2020. Thomas told the committee that her text message expressing disgust with then-Vice President Mike Pence was not related to his refusal to stop the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s win, but rather to her frustration with him not talking up election fraud claims. Sinners told investigators his “intent was never to be aligned with team crazy” and Ornato said he couldn’t recall details from January 6, citing “the fog of war” during the US Capitol attack. The committee also released emails showing an aide for former President Donald Trump reaching out to Jared Kushner about trademarking phrases related to the 2020 election.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has announced that there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges against former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and his wife, Debra Meadows, for voter fraud in the 2020 election. The investigation concluded that Meadows qualified for a residency exception under state law and cell phone records showed Debra Meadows was in and around Scaly Mountain in October 2020. Stein urged federal prosecutors to “hold accountable” those responsible for conspiring “to put our democracy at risk” and noted that election officials from both parties, as well as judges and Trump’s own attorney general, have concluded that there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
President Joe Biden has issued six full pardons to individuals who have completed their sentences and become active in their communities since their release. These pardons include five people convicted of drug or alcohol offenses, and one woman convicted of murdering a husband she said abused her. The White House said Biden was a believer in second chances and that those he pardoned had “demonstrated a commitment to improving their communities and the lives of those around them.” This is the first of many pardons Biden has issued, including a wide-ranging pardon for all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession.