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President Joe Biden pardoned the official Thanksgiving turkeys on Monday — and in the process made a series of “Dad” jokes at the expense of Republicans for falling well short of expectations in the midterm elections. “The votes are in. They’ve been counted and verified. There’s been no ballot stuffing, there’s been no fowl play,”

In this article TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An image of new Twitter owner Elon Musk is seen surrounded by Twitter logos in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on 08 November, 2022.  STR | Nurphoto | Getty Images New Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk announced that he will reinstate the Twitter

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answers questions during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, August 9, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre indicated that U.S. President Joe Biden has little sympathy for Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation, which is reportedly facing an antitrust probe over

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (C), alongside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, (centre right) holds his first Cabinet meeting on October 26, 2022 in London, England. WPA Pool | Getty Images LONDON — As the U.K. government announces a £55 billion ($65.5 billion) program of tax hikes and spending cuts, the country faces its

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gestures, walking out of the Senate Chamber, celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act at the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Democrats will hold their razor-thin majority in the U.S. Senate, NBC News projects,

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters during his weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on March 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Republicans will take majority control of the House, NBC News projects, ousting Democrats from key positions of power and

Kazuma Seki | Istock | Getty Images Doctors are calling on the Biden administration to declare an emergency in response to an “alarming surge” of children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus and flu this season. The Children’s Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics warned President Joe Biden and Health Secretary Xavier Becerra in

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis waves from stage with his wife Casey and children during his 2022 U.S. midterm elections night party in Tampa, Florida, November 8, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters Once considered the nation’s biggest swing state, Florida is looking more and more like a Republican stronghold. The Sunshine State delivered Republicans some

Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer attend the 2017 TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2017 in New York City. Patrick McMullan | Getty Images GOP megadonors Robert and Rebekah Mercer have no current plans to help former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign for the White House, according to people familiar

A second woman accused Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of pressuring her to get an abortion after she became pregnant during their relationship. The unnamed woman’s allegation, revealed at a press conference Wednesday afternoon scheduled by attorney Gloria Allred, came weeks after a different anonymous woman said Walker had paid for an abortion in

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards FBI Poster for Justin Costello FBI The former fugitive accused of posing as a billionaire, a Harvard MBA and an Iraq War vet to scam people out of $35 million was ordered detained without bail pending trial in large part because he is “an economic danger to the community,” a

Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, during the America First Policy Institute’s America First Agenda summit in Washington, D.C., on Monday, July 25, 2022. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows asked a South Carolina judge to block a subpoena demanding his testimony before

US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022.  Evgenia Novozhenina | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A Russian court denied WNBA

Two Chinese intelligence officers have been criminally charged with attempting to obstruct the prosecution of the Huawei global telecommunications company by trying to steal confidential information about the case, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday. Garland also announced two more criminal cases related to efforts by the Chinese government to interfere in U.S. affairs. One

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at a news briefing at the Pentagon on July 20, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Russian counterpart Friday morning, the second known call since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February. Pentagon press

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on deficit reduction from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 21, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | Reuters President Joe Biden predicted Friday that voters will swing back to favor Democrats in the remaining weeks before the midterm elections as concerns over the economy ease.

Former President Donald Trump was issued a subpoena Friday by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The committee, which voted unanimously on the move, is demanding Trump’s testimony under oath next month as well as records relevant to the probe into the attack, which the panel noted came

President Joe Biden said Friday that 22 million people have already registered for student loan relief. “Folks, it takes less than five minutes,” Biden said, speaking at Delaware State University, a historically Black college in Dover. “It’s about as easy to apply while hanging out with your friends at home or watching a movie. The