Lame-duck President Joe Biden has hinted he is considering preemptive pardons for former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci and neoconservative former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY). Susan Page of USA Today, in an interview, asked Biden, “Some of your supporters have encouraged you to issue preemptive pardons to people like Liz Cheney and Anthony Fauci, who Trump has threatened to target. Will you do that?” The 82-year-old said his next steps depend “on who [Trump] puts in what positions.”
“I was very straightforward with Trump when he got elected. I invited him immediately to the White House, I spent two hours with him. He talked about, he was very complimentary about some of the economic things I had done, and he talked about, he thought I was leaving with agood record, kind of thing,” the Democrat claimed.
“I tried to make it clear that there was no need, and it was counterintuitive for his interest to go back and try to settle scores,” he added, apparently referring to Trump potentially mounting efforts to bring officials to justice for misconduct.
Biden said Trump did not give him a clear answer on what he was going to do, “But he didn’t say, ‘No, I’m going to…’ You know, he didn’t reinforce it. He just basically listened.”
Asked if he was still assessing the issue, Biden gave his strongest hint that preemptive pardons are on the table: “I think there are certain people like, if he were to, I don’t want to name their names. I’ll tell you off the record,” he said, with USA Today redacting his next comments.
Lame-duck President Joe Biden has hinted he is considering preemptive pardons for former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci and neoconservative former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY). Susan Page of USA Today, in an interview, asked Biden, "Some of your supporters have encouraged you to issue preemptive pardons to people like Liz Cheney and Anthony Fauci, who Trump has threatened to target. Will you do that?" The 82-year-old said his next steps depend "on who [Trump] puts in what positions."
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The United States Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a man armed with a machete and at least three knives Wednesday afternoon ahead of President-elect Donald J. Trump‘s visit with lawmakers. According to a statement by the USCP, the man attempted to breach the north security screening area at the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) at 2:00 PM but was intercepted by officers. The arrest prompted the temporary closure of the visitor screening area.
President-elect Trump is slated to meet with Republican lawmakers at the Capitol later this afternoon. Meanwhile, a number of visitors are flocking to the building to pay their respects to the late President Jimmy Carter, who is currently lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.
“During security screening at the CVC’s north doors, our officers spotted a machete in the man’s bag, stopped the x-ray machine, arrested the man, and secured the machete,” a statement from the USCP reads. “Three knives were also found in the bag, along with the machete. Security screening was temporarily stopped at the north side of the Capitol Visitor Center while we investigated.”
“The man is being arrested for multiple charges of Carrying a Dangerous Weapon,” the USCP statement on the incident concludes.
Security measures around the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., remain heightened ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Trump on January 20. During the 2024 presidential campaign, there were at leasttwoattempts on Trump’s life, with the now President-elect being struck in the ear by an assassin’s bullet during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump supporter Corey Comperatore was killed while shielding his family from gunfire.
The United States Capitol Police (USCP) arrested a man armed with a machete and at least three knives Wednesday afternoon ahead of President-elect Donald J. Trump's visit with lawmakers. According to a statement by the USCP, the man attempted to breach the north security screening area at the Capitol Visitors Center (CVC) at 2:00 PM but was intercepted by officers. The arrest prompted the temporary closure of the visitor screening area.
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum‘s government is developing strategies to address potential mass deportations and tariffs threatened by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. One such measure is a “panic button” app for cell phones aimed at helping Mexican citizens in the United States signal the nearest consulate and family members in case of detention. The Sheinbaum government also plans to increase legal aid staff at over 50 consulates throughout the U.S., enhancing support for citizens facing deportation.
This response follows Trump’s campaign declarations, which have created widespread concern among Mexican officials, business leaders, and immigrants. Trump has not provided a detailed plan but has indicated a focus on deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records.
Recently, the U.S. House passed legislation entitled The Laken Riley Act targeting illegal immigrants accused of burglary, theft, and other so-called ‘nonviolent’ crimes for deportation. President Sheinbaum, who describes Mexican immigrants as “heroes,” has publicly opposed the deportation policy but has refrained from directly criticizing Trump.
With around 4.8 million illegal Mexicans in the U.S., the largest foreign national group, the Mexican government is emphasizing legal support, engaging over 300 advisors and seeking aid from various law firms.
Critics express skepticism about these initiatives, describing them as superficial. Additionally, doubts persist about the effectiveness of the panic button app and the practical capabilities of Mexican consulates amid budget cuts.
Mexican authorities are also working to support deportees who return to the border, although specific plans have yet to be detailed by Sheinbaum.
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Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum's government is developing strategies to address potential mass deportations and tariffs threatened by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. One such measure is a "panic button" app for cell phones aimed at helping Mexican citizens in the United States signal the nearest consulate and family members in case of detention. The Sheinbaum government also plans to increase legal aid staff at over 50 consulates throughout the U.S., enhancing support for citizens facing deportation.
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New survey data suggests most American voters back reducing the size of the federal government. Polling conducted by Rasmussen Reports shows 61 percent of Likey Voters either “somewhat approve” or “strongly approve” of “cutting back the size of the federal government.” Meanwhile, under one-third of respondents say they disapprove. Just 10 percent say they are “not sure.”
Despite voters’ strong desire to reduce the federal bureaucracy and size of government in Washington, D.C., nearly half—49 percent—are unconvinced Congress will achieve cuts. A smaller 44 percent say they think a reduction in the federal government is likely to happen with the Republican-controlled Congress.
Among ideological groups, conservatives were most likely to desire Congress to cut the size of the federal government, with 86 percent saying they approve. Fifty-four percent of political moderates also back government cuts. However, among liberals, just 28 percent said they approved reducing the government’s size.
Conservative voters were also the most likely to believe this Congress will follow through on federal spending cuts, with 56 percent saying it is likely to happen. Moderates and liberals are far less confident cuts to the federal government will happen, with just 36 percent and 34 percent, respectively, saying they believe cuts are likely.
Eliminating federal government waste, fraud, and abuse is one of several top priorities of President-elect Donald J. Trump. Aiding the effort is the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), spearheaded by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. The two men intend to end unnecessary, duplicative programs that needlessly siphon taxpayer dollars.
Meanwhile, Congress is set to draft a sprawling reconciliation bill that will address border security, the mass deportation of illegal immigrants, and the extension of provisions from Trump’s 2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).
New survey data suggests most American voters back reducing the size of the federal government. Polling conducted by Rasmussen Reports shows 61 percent of Likey Voters either "somewhat approve" or "strongly approve" of "cutting back the size of the federal government." Meanwhile, under one-third of respondents say they disapprove. Just 10 percent say they are "not sure."
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President-elect Donald J. Trump is asking the United States Supreme Court to block his upcoming sentencing in a New York ‘hush money’ case. Trump, who was found guilty of falsifying business records, is scheduled for January 10. The President-elect, who has consistently denied the charges, was unsuccessful in appealing the sentencing date before a New York state appellate court earlier this week.
The emergency petition submitted by Trump’s legal team and being considered by Justice Sonia Sotomayor urges the Supreme Court to prevent what they describe as unlawful actions by New Yorkcourts. Trump’s attorneys cite the high court’s presidential immunity decision handed down earlier this year, which—in theory—negates at least a portion of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump. Additionally, the President-elect’s lawyers suggest that Trump’s sentence is part of a wider, politically-motivated lawfare campaign against him waged by the Democrat-controlled Department of Justice (DOJ).
“President Trump’s legal team filed an emergency petition with the United States Supreme Court, asking the Court to correct the unjust actions by New York courts and stop the unlawful sentencing in the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt,” Steve Cheung, the incoming White House communications director and spokesman for Trump said in a statement. He added: “The Supreme Court’s historic decision on Immunity, the Constitution, and established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately dismissed.”
The team has requested the Supreme Court to stay further proceedings in New York until Trump’s appeal is fully resolved. Judge Merchan, who set the January sentencing date, has previously indicated that an incarceration sentence is unlikely. Instead, Trump might face an unconditional discharge, which entails no penalties.
Trump is set to be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on January 20.
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President-elect Donald J. Trump is asking the United States Supreme Court to block his upcoming sentencing in a New York 'hush money' case. Trump, who was found guilty of falsifying business records, is scheduled for January 10. The President-elect, who has consistently denied the charges, was unsuccessful in appealing the sentencing date before a New York state appellate court earlier this week.
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Britain’s far-left Labour government is threatening to abandon its intelligence and national security relationships with the United States unless President-elect Donald J. Trump ends the influence of tech mogul Elon Musk in his incoming White House. According to the BBC, the demand comes from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer himself in response to Musk’s recent comments regarding Muslim grooming gangs in the country.
“There is absolute horror at the highest levels of the government at the incendiary language we have seen from Elon Musk,” BBC Newsnight reporter Nick Watt claims, adding: “And there’s going to be, as I understand it, a hard-headed assessment. Is this just the view of Elon Musk, or is it the view of the wider administration and the incoming President Donald Trump?”
Watt continues, suggesting if Musk’s view of Britain’s handling of the rape gangs is held more broadly, the Labour government could isolate from America’s broad and powerful security network. “[T]here may well be some very, very serious questions about the nature of our ongoing security partnership with the United States,” the BBC reporter said.
Musk’s recent comments regarding groomer rapists in Britain are not his first. The South African-American billionaire and space exploration innovator posed the question of whether groups of Muslim men were still preying on British girls in August on his X (formerly Twitter) social media platform. At least one victim of the gangs responded in the affirmative.
Meanwhile, in 2023—after purchasing X—Musk reinstated anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson, who had been suspended by the social media platform’s prior owners.
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Britain's far-left Labour government is threatening to abandon its intelligence and national security relationships with the United States unless President-elect Donald J. Trump ends the influence of tech mogul Elon Musk in his incoming White House. According to the BBC, the demand comes from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer himself in response to Musk's recent comments regarding Muslim grooming gangs in the country.
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A wildfire in California has forced the evacuation of over 30,000 people in the Pacific Palisades and parts of Santa Monica near Los Angeles as the flames rage out of control. The cause of the fire, which ignited yesterday, remains unclear. Despite the ‘wrath of nature’ narrative that has formed around the devastating fires, a series of human actions could either have caused the wildfires or at least fueled their rapid spread.
The conflagration has been primarily fueled by a months-long drought and powerful Santa Ana winds coming off the mountains to the east, exacerbated by the recent atmospheric bomb cyclone that brought snow to the Great Plains and the northeastern United States. However, state mismanagement may have greatly exacerbated the situation.
STATE MANAGEMENT.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has repeatedly pressed California to focus on forest and brush management as a means of mitigating the massive wildfires that have come to devastate populated areas of the state every few years. A lack of state action has allowed large amounts of debris, including dried leaves, downed trees, and scrub, to build up, which can act as fuel for the fires.
In 2018, then-President Trump chastised Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in the burned-out remains of the Town of Paradise after wildfires destroyed the locality. “You’ve got to take care of the floors, you know, the floors of the forests,” Trump said. “You look at other countries where they do it differently, and it’s a whole different story.”
FLASHBACK: Trump stood next to Gavin Newsom and stressed the importance of proper forest management after wildfires swept through California in 2018 pic.twitter.com/tE7ds4mxij
President Trump repeated his advice again in 2020, after a new round of wildfires devastated parts of California. “I see again the forest fires are starting,” he said. “They’re starting again in California. I said, you gotta clean your floors, you gotta clean your forests — there are many, many years of leaves and broken trees and they’re like, like, so flammable, you touch them and it goes up.”
“Maybe we’re just going to have to make them pay for it because they don’t listen to us,” Trump added.
WHAT CAUSED THE FIRES?
The source of the fires is not yet known, but in the past, they have been sparked by any number of natural and human causes. Lighting strikes have kicked off conflagrations, though this does not appear to be the case in this instance. More often than not, wildfires begin because of either an incident of arson—including illegal immigrants starting a campfire or simply flicking a cigarette into the dried brush—or because of high winds down a power line.
Even more troubling, though, is what can cause these fires to spread. Besides the powerful Santa Ana winds, which supercharge the fires and spread embers over vast areas, California’s water management is also partially to blame. Firefighters battling the current inferno have found a number of fire hydrants without water, frustrating their efforts.
The lack of hydrant water, sustained high winds, and months of tried brush fuel built up across the Pacific Palisades resulted in over 3,000 acres being consumed by flames by Tuesday night, even though the wildfires only began Tuesday morning.
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A wildfire in California has forced the evacuation of over 30,000 people in the Pacific Palisades and parts of Santa Monica near Los Angeles as the flames rage out of control. The cause of the fire, which ignited yesterday, remains unclear. Despite the 'wrath of nature' narrative that has formed around the devastating fires, a series of human actions could either have caused the wildfires or at least fueled their rapid spread.
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President-elect Donald J. Trump says he will not take the use of military or economic coercion off the table for the United States to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal Zone.
Since his first term in the White House, Trump has sought to purchase Greenland from Denmark, which sits in the Western Hemisphere and could play a significant role in U.S. interests in the Arctic. Meanwhile, Panama’s recent warming relations with Communist China have prompted Trump to reevaluate the 1978 agreement, which granted the Central American country control over the U.S.-built canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and is a lynchpin of international trade.
During a news conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, a reporter pressed the President-elect: “Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of [Greenland and the Panama Canal], you are not going to use military or economic coercion?”
Responding to the question, President-elect Trump said an abrupt and terse “No,” signaling that he is considering all options in pursuit of U.S. economic and security interests.
The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, has noted that the U.S. acquisition of Greenland isn’t a new venture, and prior presidential administrations dating back to 1867 have at least considered the prospect. However, the Arctic Circle island is increasingly becoming an important territory as Russia and China continue to push for greater influence over the far northern reaches of the globe. U.S. sovereignty over Greenland could bolster first response and missile interceptor capabilities and open access to untapped resources in the region.
Meanwhile, the Panama Canal, built over a decade from 1904 to 1914 through U.S. investment and labor, continues to be a strategic choke point in international trade. However, the rise of Chinese influence in Panama is prompting some in the U.S. to call for the canal’s return to American control.
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Reporter: Can you assure the world that as you try to get control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, that you won’t use military or economic coercion?
President-elect Donald J. Trump says he will not take the use of military or economic coercion off the table for the United States to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal Zone.
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For the first time in a century, Democrats refrained from objecting to the Electoral College count of a Republican president, solidifying Donald J. Trump’s position as the official winner of the 2024 presidential election. During a joint session of Congress on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris officially certified Trump’s electoral victory, with the count standing at 312 to 226. Notably, no objections were raised regarding state electors during this session.
Historically, Democrats have challenged the election results of every Republican president since 2001. They attempted to block George W. Bush’s electoral votes in 2001, contested the vote count in 2005, and 2017, House Democrats tried to object to votes from several states, with then-Vice President Joe Biden overseeing the certification.
In 2001, Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California attempted to challenge the results, but she was overruled by then-failed Democratic candidate Vice President Al Gore.
Ahead of the certification, Vice President Harris issued a video statement: “Today, I will perform my constitutional duty as Vice President to certify the results of the 2024 election. “This duty is a sacred obligation—one I will uphold guided by love of country, loyalty to our Constitution, and unwavering faith in the American people.”
Following this certification, the next major event will be Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
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For the first time in a century, Democrats refrained from objecting to the Electoral College count of a Republican president, solidifying Donald J. Trump's position as the official winner of the 2024 presidential election. During a joint session of Congress on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris officially certified Trump's electoral victory, with the count standing at 312 to 226. Notably, no objections were raised regarding state electors during this session.
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Pope Francis is appointing Cardinal Robert McElroy—a noted progressive cleric from San Diego—as the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., succeeding Cardinal Wilton Gregory. Cardinal McElroy previously gained attention for his outspoken opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s policies regarding illegal immigration. In addition, McElroy is known as an outspoken apologist for the LGBT community, even being accused of breaking with Church teachings on the subject.
Shortly after Trump’s 2017 inauguration, then-Bishop McElroy called on social justice advocates to actively challenge the administration’s policies. In a speech at the U.S. regional meeting of the World Meeting of Popular Movements, McElroy highlighted the supposed need for disruption efforts against initiatives such as deportation, negative portrayals of refugees, and reducing public benefits.
McElroy’s stances often contrast with those of more conservative Catholic leaders. Unlike some Church figures who openly oppose President Joe Biden’s support for abortion rights, McElroy has argued that such issues should not singularly define a Catholic’s political identity. In 2021, he wrote in America magazine—a Jesuit-run publication—against using the Eucharist as a political tool, advocating for Biden’s to continue receiving Holy Communion despite his support for aborting children.
This view aligns with broader themes in McElroy’s public commentary, which often emphasize issues like climate change as equally crucial. In 2020, he argued the potential long-term impact of climate change surpasses that of abortion in terms of human toll.
McElroy’s perspectives have sparked debate within the Church, clashing with traditionalist bishops over homosexuality and Catholic doctrine. In 2023, Bishop Thomas Paprocki indirectly accused McElroy of heresy in First Things, criticizing his views on LGBT rights and Communion.
McElroy has called for a shift in Church language regarding homosexuality, describing some teachings as outdated.
Pope Francis is appointing Cardinal Robert McElroy—a noted progressive cleric from San Diego—as the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., succeeding Cardinal Wilton Gregory. Cardinal McElroy previously gained attention for his outspoken opposition to President Donald J. Trump's policies regarding illegal immigration. In addition, McElroy is known as an outspoken apologist for the LGBT community, even being accused of breaking with Church teachings on the subject.
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