Month: June 2023

CNN — House and Senate Republicans have been quick to criticize the deal between the Justice Department and Hunter Biden, arguing Tuesday that the charges filed against President Joe Biden’s son exemplify what they describe as the weaponization of the DOJ. The reaction underscores how the charges brought by the DOJ as a result of a five-year investigation led by a Donald Trump appointee will not deter Republicans on Capitol Hill, particularly Republican lawmakers who control the House and, by extension, committees, to pursue his own account. investigate the Biden family. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dismissed the US attorney as…

Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema, who was recently arrested in South Africa after years on the run, is now seeking political asylum in the country, according to his lawyer.Kayishema, a former police officer in Rwanda, is accused of taking part in mass killings during the 1994 genocide, particularly an attack on a church where more than 2,000 people seeking refuge were killed.He is wanted by the Residual Mechanism of International Criminal Courts of the United Nations for genocide and crimes against humanity. One of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal killings of some of the hundreds of…

The announcement that federal prosecutors have reached a settlement with President Joe Biden’s son Hunter on tax and gun charges marks the likely end of a five-year Justice Department investigation that has dogged the family Biden. However, that doesn’t mean congressional Republicans are done with their own broad investigation into nearly every facet of Hunter Biden’s business dealings, including an examination of foreign payments and other aspects of his finances. Some of the Republican candidates hoping to face President Biden in the 2024 election are denouncing the deal as evidence of an unfair justice system, especially in light of the…

WESTWOOD, Mass. — A penny may not be much, but it matters over time for motorists who fill up their gas tanks and take summer road trips. The average price of gas in Massachusetts is up one cent from last week, averaging $3.54 a gallon, and up 11 cents from $3.43 a month ago, according to AAA. Nationally, Tuesday’s national average price is up 3 cents from a month ago, at $3.54. “We may be in for a bit of a lull in demand heading into the Fourth of July holiday,” Mary Maguire, AAA Northeast’s vice president of public and…

Jerusalem CNN — Four people were killed and at least four others were wounded in shootings near the West Bank settlement of Eli, Israeli authorities and emergency services said on Tuesday. The four injured were taken to hospitals in Jerusalem or Petach Tikva, the Magen David Adom rescue service said. Residents of Eli have been told to stay in their homes. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the terrorists had opened fire near a gas station and that one of them had been neutralized by a civilian. Israeli troops were chasing additional suspects and have set up roadblocks in the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says there’s no chance “on God’s green earth” he’ll run for president in 2024, but he wants to make it clear that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running, is “weak” and “undisciplined” and “will be crushed by Donald Trump.” DeSantis, meanwhile, likes to poke fun at Newsom’s apparent “fixation” on Florida while insisting the Democratic governor’s “leftist government” is destroying California. Welcome to one of the fiercest rivalries in American politics, with term-limited governors representing opposite ends of the ideological spectrum and leading two of the nation’s largest and most influential states….

Announcement from National Editor Matea Gold, Deputy National Editor Phil Rucker and Senior Policy Editor Dan Eggen: We’re very pleased to announce that Maegan Vazquez is joining The Post as a reporter on National’s breaking politics news team. Maegan comes to The Post from CNN, where she has served as a White House reporter for the past five years, writing for CNN.com. In that role, she has been known for her fast-paced and accurate coverage of some of the biggest stories about the presidency in recent years, including the impeachments of then-President Donald Trump, the Russia investigation and the federal…

CNN — Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will plead guilty to two misdemeanor fiscal charges and reached a deal with federal prosecutors on a gun charge, the Justice Department said Tuesday in court documents. The plea deal will have immediate repercussions in the 2024 presidential election. The charges were detailed in a criminal filing in U.S. District Court in Delaware, where U.S. Attorney David Weiss, appointed by Donald Trump, has been conducting the investigation that at one point explored allegations of money laundering of capital, foreign lobbying and other potential charges. Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Christopher Clark, said…