President Biden set to issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden  —  The president is expected to announce his decision Sunday night, according to a senior White House official.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night …

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate  —  Trump's nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.  —  For more than four decades before Donald Trump assumed the presidency, the FBI director was a position above politics.

Wikler for Chair  —  He can turn the Democratic Party into a party that's once again on the side of the little guy.  —  1,881  —  Friends,  —  Today, Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman, announced he was entering the race to lead the Democratic National Committee.  —  This is important.

Cheryl Hines sells products with naked RFK Jr. showering behind her  —  Actress Cheryl Hines, the wife of former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., posted a video promoting her beauty products featuring her husband showering half-naked in the background.

The Great Grocery Squeeze  —  How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert  —  The concept of the food desert has been around long enough that it feels almost like a fact of nature.  Tens of millions of Americans live in low-income communities with no easy access …

Trump's Next Term Could See America's First True Oligarchs, Warns Democracy Activist Garry Kasparov  —  Elon Musk's DOGE plan could mix public and private interests in a way previously not seen in American politics, the former world chess champion said.  —  LOADING

Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X  —  Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.  —  Two days after the election, Patrick Dillon, a longtime Democratic strategist and current Biden administration official …

Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court  —  Republicans will control the White House and both houses of Congress come January.  But President-elect Donald Trump's intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation …

Trump Offers Massad Boulos Middle East Adviser Role  —  The announcement on Sunday was the second time this weekend that Mr. Trump offered an influential post to an in-law.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Sunday that he would name Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman …

Putin signs off record Russian defense spending as top EU officials visit Kyiv  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.  Around 32.5% of the budget posted on a government website Sunday …