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Joe Biden has denied claims that his circle of aides acted without his knowledge when he granted a slew of pardons and commutations in the final days and hours of his presidency. “I made every single one of those,” the former president told the New York Times in an interview published on Sunday when asked about claims that he was …

“They have done the politics of it very, very cleverly,” said one Labour MP of the timings. But the U.S. president has plenty of adversaries who want him nowhere near Westminster. Ahead of the invite going out, Labour MP Kate Osborne wrote twice to Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle asking for assurances Trump would not address parliament. “The president has repeatedly …

Two people have been fatally shot at a church in Kentucky after a car chase that began with a gunman shooting and injuring a police officer, officials said. The suspect shot a state trooper during a traffic stop before car-jacking a vehicle and driving to Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, where he opened fire at parishioners, before law enforcement …

CNN  —  When President Donald Trump won last year’s election, European officials quickly began discussing how to sustain US weapons shipments to Ukraine under a leader who had vowed to pull back American support. Eight months later, the results of that plan are coming into view, with Trump on board with a novel idea to sell US weapons to European …

Man who killed 2 at KY church, shot trooper, had upcoming domestic violence hearing  Lexington Herald Leader Officials identify suspect in Kentucky shootings at church and airport  NBC News Women killed in KY church shooting were mother and daughter, died ‘serving the Lord’  Lexington Herald Leader Suspect’s connection to church victims emerges as police investigate Kentucky shooting  Yahoo One seriously hurt in shooting at …

Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood  The New York Times Who’s to Blame for the Camp Mystic Disaster?  The Atlantic Joe Scarborough says Abbott is ‘trying to hide behind Texas football’ in flood response  MSNBC News Coach Abbott fails Disaster Communications 101 | Thumbs  Houston Chronicle Leadership wanting, money missing and an anniversary  Nebraska Examiner Source link

Live Updates: Trump Meets With NATO Chief, Saying Ukraine Needs More Weapons  The New York Times How Trump came around to a novel plan to send weapons to Ukraine  CNN Watch live: Trump meets NATO secretary-general on Ukraine aid  The Hill Live updates: Trump to host NATO chief, promising ‘major statement’ on Russia  The Washington Post Live updates: Trump pledges Patriot missiles for Ukraine; …

Topline Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has fired back against experts and officials who claim her recent policy changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency left search and rescue teams hamstrung and crippled a disaster call center in the days following deadly flash floods that killed at least 130 people in central Texas. A painted broken heart is seen near …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in public media and foreign aid spending. Senate Democrats are trying to kill the measure but need a few Republicans uncomfortable with the president’s effort to join them. Trump’s …

Floods put Abbott, a disaster veteran, at crossroads of Trump’s FEMA rebrand  The Washington Post Noem Defends FEMA Response to Texas Flooding and Says Trump Wants Agency ‘Remade,’ Not Cut  The New York Times Trump and Noem’s attacks on FEMA make Texas floods all the more devastating  MSNBC News Noem fights criticism of FEMA management in Texas flood response  Politico Trump wants to ‘remake’ …