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Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are meeting in the Oval Office, resuming a tradition that Trump himself flouted in 2020. Biden spoke first, calling for a smooth transition and telling Trump he will do “everything we can to make sure you’re accommodated.” Trump followed by thanking Biden. “Politics […]
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After losing the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump broke with two traditions that demonstrate American democracy’s peaceful transfer of power. First, he declined to invite then-President-elect Joe Biden to the White House in the weeks after the race while contending he hadn’t lost. Later, he skipped Biden’s inauguration, instead leaving Washington mere […]
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man employed by the U.S. government abroad was charged with leaking what appears to be Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran, according to sources familiar with the matter and charging documents unsealed Wednesday. Asif William Rahman is charged with willful transmission of national defense information, according to a […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the first time in four years, Democrats are leaderless. But chaos is a ladder, as the saying goes, and the party is packed with climbers. Democrats are still sifting through the rubble of last week’s election results, and many said that a period of grieving and soul-searching is due […]
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Secret Service agent tasked with protecting former President Barack Obama knowingly and repeatedly breached his duties while trying to woo a love interest — and living a double life, according to a new memoir by the agent’s former girlfriend. In “Undercover Heartbreak: a Memoir of Trust and Trauma,” Koryeah […]
Charles “Chip” Bergmann/BET/Tyler Vision, LLC Tyler Perry‘s Sistas is back on BET, with a new episode airing Wednesday. The show is in its eighth season, enough time for fans to witness Zac’s evolution over the years. “I would describe Zac’s evolution as a coming-of-age story,” Devale Ellis tells ABC Audio of his character. “You know, he […]
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just the second ever to serve nonconsecutive terms in office. Trump has wasted no time in moving to assemble his team for a second […]
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just the second ever to serve nonconsecutive terms in office. Trump has wasted no time in moving to assemble his team for a second […]
Albuquerque Public Schools (ALBUQUERGUE, N.M.) — A school bus attendant for Albuquerque, New Mexico, Public Schools has been arrested after she was seen in surveillance video repeatedly hitting an autistic student. Debbie Chavira, 64, is accused of striking the child dozens of times over the course of 10 days, according to an incident report. Police […]
Yemassee Police Department (YEMASSEE, S.C.) — More than half of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered. As of Tuesday evening, 32 of the 43 furry runaways, that broke loose Wednesday from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemasee, have now successfully been captured. “Efforts to safely […]
