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Joe Biden’s former White House chief of staff Ron Klein, who reportedly said he believed the former president was “out of it” ahead of his disastrous presidential debate with rival Donald Trump, is being criticized for not disclosing this information during the campaign.

According to a new book, Klain, who returned to Biden’s side to help prepare for June 2024’s debate, found the president to be “fatigued, befuddled, and disengaged” and questioned whether the Democratic nominee believed he was in charge of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters he can edit federal spending and revenue baselines as the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.

“As Budget Chairman, under section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act, I have the authority to determine baseline numbers for spending and revenue. Under that authority, I have determined that current policy will be the budget baseline regarding taxation," Graham said, according to HuffPost reporter Igor Bobic.

Óscar Arias Sánchez, the former president of Costa Rica who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987, has had his visa revoked without explanation this week.

The New York Times reported that Sánchez has been a "vocal critic" of President Donald Trump and that the rescission of his visa "appears to be the most high profile in a string of individuals who have had their visas canceled or been denied entry as the Trump administration bars people who it says have 'hostile attitudes' toward the United States."

Trump-aligned Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry is reeling from a bruising loss after voters in his state — which typically backs Republicans by comfortable margins — categorically rejected a series of amendments he pushed to overhaul the state constitution in the GOP's favor, reported The Advocate.

"After a string of successes, Landry suffered his worst defeat during his 15 months as governor," wrote Tyler Bridges. "Black voters turned out in bigger than expected numbers to vote 'no,' after being reached through a grassroots digital media campaign and apparently motivated at least in part by opposition to Landry and President Donald Trump."

President Donald Trump's administration officials have used over 20 Signal chats to give updates on various crises worldwide, according to a new report.

Politico reported Wednesday that the practice of setting up Signal chats to discuss highly sensitive national security information is more frequent than previously known.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) pushed back after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued judicial injunctions against President Donald Trump's executive orders meant that Democrats "hate Democracy."

Cruz made the claim during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Two grandchildren of the partner a top law firm is named after told the CEO to keep their late grandfather's name out of his mouth.

In a letter to Brad Karp, the CEO of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Amy and Nina Rifkind said they'd watched as President Donald Trump targeted legal companies — and they're not happy about the response.

A California man who flew across the country with a plan to assassinate a conservative US Supreme Court judge will plead guilty to the attempted killing, lawyers said Wednesday in a court filing.

Nicholas Roske, 29, was arrested in June 2022 outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house in a Maryland suburb of the US capital carrying a semi-automatic Glock 17 pistol, a knife and tactical vest, according to documents filed earlier in federal court.

They haven't had much to celebrate lately, but Democrats are hailing a trio of off-cycle US elections -- plus the beginnings of a fightback in Congress -- as the first glimpse of blue skies over a sea of troubles.

Since being booted from control of Washington's institutions of power in January, the party has been despondent over its inability to counter President Donald Trump's agenda of deep cuts and trade protectionism.

On the Canadian city of Sarnia, on the Canada-US border, residents say they are exhausted and exasperated over once again being held hostage by President Donald Trump's policies.

In the morning, John Perz likes to come with a coffee to the banks of the river that separates the two countries, where the Canadian and American flags flutter.

Starbucks was facing another lawsuit over a spilled hot drink Wednesday, just weeks after a court ordered the coffee giant to pay $50 million to a man who was injured by a cup of tea.

A lawsuit lodged in California claims Sabrina Michelle Hermes was seriously hurt when hot liquid tipped into her lap at a drive-through in Norwalk, near Los Angeles, two years ago.