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Delaware search is 'miles apart from what's going on with Trump': former prosecutor

President Joe Biden handed over his keys to his Delaware beach house on Wednesday for the FBI to search for any additional possible classified information that could have made its way there after his time in the vice president's office.

Law school professor and former prosecutor Joyce White Vance emphasized that this is vastly different from what Donald Trump is dealing with in terms of his document scandal.

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After tanks, Ukraine allies under pressure to send warplanes

Western countries have only just approved sending battle tanks to Ukraine, but Kyiv is already requesting F-16 warplanes to help repel the Russian invasion.

While the United States has for now ruled that out, a few European nations appear more open to the idea.

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Trump vows to use DOJ and Congress to make being transgender illegal while promoting the ‘nuclear family’

As part of his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump is now declaring war against transgender people – especially transgender children – even vowing to use DOJ and Congress to make being transgender illegal under federal law, if elected President. He also promised to promote the "nuclear family," an attack on same-sex couples and families. And he pledged to use the Dept. of Education to file federal civil rights charges against local school teachers who support transgender children – or even the very concept of being transgender.

In 2015, as his first presidential campaign took shape, Trump was falsely hailed by some LGBTQ Republicans as being "pro-gay." In 2016, for a short while, Trump said transgender people should “use the bathroom they feel is appropriate,” although less than 24 hours later he reversed course. But that same year he merged two powerful culture war issues, LGBTQ rights and illegal immigration, into a combined wedge issue to attack his Democratic opponent.

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These House Republicans are willing to risk global economic calamity to cut spending

At least some House Republicans have said they're willing to risk global economic calamity to get spending cuts they want – though exactly how many are willing to do it is not yet clear.

Some GOP lawmakers have threatened to push the U.S. Treasury into default by voting against raising the debt ceiling, which could shake domestic and global markets and freeze Social Security payments and Medicare benefits, with a couple of them going on record with The Daily Beast.

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FBI conducts 'planned search' of Biden's home: attorney

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting a search of President Joe Biden's home in Rehoboth, Delaware on Wednesday, according to the president's personal attorney, Bob Bauer.

In a statement posted by Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich, Bauer said that the "planned search" was being conducted with Biden's "full support and cooperation."

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Police beating victim Tyre Nichols to be laid to rest in Memphis

An African American man who died after he was brutally beaten by police in the southern US city of Memphis will be laid to rest Wednesday, as the shockwaves from his death keep pulsating across the country.

The funeral of Tyre Nichols will be attended by civil rights leaders, politicians and the family members of other Black Americans killed by police in violence that has fueled a national reckoning on systemic racism and brutality in law enforcement.

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Biden, Republican leader clash -- with US economy at stake

President Joe Biden and the new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, face off Wednesday at the White House to discuss the US debt standoff -- but so far apart they can't even agree on how to describe their get-together.

At stake is the stability of the US economy.

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Kamala Harris to attend funeral of Tyre Nichols

Vice President Kamala Harris will attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols, the Black motorist whose death after a beating by police shocked the nation, the White House said Tuesday.

Harris "will travel to Memphis, Tennessee to attend the funeral" on Wednesday, the White House said.

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Gov. Greg Abbott hires “border czar” to accelerate wall construction

Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday the creation of a Texas “border czar” and said he has appointed a recently retired Border Patrol agent to that position who will “tap his expertise to deploy strategies that reduce illegal immigration and keep our community safe.”

Abbott said Mike Banks, who retired from Border Patrol 10 days ago, will work alongside the Texas National Guard, state troopers and the Texas Facilities Commission to “accelerate the building of the border wall in Texas.”

Banks said his top priority in his new job “is to make the state of Texas the least desirable place for illegal immigration to cross. I don't think it’s going to be that difficult. ... We just need to be more aggressive.”

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US says Russia not complying with last remaining nuclear treaty

Russian soldiers run along Red Square on September 29, 2022 prior to a ceremony announcing the incorporation of Ukrainian territories into Russia

Washington (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday that Russia was not complying with New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the world's two main nuclear powers, as tensions soar over the Ukraine war. 

Responding to a request from Congress, the State Department faulted Russia for suspending inspections and canceling talks but did not accuse Moscow of expanding nuclear warheads beyond agreed limits.

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Jim Jordan facing blowback as he appears to ease off Big Tech crusade

Some conservatives are wary over Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) choosing to appoint Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to lead the House's antitrust subcommittee, saying it may be a sign that he's backing off his crusade to go after Big Tech, Fox News reports.

Jordan chose Massie over Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), who has led Republican efforts on antitrust reform.

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Court blocks New Jersey law that allows state to sue gun industry

By Brendan Pierson

(Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a New Jersey law authorizing the state's attorney general to sue gun manufacturers and sellers for endangering public safety, finding it ran afoul of a federal law protecting the gun industry from such claims.

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Top Oversight Republican torched for his double standard on classified documents

A new analysis is criticizing Rep. James Comer's (R-KY) blatant double standard regarding former President Donald Trump's classified documents.

Like many Republican lawmakers, Comer has had difficulty seeing Trump and President Joe Biden's situations through an unbiased lens. However, MSNBC's Steven Benen is explaining how the two cases differ vastly.

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