Statement from President Joe Biden on Additional Clemency Actions  —  Today, I am commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses who are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today under current law, policy, and practice.

1/17/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Freedom Caucus-backed freshmen aren't joining hardline group yet  —  Cocktails & Conversation: Inauguration 2025  —  Democrats' TikTok dilemma … Democrats thought they'd be able to back the Chinese government into a corner with legislation forcing the sale of TikTok …

Eric Adams Heads to Mar-a-Lago to Meet With Trump  —  The New York mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him.  —  Mayor Eric Adams of New York City was on his way to Florida …

Biden says he spent too much time on policy, not enough on politics  —  President Biden said that he spent too much time on policy and not enough time on politics while reflecting on his presidency in his final interview just days away from leaving office.  —  Biden sat down with MSNBC host …

Giuliani Keeps His Home in Settlement of Defamation Case  —  The former mayor of New York City was at risk of forfeiting his sole remaining home, a Palm Beach apartment, to election workers he defamed after the 2020 vote.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani has reached a settlement with two Georgia election workers …

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Next Fifteen Drugs Selected for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation  —  Today, I'm proud to announce that my Administration has selected the next 15 drugs for Medicare drug price negotiation.  The drugs treat conditions such as diabetes and cancer, and seniors across the country rely on them.

'I'm Urging You Not to Run': How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out  —  The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then dragged his feet on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked going down as one of the “darkest figures.”

Donald Trump taps Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight to be Hollywood ‘ambassadors’  —  Lights, camera, action.  —  President-elect Donald Trump tapped a group of well-known actors to become “special ambassadors” − not to represent the U.S. overseas but rather at home.

Jonathan Taplin on our new Trumpian oligarchy  —  “It's just people who are craven cowards bowing down and kissing the ring.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  🧑‍💻 Subscribe to Public Notice 🧑‍💻  —  As you've probably noticed by now, it's discount season on big tech billionaires.

Trump Picks a Jet-Setting Pal of Elon Musk to Go Get Greenland  —  Negotiations over an 836,000-square-mile island may fall to a close friend of Elon Musk with experience in deal-making.  Just not that kind of deal-making.  —  Ken Howery is a quiet, unassuming tech investor who prioritizes discretion.

Far-right state senator arrested for trying to enter the Georgia House  —  State Sen. Colton Moore last year was banned from House chambers by the speaker.  —  A northwest Georgia senator was arrested Thursday after he refused to abide by a ban on entering the House chamber made by the speaker last year …

FBI closed DEI office in December, agency says  —  EXCLUSIVE: The FBI has closed its DEI office, Fox News can confirm.  —  “In recent weeks, the FBI took steps to close the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), effective by December 2024,” the agency told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

Scoop: Trump team sweats McConnell's vote on Tulsi Gabbard … - Gabbard's team isn't banking on McConnell's vote, sources tell Axios.  — McConnell is studiously avoiding public or private indications that he'll support Trump's nominees, three people familiar with the matter tell Axios.

An Expert in Grand Strategy Thinks Trump Is on to Something  —  Do you want a future in which Canada defects to the EU, Russia rules the Arctic and China runs Latin America?  That's the default outcome of non-action.  —  Our inbound president Donald Trump generates torrents of diplomatic angst …

Mike Johnson faces bipartisan shock, fury for ousting Intel chair … - Turner's replacement is Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.), who is closer to MAGA world on issues like Ukraine, Axios' Hans Nichols reported. … - “This is not a President Trump decision. … - “It's a new Congress.

Stephen Miller, Channeling Trump, Has Built More Power Than Ever … In less than a decade, Stephen Miller has risen from an anti-immigrant agitator on Capitol Hill to one of the most powerful unelected people in America.Doug Mills/The New York Times  —  When Stephen Miller met with Mark Zuckerberg …

Fetterman was elected to challenge convention.  Now, he's challenging his fellow Democrats  —  When Democrat John Fetterman got elected to Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seat, many backers hoped he'd challenge convention and the status quo.  He did and has — just not in the way many had expected.

Trump's official portrait released - and it looks like his mugshot  —  Unlike his smiling photo from his first term, Trump is seen glaring at the camera like he does in the image taken at Fulton County Jail  —  The official US presidential and vice-presidential portraits of Donald Trump …

Trump's attorney general pick owned at least $3.9 million in Truth Social stock and made $1 million as a lobbyist last year  — Pam Bondi owned $3.9 million in Truth Social stock as of mid-December, per financial documents.  — She also earned more than $1 million last year from lobbying.

Greenland's PM stands firm on independence: ‘We want to be Greenlanders’  —  His remarks risk frustrating President-elect Donald Trump.  —  Greenland Prime Minister Mute Egede insisted Thursday that the island wants close ties to the U.S. and Denmark.  But only to a point.