Critics Call Out Biden’s Gun-Control Hypocrisy after Hunter Pardon

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Critics Call Out Biden’s Gun-Control Hypocrisy after Hunter Pardon

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Conservatives recently called out Joe Biden’s recent gun control hypocrisy after he pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for various crimes, including the ones that were related to guns.

White House released Biden’s public statement after the alleged shooter in the Abundant Life Christian School shooting at Madison, Wisc., identified as Natalie Samantha Rupnow, murdered a substitute teacher and a fellow student and left others critically injured on Monday. Rupnow then committed suicide.

“Today, families in Madison, Wisconsin, are grieving the loss of those who were killed and wounded at Abundant Life Christian School. It’s shocking and unconscionable. We need Congress to act. Now,” Biden wrote. “We cannot continue to accept it as normal. Every child deserves to feel safe in their classroom. Students across our country should be learning how to read and write – not having to learn how to duck and cover.”

He then urged Congress to pass “commonsense gun safety laws: universal background checks, a national red flag law and ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”

“We can never accept senseless violence that traumatizes children and their families and tears entire communities apart,” Biden added.

Conservatives on Twitter quickly pointed out Biden’s hypocrisy since he wasn’t so strict when his son was caught with a gun.

“Pretty balsey after literally just pardoning his own son for gun crimes,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote.

Law professor and legal analyst Jonathan Turley also criticized Biden’s “call for greater background checks and enforcement [of gun control laws],” calling it “incongruous” since he “pardoned his own son on gun charges.”

“HE LITERALLY JUST PARDONED HIS SON FOR GUN CRIMES!” Senior Writer at Real Clear Investigations Mark Hemingway wrote.

Other conservatives, like former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., pointed out that the problem is not with guns but instead with self-identifying “transgenders,” calling for “trans control.”

“Miserable commie bastards can’t even wait until the bodies are cold. It was never like this before Obama. I hate these people,” conservative political commentator Jesse Kelly wrote.

Others also pointed out that Biden didn’t bother releasing a statement after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered by Luigi Mangione, indicating that the Left only cares about the “danger” of guns when it benefits them.

“It’s all a script. Enough,” independent conservative journalist Kyle Becker wrote.

LA Times, WaPo Continue Becoming More Right-Wing

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LA Times, WaPo Continue Becoming More Right-Wing

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Two well-known American newspapers became more right-wing after the leaders realized they needed to adapt to the recent cultural change that primarily started after Donald Trump won the 2024 election.

The New York Post reported that the Los Angeles Times staffers revealed that Patrick Soon-Shiong, the newspaper’s billionaire owner, demanded that the editorial board “take a break from writing about” Trump.

It was also noted that Soon-Shiong, the physician and entrepreneur who bought the newspaper in 2018, has been recently “meddling” in editors’ work, which has become “more pervasive than previously realized.”

The news source also stated that Soon-Shiong took “a number of previously unreported steps” related to the commentary on Trump.

The New York Times also reported that Soon-Shiong blocked his newspaper from publishing an anti-Trump editorial in which leftists claimed that the Senate should not allow Trump to make recess appointments.

The Post also stated that, according to Terry Tang, executive editor of the newspaper, “several members” of the opinion section criticized Soon-Shiong for “[instituting] a new policy that prohibits editorials containing criticism of the president-elect unless they are presented side-by-side with another opinion piece representing the ‘opposing view.'”

Soon-Shiong also reportedly “required” the editors to email him “the text of every editorial and the name of its writer” ahead of publication.

“Editorial board positions and content have been preemptively censored before publication, and its arguments, headlines and topics subjected to boundaries that did not previously exist,” the memo that Tang received stated.

Among other right-wing decisions that the newspaper made was refusing to endorse former Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, firing the far-left editorial board and hiring conservatives. Soon-Shiong also stated that he plans to add the bias meter to the newspaper’s website in 2025.

Another newspaper that started to lean right politically was the Washington Post. The news source recently published an editorial in which the staff raised concerns about the insufficient evidence behind “gender-transition treatments” for children, such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgeries.

Like the Times, the Post also refused to endorse Harris for president. Soon after that, the newspaper’s owner and founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, stated in an op-ed that he wanted to see more conservative writers working for the newspaper. Additionally, the Post went as far as fact-checking former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and firing one of its senior editors.

Senate Dems Make Desperate Lame-Duck Attempt to End Electoral College

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Senate Dems Make Desperate Lame-Duck Attempt to End Electoral College

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Democrats in the U.S. Senate recently showed their true colors once again after they expressed their desire to abolish the Electoral College after Donald Trump won the 2024 election.

The Hill reported that Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hi., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., three leading leftists in the Senate, were the ones responsible for attempting to “restore democracy” by creating the majority rule electoral system.

“In an election, the person who gets the most votes should win. It’s that simple,” Schatz said. “No one’s vote should count for more based on where they live. The Electoral College is outdated and it’s undemocratic. It’s time to end it.”

Durbin also released his statement criticizing the Electoral College and calling for its abolishment.

“It is time to retire this 18th-century invention that disenfranchises millions of Americans. The American people deserve to choose all their leaders,” he said.

Sen. Durbin also stated on his Twitter account that he “first introduced a bipartisan resolution to abolish the Electoral College before the Bush-Gore general election in 2000.”

“I still believe it’s needed today,” he wrote.

However, conservatives opposed the recent proposal, with political commentator and author Mark Levin stating that if that becomes reality, “eleven blue states will decide the president.”

“All the rest of the country — the 39 other states, tens of millions of people — will literally have no say in the election of the president,” he said, according to Blaze Media. “The big metropolitan cities will decide who’s president, which would be an utter and complete disaster, but the Democrat Party wants a monopoly.”

Other conservatives also criticized the far-left senators, pointing out that, according to their point of view, the United States as a country should be abolished as well since it is an “18th-century invention” as well.

“Abolishing the Electoral College is a phenomenally bad idea. So naturally, Democrats are pushing it,” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote.

In another post, Sen. Lee also pointed out that, according to the leftists’ logic, the U.S. Constitution should be abolished, too, because it was written in the 18th century.

Other conservatives also stated that since the Electoral College was “enshrined in the Constitution,” it would “take a constitutional amendment to undo it.”

It wasn’t the first time when the Democrats tried to abolish the Electoral College. While Trump was still in office, Colorado and other leftist states joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a radical effort to establish mob rule in the United States.

Among others who supported eliminating the Electoral College were one of Mitt Romney‘s top strategists, Stuart Stevens, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio–Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn.

House Foreign Affairs Boss Asserts Viral Drones Part of Chinese Spy Mission

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House Foreign Affairs Boss Asserts Viral Drones Part of Chinese Spy Mission

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee stated Tuesday that the viral drones flying over American military bases are part of a mission from foreign countries, debunking the Biden administration’s assurances. 

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said that the drones are “most likely coming from the People’s Republican of China.” 

Speaking to reporters inside the U.S. Capitol, McCaul remarked: “We need to identify who is behind these drones. My judgment based on my experience is that those that are over our military sites are adversarial and most likely are coming from the People’s Republic of China.” 

McCaul made these statements before receiving a briefing from the Biden administration regarding current intelligence on drones. So far, Biden officials have vaguely claimed that the drones pose no danger to national security. 

Asked whether he believed the executive branch would provide concrete answers, McCaul replied, “I think they’re going to say they don’t know and that’s a concern in and of itself—that if we have drones flying around military bases and we can’t identify where they came from or who’s responsible for them.” 

McCaul appeared to debunk claims made by Alejandro Mayorkas, the embattled Secretary of Homeland Security, who suggested that the drones observed by Americans are merely commercial devices. 

“I know there are a lot of commercial drones out there and Secretary Mayorkas has talked about this. That’s fine, but the ones flying over our military bases, by definition, I would say are adversarial,” McCaul asserted. 

The GOP lawmaker added: “We need to know who is behind that because… I believe they are spy drones and the [People’s Republic of China] is very good at this stuff, and we know they bought land around military bases. This would be very consistent with their policy over the last couple of years.” 

McCaul’s comments come weeks after the northeastern United States experienced what appeared to be a coordinated effort to fly drones the size of SUVs over several states, causing alarm among state governments. 

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, has urged President Joe Biden to deploy more resources to address the potential threat these drones pose to national security and the privacy of Americans. 

In response, Mayorkas suggested that the federal government’s hands are tied and deflected responsibility to Congress. 

“We are aware of the drone sightings, as I’ve said,” Mayorkas said in a Sunday interview on ABC News. “I think there are more than 8,000 drones flown every day in the United States.” 

Mayorkas continued, “With respect to the ability to incapacitate those drones, we are limited in our authorities. We have certain agencies within the Department of Homeland Security that can do that, and outside our department, but we need those authorities expanded as well.” 

 

Chicago’s Soros-Funded Prosecutor Disbarred Following Major Legal Failure

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Chicago’s Soros-Funded Prosecutor Disbarred Following Major Legal Failure

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The law license of former Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx has been suspended by a regulatory agency after she allegedly failed to meet continuing legal education requirements. Foxx, a George-funded prosecutor, left office on Dec. 1. 

The Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois reported that Foxx’s license status indicated she was “Unauthorized to practice law as attorney has not demonstrated required MCLE compliance.” 

The suspension reportedly took effect on Dec. 1, the same day she relinquished her office to Cook County’s new prosecutor, Eileen O’Neill Burke, as first reported by CWB Chicago. 

Foxx chose not to seek re-election amid widespread criticism for her soft-on-crime policies and national discontent with so-called Soros-funded prosecutors. First elected in 2016, Foxx received at least $2 million from Soros-backed political action committees. 

Burke was sworn in on December 2, meaning Foxx may have allowed her deputies to file legal documents in her name, which could potentially violate the rules of the attorney registration commission, according to CWB Chicago. 

A veteran attorney and former prosecutor told the outlet: “This means she couldn’t be bothered to spend a little more than an hour a month watching videos that her own office provided.” 

The outlet noted that attorneys with last names starting with the letter “F” must report their continuing education credits by June 30 in even-numbered years. Those who fail to do so are granted an extension until Nov. 30.  

Those who fail to do so are granted an extension until November 30. However, by December 1, individuals who have not reported their education credits are removed from the “master roll of attorneys” due to non-compliance. 

In response to the suspension, Foxx told Chicago’s WGN 9 that it was an error, claiming she had completed enough continuing education. 

WGN noted that Foxx has only mentioned her post-public office’s plans include “rest.” 

Reuters Took $300M from Biden Before Winning Awards for Musk Attacks

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Reuters Took $300M from Biden Before Winning Awards for Musk Attacks

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Did the Biden administration bankroll Reuters to unleash a series of hit pieces against Elon Musk? Shocking connections between the two raise serious concerns. 

President Joe Biden’s government awarded $300 million in government contracts to Reuters, which later won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on Musk and alleged misconduct at his companies.

Coincidentally, at least 11 Biden-led federal agencies launched investigations into Musk-owned companies, prompting accusations of weaponized oversight. All 11 agencies gave money to Reuters. Notably, Musk is the world’s richest man, a known MAGA supporter and Biden critic.

Biden’s $300 million in federal contracts for Reuters was first exposed by tech expert Mike Benz in a viral X thread that has garnered nearly 10 million views.

While the contracts lack direct references to Musk and his companies, some are tied to alleged software development. 

Reuters is owned by the multinational firm Thomson Reuters Corporation, which offers a series of services, including legal, tax and tech solutions.

Reuters, however, is popularly known for its media arm, which has previously targeted conservative and non-leftist figures.  

In 2024, the news agency won a Pulitzer Prize and $15,000 in National Reporting for its relentless attacks against Musk and his companies.  

“For an eye-opening series of accountability stories focused on Elon Musk’s automobile and aerospace businesses, stories that displayed remarkable breadth and depth and provoked official probes of his companies’ practices in Europe and the United States,” Pulitzer wrote. 

Among the hit pieces are one headline, “At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars,” and another, “U.S. regulators rejected Elon Musk’s bid to test brain chips in humans, citing safety risks.” 

Musk’s companies—Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and X—now face investigations by several Biden-led agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Transportation, Labor, Agriculture and Interior. 

Additional probes have been launched by state governments and so-called independent agencies such as the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. 

In response to Benz’s revelations, Musk commented simply: “Insane.” 

As the Biden administration unleashed the force of the federal government to attack, Musk openly embraced President-elect Donald Trump for the 2024 race, contributing millions to his successful campaign. 

Following Trump’s landslide victory, Musk was tapped to co-lead the soon-to-be-launched Department of Government Efficiency, a body tasked with cutting wasteful spending across the federal government.  

Notably, Musk will serve in this role without costing taxpayers a dime as he will receive no pay.

Neither Reuters nor its parent company, Thomson Reuters Corporation, responded to Headline USA’s requests for comment, which were sent after business hours.

Merchan Refuses to Toss Trump Case, Despite SCOTUS Immunity Decision

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Merchan Refuses to Toss Trump Case, Despite SCOTUS Immunity Decision

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The New York judge overseeing President-elect Donald Trump’s porn star case said Monday he won’t toss Trump’s conviction.

Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment on grounds of presidential immunity because he said Trump’s actions in the case were unofficial and thus not protected by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent immunity ruling.

“The preserved claims relate entirely to unofficial conduct and thus, receive no immunity protections,” the judge wrote in a 41-page decision and a five-page letter emailed directly to the attorneys.

Merchan also ruled Trump wasn’t protected by immunity from his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in November.

“Today’s decision by deeply conflicted, acting Justice Merchan in the Manhattan DA Witch Hunt is a direct violation of the Supreme Court’s decision on immunity, and other longstanding jurisprudence,” Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement, according to the New York Post.

“This lawless case should have never been brought, and the Constitution demands that it be immediately dismissed, as President Trump must be allowed to continue the Presidential Transition process,” he added.

In July, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled presidents and former presidents have absolute immunity for actions related to core constitutional powers and presumptive immunity for official actions. The ruling said the president has no immunity for unofficial conduct.

In late May, a Manhattan jury convicted Trump of 34 counts of falsifying business records for disguising so-called hush money payments to an adult film actress as legal costs ahead of the 2016 election.

Under New York state law, falsifying business records in the first degree is a Class E felony with a maximum sentence of four years in prison.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Office had previously suggested a four-year pause on proceedings in the case until Trump is done with his second term in the White House and the immunity protections no longer apply.

Trump has repeatedly said his political opponents coordinated the criminal cases against him.

Federal prosecutors have already moved to end two criminal cases against Trump – the election interference case in Washington D.C. and the classified documents case in Florida.

Parents Resort to Ride-Sharing Apps as Cash-Strapped Schools Cut Bus Service

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Parents Resort to Ride-Sharing Apps as Cash-Strapped Schools Cut Bus Service

(Headline USA) Ismael El-Amin was driving his daughter to school when a chance encounter gave him an idea for a new way to carpool.

On the way across Chicago, El-Amin’s daughter spotted a classmate riding with her own dad as they drove to their selective public school on the city’s North Side. For 40 minutes, they rode along the same congested highway.

“They’re waving to each other in the back. I’m looking at the dad. The dad’s looking at me. And I was like, parents can definitely be a resource to parents,” said El-Amin, who went on to found Piggyback Network, a service parents can use to book rides for their children.

Reliance on school buses has been waning for years as districts struggle to find drivers and more students attend schools far outside their neighborhoods.

As responsibility for transportation shifts to families, the question of how to replace the traditional yellow bus has become an urgent problem for some, and a spark for innovation.

State and local governments decide how widely to offer school bus service. Lately, more have been cutting back. Only about 28% of U.S. students take a school bus, according to a Federal Highway Administration survey concluded early last year. That’s down from about 36% in 2017.

Chicago Public Schools, the nation’s fourth-largest district, has significantly curbed bus service in recent years. It still offers rides for disabled and homeless students, in line with a federal mandate, but most families are on their own. Only 17,000 of the district’s 325,000 students are eligible for school bus rides.

Last week, the school system launched a pilot program allowing some students who attend out-of-neighborhood magnet or selective-enrollment schools to catch a bus at a nearby school’s “hub stop.” It aims to start with rides for about 1,000 students by the end of the school year.

It’s not enough to make up for the lost service, said Erin Rose Schubert, a volunteer for the CPS Parents for Buses advocacy group.

“The people who had the money and the privilege were able to figure out other situations like rearranging their work schedules or public transportation,” she said. “People who didn’t, some had to pull their kids out of school.”

On Piggyback Network, parents can book a ride for their student online with another parent traveling the same direction.

Rides cost roughly 80 cents per mile and the drivers are compensated with credits to use for their own kids’ rides.

“It’s an opportunity for kids to not be late to school,” 15-year-old Takia Phillips said on a recent PiggyBack ride with El-Amin as the driver.

The company has arranged a few hundred rides in its first year operating in Chicago, and El-Amin has been contacting drivers for possible expansion to Virginia, North Carolina and Texas. It is one of several startups that have been filling the void.

Unlike Piggyback Network, which connects parents, HopSkipDrive contracts directly with school districts to assist students without reliable transportation.

The company launched a decade ago in Los Angeles with three mothers trying to coordinate school carpools and now supports some 600 school districts in 13 states.

Regulations keep it from operating in some states, including Kentucky, where a group of Louisville students has been lobbying on its behalf to change that.

After the district halted bus service to most traditional and magnet schools, the student group known as The Real Young Prodigys wrote a hip-hop song titled “Where My Bus At?”

The song’s music video went viral on YouTube with lyrics such as, “I’m a good kid. I stay in class, too. Teachers want me to succeed, but I can’t get to school.”

“Those bus driver shortages are not really going away,” HopSkipDrive CEO Joanna McFarland said. “This is a structural change in the industry we need to get serious about addressing.”

HopSkipDrive has been a welcome option for Reinya Gibson’s son, Jerren Samuel, who attends a small high school in Oakland, California.

She said the school takes care to accommodate his needs as a student with autism, but the district lined up the transportation because there is no bus from their home in San Leandro.

“Growing up, people used to talk about kids in the short yellow buses. They were associated with a physical disability, and they were teased or made fun of,” Gibson said. “Nobody knows this is support for Jerren because he can’t take public transportation.”

Encouragement from his mother helped Jerren overcame his fear about riding with a stranger to school.

“I felt really independent getting in that car,” he said.

Companies catering to kids claim to screen drivers more extensively, checking their fingerprints and requiring them to have childcare or parenting experience. Drivers and children are often given passwords that must match, and parents can track a child’s whereabouts in real time through the apps.

Kango, a competitor to HopSkipDrive in California and Arizona, started as a free carpooling app similar to the PiggyBack Network and now contracts with school districts.

Drivers are paid more than they would typically get for Uber or Lyft, but there are often more requirements such as walking some students with disabilities into school, Kango CEO Sara Schaer said.

“This is not just a curbside-to-curbside, three-minute situation,” Schaer said. “You are responsible for getting that kid to and from school. That’s not the same as transporting an adult or DoorDashing somebody’s lunch or dinner.”

In Chicago, some families that have used Piggyback said they have seen few alternatives.

Concerned about the city’s rising crime rate, retired police officer Sabrina Beck never considered letting her son take the subway to Whitney Young High School.

Since she was driving him anyway, she volunteered through PiggyBack also to drive a freshman who had qualified for the selective magnet school but had no way to get there.

“To have the opportunity to go and then to miss it because you don’t have the transportation, that is so detrimental,” Beck said. “Options like this are extremely important.”

After the bus route that took her two kids to elementary school was canceled, Jazmine Dillard and other Chicago parents thought they had convinced the school to move up the opening bell from 8:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., a more manageable time for her schedule.

After that plan was scrapped because the buses were needed elsewhere at that time, Dillard turned to PiggyBack Network.

“We had to kind of pivot and find a way to make it to work on time as well as get them to school on time,” she said.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Jay-Z’s Lawyer Says Accuser’s Rape Claim Is ‘Provably, Demonstrably False’

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Jay-Z’s Lawyer Says Accuser’s Rape Claim Is ‘Provably, Demonstrably False’

(Headline USA) An attorney defending Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter against the rape allegation brought against him last week by an unnamed woman outlined a range of evidence Monday that he said showed the accuser’s account to be “provably, demonstrably false.”

The woman told NBC News last week that Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her in 2000, when she was 13, at an after-party for the MTV Music Awards. She has since acknowledged certain inconsistencies in her story.

Speaking to reporters at Roc Nation’s New York headquarters, Carter’s attorney, Alex Spiro, said the woman’s claim relied on an “impossible timeline” and a nonexistent location.

While the lawsuit said the assault happened at a “large white residence with a U-shaped driveway,” photos show both Carter and Combs at a nightclub following the award show.

In the suit, the woman said she snuck out of a window of her home in Rochester and hitched a ride to the award ceremony from a friend, who has since died.

She said she watched the event on a jumbotron outside, then befriended a limousine driver who drove her to the house party where she was assaulted by the two rap moguls.

Following the alleged rape, she said she fled the house and called her father for a ride home from a nearby gas station.

The allegation, Spiro said, “defies credibility.” It would’ve taken her five hours to drive from Rochester, the lawyer noted, meaning she would’ve had to leave her home by 3 p.m.

Permits and photographs show there was no jumbotron outside the VMAs in 2000, according to Spiro. The woman’s father has said he does not recall driving from Rochester to pick her up in New York City.

“It’s not just that this story is a lie and that it’s not true, it’s provably, demonstrably false,” Spiro said. “This never happened.”

The suit comes amid a wave of sexual assault lawsuits levied against Combs, who remains in custody in New York awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. He has pleaded not guilty and faces trial in May.

The lawsuits were filed on the eve of the expiration of the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law permitting victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to file civil action regardless of the statute of limitations.

After initially suing Combs, the woman’s complaint was amended to include a new allegation that Carter also participated in the sexual assault as a third unnamed celebrity watched.

The litigation was filed by Tony Buzbee, a personal injury attorney in Houston whose firm has set up a toll-free phone line for accusers.

In October, Buzbee said he was representing some 120 people, men and women, with allegations of sexual misconduct against Combs.

Last month, Carter anonymously sued Buzbee, alleging the lawyer had attempted to blackmail him by making the rape allegation public if he did not agree to a legal settlement.

Buzbee has said the letter was simply trying to set up a confidential mediation session.

In a statement last week, Carter—who is married to pop star Beyoncé Knowles—said his “heart and support goes out to true victims in the world.”

On Monday, Spiro accused Buzbee of “taking advantage” of the woman, while “destroying this opportunity and the voices of real victims.”

In an emailed statement Monday, Buzbee said the woman had been referred to him by another law firm and vetted by four attorneys from his firm.

“Courts exist to resolve factual disputes,” Buzbee added. “Our client remains adamant about her claim.”

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Dr. Jill Caps Off Community College Teaching Career as Retirement Looms for ‘Big Guy’

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Dr. Jill Caps Off Community College Teaching Career as Retirement Looms for ‘Big Guy’

(Headline USA) President Joe Biden’s unprecedented pardon spree—including to Chinese nationals accused of stealing U.S. secrets, as well as the “unconditional” pardon of his son Hunter—likely hinted at the golden parachute that the “Big Guy” expects when he finally leaves office.

While in his 50 years as a civil servant, he has managed to amass a net worth of around $10 million, that may grow exponentially in his post-presidency.

But he isn’t the only Biden family member thinking about cashing out.

First Lady Jill Biden announced Monday that she had taught her final class at Northern Virginia Community College last week.

The surprise announcement came during a virtual “thank you” event with teachers tuning in from around the country alongside the bosses from the nation’s top teachers unions— Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers, and Becky Pringle of the National Education Association.

“Being your first lady has been the honor of my life. But being your colleague has been the work of my life,” said Biden, who has spent the past 40 years teaching in classrooms

“Last Thursday, I taught my last class of the semester and my final class ever at Northern Virginia Community College,” she continued. “I will always love this profession, which is why I continued to teach full time while serving as your first lady.”

Biden had taught English and writing at NOVA for 15 years. She is the first woman to continue her professional career outside the White House while serving as first lady.

It was not immediately clear whether Jill Biden, 73, was retiring from teaching altogether. Aides had no immediate comment.

Anne Kress, the college’s president, said Biden has been an “exceptional faculty member” who is respected and beloved by her students and colleagues.

“As she retires after an exemplary career, she leaves a lasting legacy in the lives of the students she taught, mentored and inspired over the years,” Kress said in a statement Tuesday. “She has been a remarkable, unequaled champion for America’s community colleges, and we know that her advocacy will continue.”

Jill Biden started teaching English and writing there in 2009 after Barack Obama and Joe Biden were elected president and vice president and the couple moved to Washington. She continued to teach there after Joe Biden’s term ended in 2017, riding the train down from their home in Delaware.

Before NOVA, she also taught English and writing at Delaware Technical Community College.

Jill Biden started her career in 1976, teaching English at a high school in Wilmington, Delaware, before becoming a reading specialist at another high school. She also taught English at a psychiatric hospital while she pursued her second master’s degree. She also has a doctorate in educational leadership.

She often said, “teaching isn’t what I do, it’s who I am.”

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

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