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Trump pick Kash Patel must prove he’ll restore public faith in the FBI, a leading GOP senator says

By KEVIN FREKING
Updated 10:48 AM CST, December 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s drive to upend the FBI was welcomed by Republican senators although it was not clear on Sunday how strongly members of the incoming majority party would embrace his move to install ally Kash Patel as the next director of the Justice Department’s top investigative arm.

Patel, a onetime national security prosecutor who is aligned with the president-elect’s rhetoric about a “deep state,” “must prove to Congress he will reform & restore public trust in FBI,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, in line to be the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman when Republicans take control in January, in a post on X.

Patel lacks the high-level legal and management experience that FBI directors, including Robert Mueller, James Comey and Christopher Wray, who now holds that job, had before their nominations. It’s a 10-year term, and Trump named Wray in 2017 after firing Comey. So Trump’s announcement late Saturday means Wray must either resign or be fired after Trump takes office on Jan. 20, 2025. ...

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How President Biden came to the decision to pardon his son Hunter

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The Biden family discussed the pardon for Hunter Biden during the Thanksgiving holiday in Nantucket, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News.
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More than 3 million travelers screened at US airports in single day. That's a record

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Travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday are setting a record
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Congress returns for final 2024 lame-duck sprint

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Washington — Congress returns this week from a Thanksgiving recess with a number of priorities to get through before the end of the year, while a deadline to fund the government looms over lawmakers.

With the new Congress set to be sworn in on Jan. 3, lawmakers are pushing through a list of to-dos in the coming weeks in the lame-duck session, while Republicans gear up for leadership in Washington next year.

But first, Congress must address government funding, since lawmakers only have until Dec. 20 to fund the government. And although a shutdown...
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JonBenet Ramsey case: Progress being made, sources say

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Progress is being made in the investigation into the unsolved 1996 murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, those briefed on the investigation told ABC News.
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7 states under snow alerts as lake effect snow slams Great Lakes

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Lake effect snow is slamming the Great Lakes, with seven states from Wisconsin to New York under snow alerts on Monday.
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WATCH: Special delivery to spread holiday cheer, the 'People’s Tree'!

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An 80-foot Sitka spruce, known as the "People’s Tree" traveled 700 miles by sea and 4,000 miles on land from Alaska to the U.S. Capitol’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony.
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California Lawmakers to Propose $25 Million Fund to Litigate Trump Administration

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The state’s Democratic leaders had announced within days of the election that they would meet early this month on plans to defend California’s liberal policies.
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What has Joe Biden said in the past about pardoning his son?

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Belgium ordered to pay reparations for colonial kidnappings

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Mixed-race children were forcibly removed from their families under a state policy in the 1940s.
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What did Hunter Biden do and what is a presidential pardon?

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An act of clemency by Hunter Biden's father continues a tradition by American presidents.
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Read Hunter Biden's pardon and President Biden's full statement

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President Biden on Sunday night issued a sweeping "full and unconditional pardon" of his son Hunter, who was convicted earlier this year of federal gun and drug charges and was facing more federal tax charges in California.

The pardon covers offenses that Hunter Biden "has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024," and is not limited to offenses charged or prosecuted.

In a statement about the pardon, Mr. Biden insisted "no reasonable person who looks at the facts of Hunter's...
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President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden

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President Biden announced on Sunday he signed a pardon for his son Hunter Biden after previously saying he would not issue a pardon. Hunter Biden was convicted of three felonies in a Delaware federal gun possession case in June. He faced sentencing for the case in Delaware and a federal tax evasion case in California.
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Belgium ordered to pay reparations for colonial kidnappings

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Mixed-race children were forcibly removed from their families under a state policy in the 1940s.
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Iranian rapper freed after death sentence overturned

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Toomaj Salehi was arrested and later sentenced to death after supporting anti-government protests.
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Biden Opens the Only Trip of His Presidency to Sub-Saharan Africa

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The president stopped in Cape Verde on his way to Angola, where he will highlight American commitment to Africa in the economic competition against China.
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