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Biden Has Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer, Doctors Find

Former president and family are considering treatment options, spokesman says

(Newser) - Former President Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, a spokesman said Sunday. "The president and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians," the statement said, the New York Times reports. The diagnosis on Friday followed the discovery of a small nodule...

Maureen Dowd: How Biden Went Out Is 'Unbearably Sad'

New York Times columnist faults aides and the president himself for hiding the truth

(Newser) - A string of new reports assert that former President Biden's team tried to cover up a profound mental and physical decline as his presidency wound down. If you were expecting New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd to rebut the narrative, think again. The column, headlined "The Tragedy of...

Audio Captures Biden Struggling With Memory

Robert Hur's interview includes president changing the subject

(Newser) - A transcript had been released last year, but newly public audio of a special counsel's 2023 interview brings President Biden's halting answers and memory failings to life, putting them in real-time context complete with long pauses. The recordings capture Biden's difficulty remembering when his son Beau died,...

Another Bombshell Is Out From Upcoming Biden Book

Authors claim then-president failed to recognize George Clooney at fundraiser

(Newser) - Another bombshell is out from the upcoming book about former President Biden by two reporters: They say the then-president attended a Hollywood fundraiser in June 2024 and didn't recognize George Clooney, a co-host of the event, despite the fact that he and the actor are longtime acquaintances and they...

Find During Biden Physical Prompts 'Further Evaluation'

Nodule found in ex-president's prostate, though it's typical for men Biden's age to have prostate issues

(Newser) - A small nodule was found in the prostate of former President Biden, 82, during a routine physical exam, a spokesperson said Tuesday. A short statement said the finding "necessitated further evaluation," but it wasn't clear if that had already happened or what the outcome of the examination...

Book: Biden's Team Covered Up His Startling Decline

Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson talk of a wheelchair, describe a cover-up to conceal the president's condition

(Newser) - Had former President Biden continued his 2024 run for the White House and won, as he believes he would've done , he may have been moving around the Oval Office in a wheelchair. According to a new book from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson, Biden's advisers...

Biden on Trump So Far: 'What the Hell's Going On Here?'

Former president calls Trump's moves on Ukraine 'appeasement' of Russia, talks dropping out of race

(Newser) - Former President Biden had his first official interview since leaving office in January, and he had a lot to say about his successor in the Oval Office. Speaking with the BBC in an interview that aired Wednesday, the former commander in chief slammed President Trump's handling of the Russian...

Trump Makes Columbus Day Columbus Day Again

Biden recognized Indigenous Peoples Day as activists shifted focus, but Trump will not

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he is "bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes" and that he will not recognize Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, the AP reports. "The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians...

Americans Will Have to Rise Early to Watch Pope's Funeral

It begins at 4am Eastern on Saturday, with President Trump and Joe Biden in attendance

(Newser) - One current and one former US president will be in Vatican City on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis. Former President Biden's office said Friday that he and wife Jill will be there, reports CBS News . President Trump and first lady Melania also are flying to Rome Friday...

Biden: Trump Has 'Taken a Hatchet' to Social Security

'This new administration has done so much damage and so much destruction'

(Newser) - Former President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that President Trump has "taken a hatchet" to Social Security, weighing in on a critical issue for millions of Americans as the 82-year-old Democrat briefly returned to the national stage. Biden, who has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House...

Biden's Security Clearance 'No Longer in the National Interest'

Trump strips former president, Kamala Harris, other political foes of the courtesy

(Newser) - More than a dozen of Donald Trump's political foes, including former President Biden, have had their US security clearances yanked by the current president. "I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information," Trump wrote in...

Trump Pulls Security Details Guarding Biden's Children

Both presidents extended protection for their families

(Newser) - President Trump said Monday that he is ending "immediately" the Secret Service protection details assigned to Joe Biden's children, which the former president had extended until July shortly before leaving office in January. Trump had done the same thing for his children when he was leaving office after...

Trump: Biden's Last-Minute Pardons Are 'Void'

President says predecessor used an autopen to sign them

(Newser) - President Trump claims last-minute pardons signed by former President Biden are "void" because they were signed with an autopen. Shortly before leaving office, Biden pardoned his own family members , members of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee , and others perceived as Trump's political enemies. A branch of the...

Biden, Now a Private Citizen, Leaves DC

He's on his way to California for a vacation

(Newser) - Hours after he welcomed President Trump "home" to the White House, Joe Biden, now a private citizen, left Washington, DC, by helicopter. Since Biden is a former president, he and his wife, Jill, boarded a chopper technically known as "Nighthawk 46" despite it still having the presidential seal....

With Minutes Left in Office, Biden Pardons 5 Relatives

He also commuted Leonard Peltier's sentence

(Newser) - Hunter Biden isn't the only member of his family with a presidential pardon. In his last minutes in office, Joe Biden pardoned his three younger siblings and two of their spouses. He issued blanket pardons for his brother James and James' wife, Sara; his sister Valerie and her husband,...

Biden Makes 'Epic' 11th-Hour Move on Offshore Drilling

President bans it across major swath of US, in mandate that Trump will have a tough time undoing

(Newser) - With just two weeks before he hands the keys to the White House to Donald Trump, President Biden is taking some last-minute steps to push back on climate change, including a new ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters, reports the BBC . The move made under...

Biden Blocks Sale of US Steel to Nippon

President pushes back against takeover bid by Japan's Nippon Steel to scoop up US Steel

(Newser) - President Biden has long expressed his disapproval for a deal in which Japan's Nippon Steel scoops up the iconic US Steel, and this week he made that disapproval official. In a Friday morning statement, the commander in chief rebuffed the proposed $14 billion-plus deal, noting that "we need...

The Scandal of 2024: A Coverup for Biden
The Scandal of 2024:
A Coverup for Biden
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Dec 27, 2024 9:31 AM CST

The Scandal of 2024: A Coverup for Biden

Peggy Noonan argues concealing president's true mental state is 'Democratic Party gospel'

(Newser) - Looking back on 2024, Peggy Noonan has no doubt of the scandal of the year: "the decline of Joe Biden's mental acuity" and what she says was a coverup by White House staff. The Wall Street Journal columnist claims President Biden "has been in apparent cognitive decline...

Biden Makes Final Move in 'Boldest Climate Agenda' for US

President ups pledge to slash carbon emissions, vowing to cut them by more than 60% by 2035

(Newser) - President Biden is pledging to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by more than 60% by 2035 as he fights to ensure his legacy on slowing global warming, even as President-elect Trump vows to undo much of Biden's climate work when he takes office next month. Biden said the new...

Trump in Oval Office Return: 'It Is a Nice World Today'

He meets with President Biden, as per tradition

(Newser) - Donald Trump's official return to the Oval Office won't happen until January, but the president-elect made a temporary return on Wednesday. President Biden invited the 47th US president to meet with him in a ceremonial tradition that's seen as part of a smooth and peaceful transfer of...

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