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In response to the subpoena sent by the House Oversight Committee, an attorney for Hunter Biden rebuffed the committee's demand for the president’s son to sit for a closed-door deposition and instead offered for him to testify before a public committee hearing in December. Earlier this month, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent subpoenas to Hunter Biden, James Biden, the president’s brother, and Rob Walker, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, to sit for deposition as part of House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/hunter-biden-willing-testify-before-oversight-committee-public-hearing Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, one of the most influential statesmen of the 20th century, has died at age 100. Kissinger served as secretary of state under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969 to 1977. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/henry-kissinger-secretary-of-state-dead-age-100 Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Strong winds knocked over the National Christmas Tree near the Ellipse at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. The evergreen tree, located in the northeast quadrant of the Ellipse near the White House, has been erected and decorated as a Christmas tree every year since 1923. The winds knocked this year's tree over just two days before the planned lighting ceremony on Thursday, which is due to be attended by President Joe Biden. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/national-christmas-tree-knocked-over-strong-winds Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Former President Jimmy Carter emerged from hospice care on Tuesday to pay tribute to his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter. The former first lady's tribute service was held in Atlanta, and Carter made the 150-mile journey from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to be there for her. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/rosalynn-funeral-jimmy-carter-draped-blanket-wifes-image Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Growing dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden has prompted widespread speculation in the media and among Democrats about who will eventually succeed him atop the party. Just don't expect former President Barack Obama to be the one making that call, Democratic insiders tell the Washington Examiner. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/would-barack-obama-back-gavin-newsom-joe-biden-successor Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

House Republicans want to interview a pair of executives at Blue Star Strategies, a firm that once came under investigation for failing to disclose to the U.S. government that it lobbied on behalf of a Ukrainian energy company while Hunter Biden served on the company's board. The Republicans asked in letters Wednesday to Blue Star Strategies co-founders Karen Tramontano and Sally Painter that they each schedule closed-door interviews with the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the work they did for Burisma Holdings Limited. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/gop-hunter-biden-linked-firm-illegal-foreign-lobbying Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Growing dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden has prompted widespread speculation in the media and among Democrats about who will eventually succeed him atop the party. Just don't expect former President Barack Obama to be the one making that call, Democratic insiders tell the Washington Examiner. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/would-barack-obama-back-gavin-newsom-joe-biden-successor Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

Kari Lake, a firebrand Republican set on becoming the next Arizona senator, blamed the unchecked illegal immigration crisis that has hounded the southern border for nearly three years on President Joe Biden, a debacle she said was no accident. "We're seeing what can happen when you have a president, a person named Joe Biden who came in and actually peeled back an effective border policy that was working," Lake said in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner this week. "He did that on day one. And I think he did it intentionally to destabilize our country." Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/kari-lake-biden-unleashed-border-crisis-intentionally Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced millions in grant money to help local and state agencies clean up homeless encampments near California roads. The Democratic governor said nearly $300 million will go to local jurisdictions, and the other half will go to Caltrans, the state's Department of Transportation, to sweep camps on state property such as highways, bike paths, and parks, while assisting the homeless in finding other places to live. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infrastructure/newsom-sweep-homeless-encampments-state-roads-im-fed-up Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

House Republicans want to interview a pair of executives at Blue Star Strategies, a firm that once came under investigation for failing to disclose to the U.S. government that it lobbied on behalf of a Ukrainian energy company while Hunter Biden served on the company's board. The Republicans asked in letters Wednesday to Blue Star Strategies co-founders Karen Tramontano and Sally Painter that they each schedule closed-door interviews with the House Judiciary Committee to discuss the work they did for Burisma Holdings Limited. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/gop-hunter-biden-linked-firm-illegal-foreign-lobbying Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Two Jewish House Democrats are leading the reproach of Republican calls to expel Palestinians from the United States, with the pair calling the effort "un-American." Reps. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Greg Landsman (D-OH) introduced a resolution on Tuesday condemning Republican efforts to remove Palestinians from U.S. soil, particularly the bill led by Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) called the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism Act. The act seeks to prevent "Palestinian terrorists" from entering the country by halting the Department of Homeland Security's issuance of visas or granting asylum to those with a Palestinian Authority passport. It also would expel any immigrants who entered the country on or after Oct. 1. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/jewish-house-democrats-resolution-condemning-bill-expel-palestinians Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued an urgent warning about the rise of antisemitism in America since the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, directing his comments toward young liberal protesters who have confronted Democrats over their support of Israel. “Many of the people who express these sentiments in America aren't Neo-Nazis or card-carrying Klan members or Islamic extremists,” Schumer said during a nearly 40-minute speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday. “They’re in most cases people that most liberal Jewish Americans felt previously were their ideological fellow travelers.” Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/schumer-senate-speech-antisemitism-young-liberal-protesters Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

#wexwakeup for Wednesday, November 29☕☀️ A New York Republican jump-started the process to expel his embattled colleague, Rep. George Santos (R-NY), from the House, teeing up a likely vote on Thursday. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) noticed a motion to expel Santos as privileged on Tuesday night, which means the House will now have two legislative days to take a vote. The resolution was originally filed by House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) nearly two weeks ago, but D'Esposito's move to expedite the process comes hours after two House Democrats filed their own privileged resolution to oust Santos. Former President Jimmy Carter emerged from hospice care on Tuesday to pay tribute to his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter. The former first lady's tribute service was held in Atlanta, and Carter made the 150-mile journey from his hometown of Plains, Georgia, to be there for her. Strong winds knocked over the National Christmas Tree near the Ellipse at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. The evergreen tree, located in the northeast quadrant of the Ellipse near the White House, has been erected and decorated as a Christmas tree every year since 1923. The winds knocked this year's tree over just two days before the planned lighting ceremony on Thursday, which is due to be attended by President Joe Biden. _____________________________________ Here are today's top stories: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/desposito-sets-wheels-in-motion-to-expel-george-santos https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/rosalynn-funeral-jimmy-carter-draped-blanket-wifes-image https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/national-christmas-tree-knocked-over-strong-winds Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Two Jewish House Democrats are leading the reproach of Republican calls to expel Palestinians from the United States, with the pair calling the effort "un-American." Reps. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Greg Landsman (D-OH) introduced a resolution on Tuesday condemning Republican efforts to remove Palestinians from U.S. soil, particularly the bill led by Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) called the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism Act. The act seeks to prevent "Palestinian terrorists" from entering the country by halting the Department of Homeland Security's issuance of visas or granting asylum to those with a Palestinian Authority passport. It also would expel any immigrants who entered the country on or after Oct. 1. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/jewish-house-democrats-resolution-condemning-bill-expel-palestinians Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

President Joe Biden sent an email Tuesday to nearly 1 million student borrowers alerting them that their loans had been forgiven through steps he has taken over the past three years. Biden's email was sent to 813,000 borrowers whose loans had previously been forgiven by Biden's actions, according to the White House. White House officials did not answer questions on how the borrowers had been selected to receive an email from the president. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-emails-nearly-1-million-student-loan-borrowers Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced millions in grant money to help local and state agencies clean up homeless encampments near California roads. The Democratic governor said nearly $300 million will go to local jurisdictions, and the other half will go to Caltrans, the state's Department of Transportation, to sweep camps on state property such as highways, bike paths, and parks, while assisting the homeless in finding other places to live. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/infrastructure/newsom-sweep-homeless-encampments-state-roads-im-fed-up Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona misinterpreted President Ronald Reagan when discussing the role of the government in people’s lives. Speaking alongside Govs. Mark Gordon (R-WI) and Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) at the 2023 Winter Meeting for the Western Governors' Association a few weeks ago in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Cardona said, “I think it was President Reagan who said, 'We're from the government. We're here to help.'” Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/education-secretary-misappropriates-famous-reagan-quote-tout-big-government Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) issued an urgent warning about the rise of antisemitism in America since the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, directing his comments toward young liberal protesters who have confronted Democrats over their support of Israel. “Many of the people who express these sentiments in America aren't Neo-Nazis or card-carrying Klan members or Islamic extremists,” Schumer said during a nearly 40-minute speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday. “They’re in most cases people that most liberal Jewish Americans felt previously were their ideological fellow travelers.” Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/schumer-senate-speech-antisemitism-young-liberal-protesters Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the highest-ranking Jewish member of Congress, is giving a speech on antisemitism on the Senate floor. The speech is slated to begin at 10 a.m. In a statement, his office clarified that there was a difference between legitimate criticism of the state of Israel and antisemitism.

Kari Lake, a firebrand Republican set on becoming the next Arizona senator, blamed the unchecked illegal immigration crisis that has hounded the southern border for nearly three years on President Joe Biden, a debacle she said was no accident. "We're seeing what can happen when you have a president, a person named Joe Biden who came in and actually peeled back an effective border policy that was working," Lake said in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner this week. "He did that on day one. And I think he did it intentionally to destabilize our country." Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/kari-lake-biden-unleashed-border-crisis-intentionally Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

A young Kansas City Chiefs fan who was recently smeared online over accusations of racism for his attire at a game is of Native American descent. The child was recently attacked online for photos that showed him wearing a Native American headdress, with one outlet stating the NFL "needs to speak out" against the boy. However, the boy's mother, Shannon Armenta, has since revealed her son is Native American. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kansas-chiefs-fan-attacked-racism-actually-native-american Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

A New York Republican jump-started the process to expel his embattled colleague, Rep. George Santos (R-NY), from the House, teeing up a likely vote on Thursday. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) noticed a motion to expel Santos as privileged on Tuesday night, which means the House will now have two legislative days to take a vote. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/desposito-sets-wheels-in-motion-to-expel-george-santos Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference with the chairmen leading the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The press conference is slated to begin at 10 a.m. Eastern.

A young Kansas City Chiefs fan who was recently smeared online over accusations of racism for his attire at a game is of Native American descent. The child was recently attacked online for photos that showed him wearing a Native American headdress, with one outlet stating the NFL "needs to speak out" against the boy. However, the boy's mother, Shannon Armenta, has since revealed her son is Native American. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kansas-chiefs-fan-attacked-racism-actually-native-american Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley accused former President Donald Trump of hiding from the debate stage and using tactics similar to those of President Joe Biden. Haley accused Trump of not confronting other GOP presidential candidates and fought back against accusations by some of her competitors that she is playing for second place behind Trump. The comments came while she was on Fox News's America's Newsroom on Wednesday. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/nikki-haley-compares-donald-trump-joe-biden-2024-attack Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/