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Month: February 2024

How the ghostwriter of Biden’s memoirs ended up in the center of a classified documents probe

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden worked so closely with the ghostwriter he is accused of sharing government secrets with, Mark Zwonitzer, that he once declared that he’d trust the author “with my life.” Zwonitzer ghostwrote Biden’s two memoirs, 2007’s “Promises to Keep” and “Promise Me, Dad,” which was published

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New Mexico legislators seek endowment to bolster autonomous tribal education programs

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators want to create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages. The initiative from Democratic legislators with ties to tribal communities won unanimous

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Takeaways from the special counsel’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents

By AAMER MADHANI, STEVE PEOPLES and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel’s report on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents is out and it’s not great news for the president on several fronts. Biden can breathe easier knowing he won’t face criminal charges for his handling of the documents. But

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Some Arab American leaders left frustrated after meeting with Biden officials in Michigan over Israel-Hamas war

By Michael Williams, CNN Washington (CNN) — Some Arab American leaders signaled clear discontent with what they heard from Biden administration officials in Michigan Thursday after meetings meant to address a key constituency’s frustration with US policy around the Israel-Hamas war. Administration officials met with the Michigan leaders in an attempt to quell uproar from

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Scientists just set a nuclear fusion record in a step toward unleashing the limitless, clean energy source

By Angela Dewan, CNN London (CNN) — Scientists and engineers near the English city of Oxford have set a nuclear fusion energy record, they announced Thursday, bringing the clean, futuristic power source another step closer to reality. Using the Joint European Torus (JET) — a huge, donut-shaped machine known as a tokamak — the scientists sustained

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