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Biden promised to turn the page on Trump. Now he's being replaced by him

Jan. 15, 2025 21:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden promised nothing short of a national exorcism when he took office. He wanted to “restore the soul" of the country and prove that Donald Trump was only a footnote in the American story, not its next chapter. The pitch was “let's try to get things...

CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — and for the struggling network

Jan. 08, 2025 16:49 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — At a particularly inopportune time for legacy media and CNN, the news outlet is on trial in Florida this week, accused of defaming a Navy veteran involved in rescuing endangered Afghans from that country when the U.S. ended its involvement there in 2021. The...

Carter and Biden's long friendship had wrinkles. It will be on display a final time with a eulogy

Jan. 08, 2025 09:08 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is the consummate Washington insider. Jimmy Carter was anything but. Yet the 46th and 39th U.S. presidents had a decades-long friendship starting when Biden, as a young Delaware lawmaker, became the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s outsider...