US politics live: Biden lands in Italy for the G7 with Hunter's adult children

Andy Ogles, a Republican congressman from Tennessee, said Hunter Biden’s gun conviction could clear the way for Joe Biden to drop out and be replaced by Michelle Obama as the Democrat presidential nominee.

Ogles told Fox Business:

I think it also creates an opening for Democrats like Michelle Obama in here. The Biden family can say, ‘Hey, we’re going to take care of our house, we’re going to take care of our son,’ and then allow Michelle Obama to come in and run.

Because again, Joe Biden can’t win this election, and they know that they are desperate for another candidate.

Amid earlier speculation in March the former first lady's office released a statement saying 'she will not be running for president.'

The statement went on: 'Mrs. Obama supports President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ re-election campaign.'

President Joe Biden landed in Fasano, Italy, just after 11pm on Wednesday night ahead of the G7 summit and a meeting with the Pope.

Biden greeted United States Ambassador to Italy Jack Markell as walked down the steps of Air Force One.

Hunter Biden's adult children - Naomi, Maisy and Finnegan - were on the plane with him but were not seen disembarking.

They all boarded the flight less than 24 hours after their father was found guilty of three federal firearms charges for lying about his crack cocaine addiction when he bought a gun.

Lauren Boebert's ex-husband Jayson has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment as part of a plea deal with Colorado prosecutors.

Boebert was facing multiple charges over two incidents with the Republican congresswoman and their son Tyler, 18, earlier this year.

The first was involved claims of domestic violence at a restaurant in Silt and the second was when he allegedly assaulted the teenage boy in a fight over laundry at their home.

Boebert, 43, accepted a deal from the 9th Judicial District Attorney's Office on Wednesday that saw him plead guilty to one count of reckless endangerment.

Garland shot back after the vote: 'It is deeply disappointing that this House of Representatives has turned a serious congressional authority into a partisan weapon.'

'Today's vote disregards the constitutional separation of powers, the Justice Department's need to protect its investigations, and the substantial amount of information we have provided to the Committees. I will always stand up for this Department, its employees, and its vital mission to defend our democracy.'

Asked if the House will impeach President Biden after months of inquiry, Speaker Johnson told reporters Wednesday 'I don't know.'

'There’s a lot of conduct that begs answers,' he said, claiming the Biden family received 'millions of dollars, in some cases, from foreign nations and adversaries.'

'We have to do what the Constitution requires us to do regardless of the outcome. We don’t predetermine the outcome. We follow the process. We do it very methodically and slowly,” Johnson said. “Unlike the other team, that did snap impeachments and political impeachments. That’s not what we’ve done.'

'The inquiry has been done in the right way on the right timeline,” Johnson said. “I know people are anxious for final results, but you can’t rush these things if you do it the right way.'

House Republicans voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Wednesday.

The contempt resolution relates to the Department of Justice (DOJ) refusing to hand over audio of President Biden's special counsel interview with Robert Hur.

The resolution passed 216 to 207.

Garland is the third attorney general to be held in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena - following Bill Barr under President Trump and Eric Holder under President Obama.

The contempt charge is a formal recommendation that Garland be prosecuted.  He's likely to be shielded from legal repercussions since Biden has asserted executive privilege over the audio.

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman was speeding at the time when he hit a car Sunday, and police say he is at fault.

According to a recently released police report first revealed by USA Today, the Democrat is 'at fault' for hitting a car while driving 'at a high rate of speed, well over the posted speed limit.'

Maryland State Police told DailyMail.com the senator was driving a Chevrolet Traverse when he rear-ended a Chevrolet Impala in northern Maryland near the Pennsylvania and West Virginia border on Sunday.

Following the crash both of the Fettermans were transported to War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. Sen. Fetterman was treated for a bruised shoulder.

Vice President Kamala Harris continues her Economic Opportunity tour in Charlotte, North Carolina where she told supporters she chose a life of public service instead of pursuing wealth.

'To aspire to create wealth is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. If that is what one chooses. I, on the other hand, have chosen to live a life of public service,' she said with a laugh.

Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff are worth $8 million, according to a recent Forbes analysis.

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman was speeding at the time when he hit a car Sunday, and police say he is at fault, according to a police report obtained by USA TODAY.

According to a recently released police report, the Democrat is 'at fault' for hitting a car while driving 'at a high rate of speed, well over the posted speed limit.'

Maryland State Police told DailyMail.com the senator was driving a Chevrolet Traverse when he rear-ended a Chevrolet Impala in northern Maryland near the Pennsylvania and West Virginia border on Sunday.

It's the second time Clinton has taken a swipe at the prominent progressive.

She endorsed Bowman's primary challenger Elliot Engel in 2020.

President Joe Biden brought Hunter Biden's three adult children - Naomi, Finnegan and Maisy - to Italy with him Wednesday - one day after the first son was found guilty on federal gun charges.

Finnegan appeared with the president in front of the press, while sisters Maisy, Naomi and her husband Peter Neal boarded Air Force One separately.

A White House official confirmed to DailyMail.com that the trip was a family affair.

A staffer for Republican Rep. Mike Collins (Ga.) is the latest victim of crime in the ritzy D.C. Navy Yard neighborhood just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.

Octavian Miller detailed that he and a friend were walking through Navy Yard over the weekend when 'two masked individuals' emerged from a car and were both pointing guns at their torsos.

'One of them asked for my watch, which I wasn't ready to die for,' Miller told Fox News in an interview alongside his boss where he detailed that another friend was able to get in a punch before fleeing.

Speaker Johnson gaggled with reporters including DailyMail.com after the Senate GOP lunch today.

He said they spoke about reconciliation and trying to plan paths forward for big policy changes including extending Trump's tax cuts.

‘There's going to be regulatory reform, reducing the size and scope of government and then with regard to other I think forward thinking pro growth policies, things that we can enact on a number of policy areas,' Johnson said.

'That's what we're looking at very creatively and I think deliberately to try to prepare a plan that will work and I'm very optimistic that we'll be able to get that done.’

Trump will meet with House Republicans at 9:30 a.m. followed by Senate Republicans at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told reporters on Capitol Hill that he had to Google who Usher is.

The famed singer is meeting with members of Congress today on access to insulin.

'He ain’t do country music,' Burchett reportedly told Politico.

Then he pointed to a GOP colleague and asked if he's Usher in a lighthearted moment.

Republicans are demanding retribution on these 51 ex-intel individuals, saying they should be fired, criminally prosecuted or even thrown in jail.

'I think one their clearances need to be revoked,' Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview Wednesday during congressional baseball practice.

'I think there needs to be an investigation into every single one of them.'

'100 percent, absolutely there should be repercussions for that,' Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., exclusively told DailyMail.com.

'That's what the American people are frustrated and tired about, is they see all of these people doing all these horrible things, using the deep state to go after Trump and Russia-gate and Russia collusion. It was all a lie.'

President Joe Biden told a confidant that son Hunter's federal gun case only went to trial because he was running for reelection.

Politico reported on the president's gripe Tuesday after Hunter was found guilty on all three federal charges related to buying a gun while addicted to crack cocaine.

In August a plea deal between Hunter's legal team and the feds fell apart.

'If I weren't running for reelection, he would have gotten the plea deal,' the president told a confidant, Politico reported citing a person familiar with the conversation.

At the time, top Republicans complained that the first son was getting a 'sweetheart' deal - as Hunter would escape prosecution for all other crimes by agreeing to probation for filing his taxes late and would enlist in a diversion program to satisfy the gun charges.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to rule out President Joe Biden commuting son Hunter's sentence for buying a gun while addicted to crack cocaine.

'I haven't spoken to the President about this since the verdict came out. And as we all know, the sentencing hasn't even been scheduled yet,' Jean-Pierre said in a briefing with reporters.

The president has previously vowed not to pardon his son. But, as president, Biden has the power to commute federal sentences.

A commutation would allow Hunter to escape jail time or other punishment for the three federal gun charges - but his conviction would still stand.

Asked again if she was ruling out the president commuting his son's punishment, Jean-Pierre punted for a second time.

'What I'm saying is that the President, I have not spoken to the President about this. And what I'm saying is he was asked about a pardon he was asked about, he was asked about the trial specifically, he answered it very clearly, very forthright. As we know the sentencing hasn't even been scheduled yet. I don't have anything beyond what the President said. He's been very clear about this,' she noted.

Hunter Biden faces a maximum of 25 years in prison for the three felony counts. As a first-time offender, he could get probation, home confinement, or community service.

His sentencing date hasn't been set yet but Judge Maryellen Noreika noted they are usually set for about four months out. Hunter also will have to undergo an interview with a probation board, which is standard procedure.

Steve Bannon asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to let him stay out of prison as he pursues another attempt to overturn a two-year-old conviction for criminal contempt of Congress.

Donald Trump's former chief strategist is due to report to prison authorities on July 1, after a ruling in his case last week.

But he launched an 11th hour attempt to stave off his four-month statement by asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to overrule that order.

In an emergency 36-page motion, his legal team argues that imprisonment would prevent him working on the election.

'The government seeks to imprison Mr. Bannon for the four-month period leading up to the November election, when millions of Americans look to him for information on important campaign issues,' wrote Trent McCotter, one of Bannon's lawyers.

Federal teleworkers have been handsomely overpaid for falsely claiming they live in expensive metropolitan areas while they really reside in smaller, less pricey locations.

An audit prompted by Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, revealed exclusively to DailyMail.com, shows that 23 percent of Department of Commerce employees sampled lied about where they lived to receive higher locality pay than they deserve.

The scathing report from the agency's inspector general found that a quarter of the department's employees investigated got unfairly boosted pay, costing taxpayers an additional $6,100 per overpaid teleworker on average.

And according to Ernst, the agency is refusing to clawback the undeserved funds.

'Just as I thought, Biden’s bureaucrats are overpaid and underworked, while the American people are overworked and overtaxed,' Ernst told DailyMail.com in a statement.

Usher's son has type 1 diabetes and he's been working to push access to insulin and screenings.

House Republicans are planning a vote to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress later today.

But since Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose two GOP votes, it is on shaky ground.

The contempt resolution relates to the DOJ refusing to hand over audio of President Biden's special counsel interview.

During the interview, Special Counsel Robert Hur said that Biden appeared 'elderly' with a 'poor memory' as he mixed up his son Beau's death date and had a series of other stumbles.

The DOJ released written transcripts of the interview, but they said releasing audio might make it harder for prosecutors to secure recorded interviews in the future, with witnesses knowing it could be blasted out into the public.

However, Republicans have suggested the transcript of the interview could be inaccurate.

Donald Trump's son Eric Trump said his dad does not hold any liquor licenses in New Jersey as officials there are investigating whether the ex-president's recent felony convictions make him ineligible to hold such licenses at his three New Jersey golf courses.

A spokeswoman for the New Jersey attorney general's office said Monday that the office is reviewing whether the guilty verdict last month should impact the former president's continued ability to hold liquor licenses.

Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels in an attempt to hide it.

State law prohibits anyone from holding a liquor licenses who has been convicted of a crime "involving moral turpitude."

But Trump's son Eric has pushed back writing on X: 'One minor problem - President Trump is not the holder of any liquor license in New Jersey, and he is not an officer or director of any entity that holds a liquor license in New Jersey - or anywhere in the United States for that matter.'

'Ask me how I know,' he added.

Nancy Mace has emerged victorious over a contentious primary challenge backed by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The AP called the race at 8:40 p.m. in Mace's favor over Catherine Templeton, a state official who claimed to be more conservative than Mace. Mace won the primary with 57.6% of the vote at the time the race was called.

Mace won her last election 56-42 over Democrat Annie Andrews and is heavily favored to win in November.

Mace was the first McCarthy foe to take on a credible primary threat.

The congresswoman drew McCarthy's ire when she voted with seven other Republicans and all Democrats to oust him from the speakership.

Top U.S. officials continue to express hope that Hamas will agree to a tiered cease fire proposal that could put a pause on the war in Gaza – even as it haggles over a deal to stop the fighting.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Doha, Qatar in an effort to press parties to a resolution.

It comes after Hamas finally issued a response to the latest offer on the table, which is itself a form of progress, even though the group that launched the Oct. 7 attack said it wanted ‘amendments’ including guarantees for a permanent cease fire.

The plan, backed by President Joe Biden and the UN Security Council, consists of three phases and a six-week pause in the fighting.

Blinken said Hamas sought ‘numerous’ changes, calling some ‘workable’ and others not. He didn’t provide specifics but said U.S. and mediators would ‘close this deal.’

His comments came after White House security spokesman John Kirby blasted Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar even while saying the administration was still evaluating its counteroffer.

‘It should come as a shock to no one that Mr. Sinwar cares nothing at all about the lives of innocent Palestinians that have been caught up in this war, a war he started. And it should surprise and shock no one that a beast like Mr. Sinwar would actually take glee in it and see advantage to it,’ Kirby said.

He was asked about a Wall Street Journal report that Sinwar told allies Hamas could benefit from continued killings and deaths and that ‘we have the Israelis right where we want them.’

President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis at the G7 summit in Italy, the White House finally confirmed hours before the start of the event.

Pope Francis had already been listed as attending a G7 session on Artificial Intelligence in the country's Apulia region, raising the prospect he would again meet with the nation's second Catholic president.

When they last met in October 2021, Biden told Pope Francis he was a ‘warrior for peace.’ Much has changed since then, and now the two men are set to huddle amid two brutal wars, as Biden battles for reelection by rallying behind the flag of abortion rights.

A GOP Congressman is warning that a 'devastating' terror attack is likely to occur unless the Biden administration tackles the migrant crisis.

Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green slammed the president for allowing people with 'terrorist ties' and 'major criminal connections' to 'roam free' across the country.

He argued that 'bad actors exploiting our borders' has become the 'rule' under Biden and warned that it is 'only a matter of time' before a terrorist attacks on US soil.

His criticisms come after six Russian nationals with potential ties to ISIS were arrested in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles last week in a coordinated sting by law enforcement.

President Joe Biden departed Wilmington, Del, on Wednesday morning for Joint Base Andrews.

From there he’ll board Air Force One for the flight to Brindisi Airport in Italy for the long flight to attend the G7 meeting.

Biden changed his schedule on Tuesday to race to Wilmington to see his son Hunter, who was convicted on three federal charges related to a 2018 gun purchase.

He hugged his son on the tarmac then stayed overnight at his Wilmington home.

The president is coming off a grueling traveling schedule after he spent most of the last week in France while Hunter was in court

His family's legal woes and constanr travel will put the 81-year-old under strain while he’s meeting the leaders of the world’s seven largest economies.

The leaders are gathering in a five-star resort in southern Italy. They will discuss the war in Ukraine, the Middle East, trade imbalances with China, threats posed by artificial intelligence and development challenges in Africa.

Biden's stay in Italy will be brief.

He arrives around midnight local time on Wednesday and departs on Friday evening where he'll head straight to Los Angeles for a campaign fundraiser with George Clooney, Jimmy Kimmel and Julia Roberts.

A juror in Hunter Biden’s gun crimes trial slammed the First Son’s defense lawyer in an interview with DailyMail.com and revealed the moments that most likely led to the his historic guilty verdicts.

Juror 10 told DailyMail.com that top attorney Abbe Lowell seemed ‘not prepared well’, was ‘fumbling things’ and did not give a ‘compelling’ case for Hunter’s innocence.

The man, who spoke anonymously, also revealed he believed Hunter's exes Hallie Biden and Zoe Kestan - who said the president's son 'smoked crack every 20 minutes'.

President Joe Biden immediately embraced his son Hunter as he stepped off of Marine One late Tuesday afternoon in the hours following his son's federal gun conviction.

After Hunter was found guilty on all three counts by a Delaware jury, the White House announced that the president's schedule had changed: He would be traveling to Wilmington.

As Biden touched down at Delaware Air National Guard, waiting for him on the tarmac were Hunter, his wife Melissa Cohen - who was at his side at the trial the whole time - and four-year-old baby Beau.

The president grabbed his son as reporters rushed over to capture the moment, emotionally hugging him and then tugging him back over, his arm hovering over Hunter's for around five seconds.

Biden embraced Melissa too and then moved on to his young grandson, crouching down to hug him, and then kissing the pre-schooler's blond head.

Nancy Mace has emerged victorious over a contentious primary challenge backed by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

The AP called the race at 8:40 p.m. in Mace's favor over Catherine Templeton, a state official who claimed to be more conservative than Mace. Mace won the primary with 57.6% of the vote at the time the race was called.

Mace won her last election 56-42 over Democrat Annie Andrews and is heavily favored to win in November.

A GOP Congressman has warned that a 'devastating' terror attack is likely to occur unless the Biden Administration tackles the migrant crisis.

Homeland Security chairman Mark Green slammed the President for allowing people with 'terrorist ties' and 'major criminal connections' to 'roam free' across the country.

He argued that 'bad actors exploiting our borders' has become the 'rule' under Biden and warned that it is 'only a matter of time' before a terrorist attacks on US soil.

His criticisms come after six Russian nationals with potential ties to ISIS were arrested in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles last week in a coordinated sting by law enforcement.

Anonymous ICE officials told the New York Post that a wiretap revealed one of the suspects had been talking about bombs, prompting concern that a horrific attack like 9/11 or the Boston Marathon bombing could occur again.

Hunter Biden's dramatic conviction in his gun and drugs trial will cause more political fallout for his father than Donald Trump saw from his guilty verdict, according to a snap poll for DailyMail.com.

When likely voters were asked whether it affected their view of Joe Biden, the results suggest a seven-point negative impact for the Democratic candidate in the election. In contrast, Trump saw a six-point bump in an equivalent question.

The results come with caveats. They are not an indication of voting intention but instead offer an insight into how the verdicts may factor into voters' views of the two runners.

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President Joe Biden is heading to Italy for the G7 summit just hours after son Hunter was found guilty of three federal gun charges.

The president changed his plans last minute in response to the verdict so he could greet his addict son on the tarmac in Wilmington.

Hunter, 54, is could face a maximum of 25 years in prison when he is sentenced for lying about his crack cocaine use when he bought a Colt Cobra revolver in 2018.