White House officials said President Biden would veto a bipartisan measure creating 66 new federal judicial seats over the next three presidential administrations, stating that the measure the House is set to take up this week is “unnecessary to the efficient and effective administration of justice,” the New York Times reports.
President-elect Donald Trump is considering nominating Kimberly Guilfoyle to be U. S. ambassador to Greece, CBS News reports.
Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host-turned-political fundraiser, was dating Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
“President Joe Biden on Tuesday took direct aim at President-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda, denigrating his plan to impose sweeping tariffs and cut taxes as a ‘major mistake’ that will weaken the economy,” Politico reports.
Said Biden: “By all accounts, the incoming administration is determined to return the country to another round of trickle-down economics.
“Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Donald Trump’s imminent return to the presidency is not a reason to throw out the 34-count conviction that jurors delivered in the hush money case earlier this year,” Politico reports.
“Bragg conceded in a court filing that Trump cannot be sentenced while he is president.
“Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign manager and daughter-in-law Amaryllis Fox Kennedy is making a push to serve as deputy director at the CIA next year — and RFK Jr. is making calls on her behalf,” Axios reports.
“Fox Kennedy, an integral member of Kennedy’s campaign, wrote a memoir detailing nearly a decade working at the CIA.