President Joe Biden’s son will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid a full prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars. Hunter Biden will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement made public June 20.
Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to go on trial in August, according to an order handed down by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon.
Special counsel John Durham testified before the House Intelligence Committee in a closed-door hearing on his report that found the Justice Department and FBI should not have launched the Trump-Russia investigation in 2016.
The missing submersible that took tourists to see the Titanic wreckage has less than 40 hours of air left, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Authorities are stepping up search and rescue efforts.
