The Latest Breaking News from White House

Trump’s troubles: A look at the ex-president’s investigations

It’s been a bad week for former President Donald Trump, who on Wednesday morning found himself in the hot seat pleading the Fifth as he finally sat down for questioning in the New York attorney general’s long-running probe into his pre-presidency business dealings.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

"He didn't have to see this anniversary in detention" Austin Tice's mom ahead of 10 year mark

"This is about an American who should be at home with his family."

Axios · Aug 10, 2022

Is Trump being investigated over national security concerns under the Espionage Act?

Potential criminal violations could be more severe than simple breach of records law

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

Biden begins summer vacation with family in South Carolina

President Joe Biden left Washington on Wednesday to begin what is expected to be at least a seven-day vacation in South Carolina with members of his family

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

Charges against Iranian should not affect nuclear diplomacy, U.S. official says

The United States does not believe charges against an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member for allegedly plotting to murder former White House official John Bolton should affect nuclear diplomacy with Iran, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

Trump-world is full of bluster about FBI’s Mar-a-Lago ‘raid’

If only these folks were as mad about the insurrectionist siege on the U.S. Capitol as they’re pretending to be about the raid on Trump’s Palm Beach golf club.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 10, 2022

Trevor Noah on FBI raid: ‘I’m amazed Trump has time for all this crime’

Late-night hosts discuss the search of Mar-a-Lago as part of an investigation into alleged mishandling of classified documents

The Guardian - US · Aug 10, 2022

US: Syrian government is holding American journalist Tice

President Joe Biden says the U.S. is certain that the Syrian government is holding American journalist Austin Tice who went missing in the war-torn country a decade ago urging Damascus to help bring him back home

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022

DOJ charges Iranian national in alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton

Bolton has for decades been a fierce critic of Iran.

Axios · Aug 10, 2022

Biden calls on Syria to help bring Austin Tice home: ‘Ten years is far, far too long’

WASHINGTON — The United States knows “with certainty” that the Syrian government has held Austin Tice, a reporter and former U.S. Marine missing in Syria since 2012, and is asking for its help bringing him home, President Joe Biden said in a statement on Wednesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 10, 2022