Hunter Biden lawyers seek Carlson apology

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, has asked the Justice Department to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others who he says accessed and disseminated personal data from a laptop that was dropped off at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019.

In a separate letter, Biden’s attorneys have also asked Fox News host Tucker Carlson to retract and apologize for what they say are false and defamatory claims made repeatedly about him on-air.

No documents in search of Biden home

WASHINGTON — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without turning up classified documents.

GOP moving to oust Omar from panel

WASHINGTON — Newly empowered House Republicans are preparing to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a Somali-born Muslim lawmaker, from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her past comments critical of Israel.

Russia may be preparing offensive

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia is mustering its military might in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, officials said Wednesday, in what Kyiv suspects is preparation for an offensive. Also Wednesday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government continued its crackdown on alleged corruption with the dismissal of several high-ranking officials, a prominent lawmaker said.

‘Dr. Phil’ show to end daytime TV run

NEW YORK — Daytime television psychologist “Dr. Phil” McGraw says he plans to end his talk show in coming months after 21 years. A prominent spinoff from Oprah Winfrey’s show, the Texan’s program debuted in September 2002.