US politics live: Biden heads to Italy for the G7 with Hunter's daughter Finnegan hours after guilty verdict

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.’

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.