Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Joe Biden, has filed for divorce from her plastic surgeon husband, Dr. Howard Krein, after over 13 years of marriage, according to court records.
The 44-year-old ex-first daughter filed the paperwork in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas on Monday, according to The Post.
Biden’s Instagram post on the same day showed a photo of her walking through a park and flashing a thumbs up, set to the tune “Freedom” by Beyoncé.
She also posted a quote that read, “New life, new beginnings, means new boundaries. New ways of being that won’t look or sound like they did before.”
The cause of the separation was not immediately obvious. Divorce records are not made public in Philadelphia. Two years after her late older brother, Beau Biden, introduced them, Biden and Krein tied the knot in Greenville, Delaware, in June 2012.
Ashley acknowledged her wedding on the national stage while presenting her father at the Democratic National Convention last year.
“At the time, my dad was vice president, but he was also that dad who literally set up the entire reception. He was riding around in his John Deere 4-wheeler, fixing the place settings, arranging the plants, and by the way, he was very emotional,” she told the crowd.
Joe Biden himself is also facing brutal news this week.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says his investigation into Joe Biden’s mental decline could be used to challenge some of the former president’s pardons and executive orders, arguing staff have failed to prove Biden knew what he was signing in his final months in office.
The Kentucky Republican told “Just the News” that Biden’s frequent use of the autopen raises serious legal concerns.
“It’s questionable whether or not it’s legal to use an autopen on a legal document, but what’s not questionable is if the President of the United States had no idea what was being signed with using the autopen in his name,” Comer said. “Then, you know, that’s not legal. We could see criminal charges against some.”
Comer said his committee’s evidence could also be used to call into question some of Biden’s clemency acts, noting that the president’s poor summer 2024 debate performance “gave rise to questions about his mental capacity.”
Biden dropped out of the race one month later and endorsed Kamala Harris.
“I think at the end of the day, our investigation … could be used as evidence in trying to overturn some of those pardons and some of the executive orders, because the autopen was used so frequently … after that debate,” Comer said.
Former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz told Just the News in March that such challenges would “end up in court.” He explained there would be two main issues: “One, the nature of what was signed – was it a pardon, or was it a bill from Congress, for example. And second, the nature of the autopen.”
Dershowitz said the Constitution states of bills: “‘If he approves, he shall sign it.’ So it says, ‘sign it.’ Sign it. So an autopen would raise a real problem if he signed it by autopen, which is not a real signature.”
On pardons, he said, “it will still raise the issue: Did he actually pardon? Or did somebody else just write the signature without really getting approval from President Biden?”
Biden’s first debate of the 2024 campaign season was described as “halting” and “disoriented,” with former Obama adviser David Axelrod saying, “I think there was a sense of shock actually, how he came out at the beginning of this debate… I think the panic had set in.”
Republicans had long questioned Biden’s mental capacity.
Special Counsel Robert Hur’s February 2025 report on Biden’s handling of classified documents noted he “would likely present himself… as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Hur said Biden could not recall the years he was vice president or the year his son Beau died.
Last month, Biden defended his decisions regarding pardons to The New York Times, stating, “I made every decision” on pardons; however, aides confirmed that he “did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons.”
Rep. LaMonica McIver appeared in federal court Tuesday as she continued to fight a three-count indictment accusing her of impeding and interfering with federal officers at a Newark, New Jersey, ICE detention facility in May.
Her attorneys argued she is being selectively and vindictively prosecuted because her political views clash with the Trump administration, CNN reported.
Judge Jamel Semper did not rule on McIver’s motion to dismiss the charges but raised concerns about Department of Homeland Security statements online referencing the incident.
The judge said it was prejudicial for “fact-free” social media posts from government officials to remain public while McIver’s case is pending, warning they could taint a future jury pool.
Semper noted that some government posts included information “counter to the indictment,” such as claims that McIver trespassed and that the incident was tied to Antifa activity.
Prosecutor Mark McCarren told the court that DHS press releases about the incident have already been removed and said he would push to have the remaining social media posts taken down.
One post still visible on the official DHS X account suggested members of Congress “stormed” the facility gate.
McIver, who was indicted in June, faces charges connected to what prosecutors describe as an attempt to physically interfere with the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside the facility.
At the time, McIver was visiting the ICE site with Democratic Reps. Rob Menendez and Bonnie Watson Coleman for an oversight inspection as part of her work on the House Homeland Security Committee.
Defense attorneys said ICE employees delayed access to the lawmakers and obstructed their oversight visit.
Officials removed Baraka from the facility when he tried to join the group, and he was later arrested outside for trespassing alongside protesters. The charge was later dropped.
Prosecutors allege McIver “slammed” her forearm into an ICE agent and grabbed him in an attempt to restrain him while also striking another officer as she returned inside the secure area.
They said they plan to rely on surveillance and body camera footage showing a scuffle lasting just over a minute if the trial proceeds as scheduled on November 10.
McIver’s attorney, Paul Fishman, argued that any actions she took were covered by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause because she was performing official legislative duties.
Judge Semper questioned whether an alleged assault outside the facility gate could be considered part of congressional business.
McIver’s defense team described the prosecution as retaliatory and politically motivated, calling it “part of a broader partisan agenda of ending ‘wokeness.’”
President Donald Trump has previously commented on the case, saying the “days of woke are over.”
Fishman said McIver’s case stands in contrast to Trump’s past pardons of individuals charged in the January 6 Capitol riot.
“She was charged with something she never would’ve been charged with if she was a Republican,” he said.
Semper challenged the defense on that point, noting that the other Democratic lawmakers present during the May 9 incident were not charged.
Fishman said McIver was shoved by an ICE agent and caught in a confrontation she did not start.
McIver expressed concern on X, saying she has heard prosecutors suggest she could face up to 17 years in prison.“Hearing prosecutors say I could get 17 years in jail for showing up to do my job, for protecting the people that I represent, who have elected me to protect them—it is stressful,” she wrote. “Some nights are sleepless, but we have to stand up for each other.”
War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a fiery address to America’s top generals, declaring a new era for the U.S. military—one centered on strength, discipline, and victory, not political correctness.
He made it clear that the Pentagon’s days of indulging in woke policies, diversity mandates, and lowered standards are over.
“From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: warfighting, preparing for war, and preparing to win, unrelenting and uncompromising in that pursuit,” Hegseth declared.
The speech, delivered to senior officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico, was a direct rebuke of decades of policies that emphasized diversity and inclusion over military readiness.
“It’s unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon … It’s a bad look, and it’s not who we are!” Hegseth said, receiving loud applause from the assembled brass.
He outlined a set of sweeping reforms that would apply across every branch of the armed forces. Physical standards will be uniform, gender-neutral, and uncompromising.
“Standards must be uniform, gender neutral, and high — if not, they’re not standards,” he told the audience.
From now on, every service member will take a physical fitness test twice a year, and daily physical training will be mandatory.
Hegseth made clear that this training would not be “light stretching or hot yoga” but “real hard PT” designed to sharpen warriors for combat.
He blasted the weakening of the armed forces through the rise of DEI requirements, identity politics, and what he described as “gender delusion.”
“No more identity months, DEI offices, dudes in dresses, no more climate change worship, no more division, distraction or gender delusion, no more debris … we are done with that s-,” Hegseth thundered.
The War Secretary also emphasized discipline and grooming standards. “No more beards, long hair, superficial individual expression … We don’t have a military full of Nordic pagans,” he said.
In his speech, Hegseth explained that his mission is to restore the warrior ethos that made the U.S. military the most powerful fighting force in the world.
“Frankly, it’s tiring to look out at combat formations … and see fat troops. Likewise, it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon,” he said.
He stressed that America’s enemies are watching, and weakness in appearance and standards only emboldens them.
“We have a sacred duty to ensure that our warriors are led by the most capable and qualified combat leaders … In many ways, this speech is about fixing decades of decay, some of it obvious, some of it hidden,” Hegseth warned.
The War Secretary also confirmed that he has already removed senior officers who had been promoted under the old DEI system.
“We have already fired a number of senior officers … the previous chairman … other members of the Joint Chiefs … combatant commanders,” he stated.
Hegseth explained his philosophy of leadership, telling generals to trust their instincts and prioritize combat readiness.
“When in doubt, assess the situation, follow your gut … make a change,” he advised.
For Hegseth, these reforms are not optional. He said that those who cannot meet the new standards should step aside.
“If women — and weak men — don’t make the grade, so be it,” he declared.
And in perhaps the most striking line of his address, Hegseth warned: “If the words I’m speaking today are making your heart sink, then you should do the honorable thing and resign.”
His vision is clear: a fighting force stripped of woke distractions, lean, lethal, and focused on warfighting.
As Hegseth concluded, he left no room for doubt. “We are done with that sh-,” he said again, this time to thunderous applause from the generals who will now be tasked with carrying out his orders.
BREAKING: Anna Paulina Luna Claims The Biden DOJ DESTROYED…
Representative Anna Paulina Luna has leveled explosive information against the Biden Department of Justice, claiming that critical materials related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation have been deliberately destroyed.
This assertion, if proven true, would represent one of the most damning instances of governmental obstruction and cover-up in recent history.
Luna, who chairs a congressional task force focused on federal transparency, has stated unequivocally that she possesses evidence implicating high-ranking officials in the DOJ.
According to her, these officials not only failed to disclose materials related to Epstein but actively destroyed them to conceal the extent of powerful individuals’ involvement in Epstein’s criminal network.
She introduced legislation titled the SHRED Act, aimed at imposing severe penalties on government agents who destroy or conceal federal records. The proposed bill calls for 20 years to life in prison for anyone caught eliminating evidence in cases of national significance.
“Even if they are conducting a criminal investigation, you should probably pick up the phone and call us,” Luna told Fox News. “We have been more than patient.”
These developments come amid growing conservative suspicion that the Biden administration has no interest in unmasking Epstein’s full network. The notion that key records could be gone forever only intensifies fears that justice is being buried under a bureaucratic rug.
Luna’s office has reportedly sent multiple requests to the Department of Justice demanding clarity on the handling of Epstein-related materials. So far, those inquiries have been met with either vague responses or complete silence.
The congresswoman did not mince words in her public statements, suggesting that the DOJ’s behavior constitutes a deliberate act of obstruction. If true, such actions could violate federal law and trigger an entirely new legal battle.
“The Biden DOJ has obstructed Congress, ignored subpoenas, and now appears to have destroyed critical evidence,” Luna said. “This is corruption at the highest level.”
Critics argue that this is yet another example of double standards in Washington. “Had this been a Republican-led DOJ accused of destroying documents in a child sex trafficking case, the media would be apoplectic,” one conservative commentator noted.
For years, the Epstein case has symbolized the deep rot within America’s elite circles. The financier’s suspicious death in prison and the subsequent lack of high-profile indictments have fueled accusations of a widespread cover-up.
Now, Luna’s allegations breathe new life into those concerns. If records were indeed destroyed, the implications are profound. It would mean that the DOJ, under Biden, actively shielded criminals from justice.
What’s more troubling is that these destroyed materials could have named prominent individuals—politicians, celebrities, and global financiers—who participated in or enabled Epstein’s crimes.
In this context, Luna’s SHRED Act isn’t just legislative symbolism. It is a clarion call for accountability in an era marked by elite impunity. Her bill seeks to ensure that future officials think twice before erasing truth from the historical record.
Despite Luna’s repeated calls for transparency, there has been no formal response from Attorney General Merrick Garland. The silence speaks volumes to many who believe the DOJ is stonewalling on purpose.
Meanwhile, conservative lawmakers have rallied behind Luna. A growing number of Republicans in the House and Senate are voicing support for investigations into the DOJ’s handling of Epstein evidence.
Some have even floated the idea of appointing a special counsel to probe the matter independently. Given the stakes, such a move may be the only path forward to restore public confidence.
This latest scandal further erodes the credibility of an already battered Department of Justice. From the Hunter Biden laptop fiasco to the political targeting of conservatives, the agency has been repeatedly accused of partisanship.
Now, with Epstein documents allegedly destroyed, the DOJ’s credibility is in tatters. Public trust, once broken, is hard to rebuild.
The American people deserve the truth. And if Luna’s allegations are accurate, they deserve justice, no matter how high the guilty parties sit.
BREAKING: Tom Homan Reveals an Investigation is Underway Into AOC For…
Border Czar Tom Homan confirmed that a federal investigation is underway into Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for allegedly employing a criminal illegal alien and helping others evade federal immigration authorities.
Speaking from his post as one of President Trump’s top immigration officials, Homan revealed that ICE has launched a formal probe after multiple allegations emerged against the congresswoman.
“This is a live federal investigation. We’ve asked ICE to take immediate action,” Homan said during a televised interview.
The individual in question is reportedly an undocumented alien with a criminal record, unlawfully hired by AOC’s office.
According to internal reports, the employee had multiple encounters with law enforcement and should have been deported years ago.
Homan stressed that AOC’s potential interference with ICE operations could amount to obstruction of justice.
“This goes beyond hiring an illegal alien. There’s evidence she actively helped shield this person from deportation,” he stated.
Conservative leaders are sounding the alarm, warning that this may be only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to far-left officials flouting immigration laws.
AOC has long been known for championing sanctuary cities and attacking border agents, often labeling them as “racist” and “oppressors.”
Now, critics say her reckless rhetoric has crossed over into potentially criminal behavior.
“If a sitting congresswoman used her office to harbor an illegal alien, that’s a clear violation of federal law,” Homan declared.