The event in the East Room will revive a tradition of presidents welcoming their predecessors — regardless of party — back to the White House.
Today, former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, are returning to the White House for the unveiling of their official portraits. The event, hosted by President Biden and first lady Jill Biden in the East Room of the White House, revives a tradition of presidents welcoming their predecessors — regardless of party — that was among the norms that went on hiatus during the presidency of Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Trump and his associates continue to face legal peril on multiple fronts. The is reporting that a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate last month. And former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon is expected to face a new criminal indictment in New York state this week after he received a pardon from Trump in a federal fraud case.
Senate Republicans have a campaign cash problem. Former president Donald Trump does not.
Writing in The Early 202, The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer noted that as the battle for control of the Senate enters a critical stage, frustration is growing among Republicans that Trump hasn’t — and probably won’t — share some of the tens of millions of dollars that his political operation has amassed to help Republicans reclaim the chamber.
