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Biden signs with major Hollywood agency after leaving office

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Former President Joe Biden landed himself representation with a big Hollywood agency just weeks after leaving office.

Biden has signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), which previously represented him from 2017-2020.

“President Biden is one of America’s most respected and influential voices in national and global affairs,” CAA co-chairman Richard Lovett said in a statement. “His lifelong commitment to public service is one of unity, optimism, dignity, and possibility. We are profoundly honored to partner with him again.”

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Former President Joe Biden signed a representation deal with big-time Hollywood agency CAA. (HUM Images/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Under his previous stint with CAA, Biden released his memoir “Promise Me, Dad” in 2017, as well as his post-vice presidency “American Promise” speaking tour, which sold “more than 85,000 tickets nationwide,” according to CAA’s press release.

CAA also represents former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

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It has been two weeks since Biden left office, leaving President Trump the keys to the White House and telling his successor and predecessor, “Welcome home.”

It has been two weeks since former President Joe Biden left office. (Ron Sachs / Getty Images)

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Several Hollywood celebrities were influential in Biden being pushed out of the 2024 presidential race, particularly George Clooney, who wrote an op-ed in the New York Times detailing his decline.

Other stars who called for Biden to step down included Ashley Judd, John Cusack, Rob Reiner, Stephen King, Mia Farrow and Michael Douglas.

February 3, 2025
Trump to sign memo lifting Biden’s last-minute collective bargaining agreements made before leaving office

FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memo Friday to lift the collective bargaining agreements former President Joe Biden put into effect before leaving office, Fox News Digital has learned.

The president’s memo will direct federal agencies to reject last-minute collective bargaining agreements issued by the Biden administration, which White House officials said were designed to “constrain” the Trump administration from reforming the government.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C, on Jan. 23, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

The memo prohibits agencies from making new collective bargaining agreements during the final 30 days of a president’s term. It also directs agency heads to disapprove any collective bargaining agreements that Biden put through during the final 30 days of his term.

The White House said collective bargaining agreements enacted before that time period will remain in effect while the Trump administration “negotiates a better deal for the American people.”

Biden’s Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley in December 2024 came to an agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees guaranteeing that the agency’s 42,000 employees would not have to come into the office during the Trump administration.

President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)

The White House told Fox News Digital that the new policy “ensures the American people get the policies they voted for, instead of being stuck with the wasteful and ineffective Biden policies rejected at the ballot box.”

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“The outgoing Biden administration negotiated lame-duck, multi-year collective bargaining agreements—during the week before the inauguration—in an attempt to tie the incoming Trump administration’s hands,” a White House fact sheet on the memo obtained by Fox News Digital states.

The White House pointed to the Biden administration’s Department of Education’s agreement that prohibited the return of remote employees and agreements for the Biden Small Business Administration and Federal Trade Commission.

The president’s new memo also is aimed to ensure that federal government agencies operate under similar rules as private sector unions and employers. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“These CBAs attempt to prevent President Trump from implementing his promises to the American people, such as returning Federal employees to the office to make government operate more efficiently,” the fact sheet states. “President Biden’s term of office ended on January 20th. Under this memorandum, he and future Presidents cannot govern agencies after leaving office by locking in last-minute CBAs.”

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The president’s new memo also is aimed to ensure that federal government agencies operate under similar rules as private sector unions and employers.

The memo comes after the White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM) directed agency and department heads to notify employees by the new return to in-person work order. That order required employees to work full-time in the office unless excused due to disability or qualifying medical conditions.

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And this week, OPM sent emails to the full federal workforce offering the option of resignation with full pay and benefits until Sept. 30 if they do not want to return to the office. Those workers have until Feb. 6 to decide.

The federal workers that did not get that option work as postal workers, military immigration officials, some national security officials, and any positions agencies decide to carve out.

Brooke Singman is a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and FOX Business.

January 31, 2025
Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff lands law firm gig days after leaving DC

Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, landed a private sector job just days after leaving Washington, D.C.

After his wife’s unsuccessful Democratic presidential campaign against President Donald Trump, the former second gentleman is joining the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as a partner.

The firm made the announcement on Monday – a week after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president.

The New York-based firm, which employs about 1,200 lawyers around the world, said Emhoff “brings more than three decades serving as a litigator, trial lawyer, and trusted counsel to clients and global business leaders, as well as extensive experience representing the United States around the world, to Willkie’s broad corporate and litigation platforms.”

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Former first lady Jill Biden and former second gentleman Douglas Emhoff look on after President Donald Trump was sworn in at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb – Pool/Getty Images)

His practice “will focus on advising corporations, boards of directors, and individuals on their most consequential business challenges, sensitive investigations, and complex litigation, including matters with significant reputational concerns that are international in scope, and emerging legal issues across industries and sectors,” the firm said.

“Doug’s leadership and his service as a trusted counselor to many global business leaders across a broad range of industries, as well as his extensive legal expertise and business acumen, make him a tremendous asset,” Willkie Farr & Gallagher Chairman Thomas Cerabino said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to be adding Doug to the Willkie partnership during this period of transformational firm growth.”

“I am delighted to be joining Willkie, where I am looking forward to working alongside trusted and innovative legal counselors,” Emhoff said. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to join this talented and collaborative team.”

Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff listen as President Donald Trump speaks after taking the oath of office in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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Emhoff will split his time between Los Angeles and New York. The firm said the former second gentleman will also continue to serve as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., teaching a course on entertainment law. Days before leaving office, former President Joe Biden appointed Emhoff to serve on the board of trustees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

When Harris was selected as Biden’s running mate in August 2020, Emhoff took a leave of absence from one of the country’s largest law firms, DLA Piper. He formally parted ways with the firm before his wife took office.

Emhoff played an influential role in fundraising for his wife’s Democratic bid for the White House against Trump after Biden exited the race. The former second gentleman hosted fundraisers with big law firm donors, as well as his connections in the entertainment industry in California, Reuters reported.

Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, greet Vice President-elect JD Vance, right, and his wife, Usha Vance, left, upon their arrival at the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In its announcement, Willkie Farr & Gallagher stressed how Emhoff has practiced law for more than 30 years and “served as a trusted advisor to companies and leaders in business and technology hubs around the world, managing high-profile disputes and solving complex problems across entertainment, media, sports, technology, and business.”

The firm also championed Emhoff’s experience as second gentleman, saying “his broad portfolio included traveling around the world representing the United States, including at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand, and numerous other diplomatic events, and leading the administration’s work combatting antisemitism.”

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Citing court records, Reuters reported that Emhoff has represented clients including the creators of the movie “American Made,” National Football League wide receiver Willie Gault, as well as the corporations Merck and Walmart.

Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on X: @danimwallace.

January 28, 2025
Taxpayers leaving thousands of dollars on the table at tax time: expert

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Tax season officially begins Monday when the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin accepting returns for the 2024 tax year, but taxpayers should be aware of deductions and credits that could be worth thousands before they file, a tax expert warns.

Karla Dennis, CEO and founder of KDA, Inc., a tax strategy agency, told FOX Business that taxpayers run the risk of leaving upwards of $2,500 to $5,000 on the table due to a lack of awareness of certain tax credits and deductions that they may be eligible to claim and reduce the amount of taxes they’re on the hook for.

“Many taxpayers are leaving money on the table,” Dennis said. “I’ve been in the industry for 30-plus years and when I work with individuals taxes and talk with them, I realize they’re very unaware of a lot of the various tax credits that they can use to offset their tax liability.”

Various tax credits and deductions are available to taxpayers who’ve spent money on certain activities such as education, medical expenses, state and local taxes and more.

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Taxpayers should familiarize themselves with tax credits and deductions they may be eligible for prior to filing their tax return. (Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images / Getty Images)

“Many taxpayers are changing careers, they’re going back to school, they’re getting higher education, and they’re not familiar with the lifetime learning credit, the American opportunity credit, and these can help to reduce their overall tax liability,” Dennis said.

She added that the American opportunity credit can be refundable for up to $1,000 which can be helpful for people looking to pay for classes and other expenses while in school.

Dennis said that taxpayers should monitor their spending on healthcare activities over the course of the year because they can be eligible for the medical expense deduction if that spending exceeds 7.5% of their adjusted gross income. For example, based on an income of $50,000 the taxpayer can deduct expenses above $3,750.

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Tax credits and deductions can help taxpayers minimize their tax liability. (iStock / iStock)

“They need to take advantage of writing off their insurance premiums if they’re not pre-tax through an employer,” Dennis explained.

“There’s the long-term care premiums that are a write-off, in addition to the co-pay for going to the doctor, to the emergency room, to the office visit, the pharmaceutical payment you make to the pharmacy to get prescriptions filled,” she added. “Even driving to and from the doctor you can take the mileage as a write off.”

The state and local tax (SALT) deduction is available up to a cap of $10,000 for taxpayers who itemize their returns. Dennis said taxpayers claiming the deduction should make sure they’re aggregating their income taxes, property taxes and DMV fees.

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The IRS’ tax filing season for the 2024 tax year begins Monday, Jan. 27. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images / Getty Images)

Dennis said that individual taxpayers should “be mindful and realize that taxes are all year from January to December” so they should consider talking to a tax advisor earlier in the year to plan ahead.

She recommends that taxpayers do what she calls her “12 by 12” in which they look at their expenses for each month of the year one at a time over the course of a 12-day period, which she believes helps taxpayers avoid feeling overwhelmed at the last minute and forgetting things that could’ve saved them money when they filed their taxes.

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Dennis added that taxpayers may benefit from pausing before filing their return once it’s ready to be filed so that they can think about something they may have forgotten so that they can add it before filing and avoid having to amend their return.

January 27, 2025
Novak Djokovic posts image of MRI showing hamstring injury after fans boo him for leaving match

Novak Djokovic put it all out there.

The Serbian tennis star posted a scan of his injured left hamstring on social media early Sunday after being booed at the Australian Open when he quit playing one set into his semifinal. He said at his news conference that he had a torn muscle, but faced criticism from fans on soecial media who questioned how serious the injury was.

Djokovic seemingly let the backlash get to him, as he posted the picture of the MRI taken Saturday on X to prove the doubters wrong.

“Thought I’d leave this here for all the sports injury ‘experts’ out there,” he wrote.

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The veteran tennis star did not offer any additional information, such as the exact diagnosis he might have received or any timeline for his recovery.

The 37-year-old Djokovic stopped his match against Alexander Zverev after dropping the opening set in a tiebreaker on Friday. After shaking hands with Zverev and the chair umpire, Djokovic gathered his equipment and started walking toward the locker room.

Some of the spectators in Rod Laver Arena jeered him. Djokovic put both of his thumbs up before leaving.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand return to Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

During his on-court interview, Zverev chastised those who booed Djokovic.

“I know that everybody paid for tickets and everybody wants to see hopefully a great five-set match,” Zverev said. “But you’ve got to understand — Novak Djokovic is somebody that has given this sport, for the past 20 years, absolutely everything of his life.”

Djokovic had been hurt late in the first set of his previous match, a four-set victory against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night.

Djokovic finished that match with tape on his upper left leg and had a similar wrap at the start against Zverev.

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia gestures to the crowd during his third round match against Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

“I did everything I possibly can to basically manage the muscle tear that I had,” Djokovic said at his news conference Friday.

“Towards the end of that first set, I just started feeling more and more pain,” he said. “It was too much, I guess, to handle for me at the moment. Unfortunate ending, but I tried.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital. He previously worked for ESPN and Business Insider. Jackson has covered the Super Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.

January 26, 2025
BMW UK announces it's leaving X — and gets mercilessly mocked

BMW Group UK’s announcement that it is “no longer posting on X” was met with backlash and mockery. In its post, the German luxury automaker’s UK branch also assured customers that the company would continue to post on Facebook and Instagram.

While the company did not explain the reasoning behind the decision, many social media users linked it to a controversy involving X owner Elon Musk doing what critics say was a “Nazi salute” during President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Musk has taken heat from critics who accused him of doing a “fascist salute” while speaking at an Inauguration Day event. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) came to the billionaire’s defense, with ADL said that what Musk did was merely an “awkward gesture” and “not a Nazi salute.”

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Following the company’s social media announcement, X users were quick to bring up the German luxury automaker’s past links to the Adolf Hitler, with many posting images of him touring BMW factories.

“Never ask a man his salary, a woman her weight, or a German company what their primary source of labor was from 1939-1945,” Jack “Kenjac” Kennedy, a Barstool Sports podcaster and content creator, wrote.

On its website, BMW addresses its history, including the company’s actions during the “National Socialist era,” but the page makes no mention of Hitler or the Nazis.

“During the war, the company management exhibited no moral scruples in making widespread use of forced labor and prisoners in concentration camps in order to comply with the production figures laid down by the authorities. These people had to work under terrible conditions and many died of hunger and exhaustion,” the company’s website reads. “BMW bears a substantial share of the burden of responsibility for these events and undoubtedly incurred a burden of guilt in committing these crimes.”

The company was also slammed for going “woke.” This comes as many companies have started rolling back DEI policies. Even Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, joined in the mockery, telling followers they should not buy BMWs.

“BMW = “Becoming More Woke,” Lee wrote on X. “Don’t buy their cars.”

Meanwhile, Chaya Raichik, the creator of the popular X account LibsofTikTok, made fun of the company for writing the post.

“This isn’t an airport. You don’t need to announce your departure,” Raichik wrote.

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After criticism earlier this week, Musk joked that “radical leftists” were upset that they had to take a break from “praising Hamas to call me a Nazi,” prompting Netanyahu came to the billionaire’s defense.

The Israeli prime minister said Musk was being “falsely smeared,” calling him a “great friend of Israel.”

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When asked for comment on the controversy, a BMW UK spokesperson told the New York Post that “in the UK we’ll continue to be active on x, providing a dedicated customer support channel.” The spokesperson reportedly did not touch on the controversy surrounding Musk and whether it contributed to the decision.

BMW UK has yet to respond to a Fox Business request for comment.

January 25, 2025