Good morning. We're covering a presidential pardon for Hunter Biden and fierce fighting in Syria. Plus: The best TV of the year.
President Biden pardoned his son HunterIn a reversal, President Biden last night fully and unconditionally pardoned his son Hunter, using the power of his office to wave aside years of legal troubles, including a federal conviction for illegally buying a gun. In a statement, the president said he decided to issue the executive grant of clemency for his son because he considered the charges politically motivated and designed to hurt him politically. "The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election," he said. Read the full statement. Past presidents have used their executive power late in a term to commute the sentence of a family member. President Bill Clinton pardoned his half-brother Roger Clinton for old cocaine charges, and Donald Trump pardoned his son-in-law's father, Charles Kushner, for tax evasion and other crimes. (Over the weekend, Trump said that he would nominate Kushner to be the U.S. ambassador to France.) In other U.S. political news:
Fighting rages in Syria as rebels advanceRebel forces advanced in Syria amid fierce fighting yesterday, capturing the airport and the military academy of Aleppo and attacking the outskirts of Hama, a city in the country's west, according to rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Government troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad rushed in reinforcements and launched airstrikes on Aleppo, according to the Observatory, a war monitor in Britain. The rebels had captured much of Aleppo a day earlier in a surprise offensive. They now control a broad patch across the provinces of Hama, Idlib and Aleppo in western and northwestern Syria, according to officials from the rebel-linked administration and the war monitor. The Observatory said that government troops were battling to defend Hama and that reinforcements had arrived to man defensive lines around that city and others nearby. Syrian government warplanes bombed territory now held by the rebels, including targets across the city of Aleppo, causing dozens of civilian casualties, the monitor said. The rebel alliance is led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which was once linked with Al Qaeda but publicly broke with the terrorist group years ago. Turkish-backed rebel groups have also joined them. Also in the Middle East:
Pro-E.U. protests rocked GeorgiaThousands of protesters in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, clashed with the police late into last night during the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations over the recently elected government's suspension of the country's bid to join the E.U. On Thursday, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that the government would stall the process of E.U. accession — a goal enshrined in Georgia's Constitution — until 2028. He also said that the government would refuse all grants by the E.U., which are usually worth tens of millions of dollars annually. More than 150 people had been arrested as of Saturday night, officials said, adding that several police officers and 42 of its employees had been hurt since the protests began. Context: Georgia has been gripped by political crisis since the disputed victory of the Georgian Dream party in October's parliamentary elections. Since being elected, the party has been pivoting Georgia more toward Russia and China. Georgia's opposition, which says the election was rigged, seeks closer ties with the West.
The internet relies on hundreds of cables crossing the floors and the canyons of the earth's oceans. When they snap — as some did in the vast undersea canyon known as the Bottomless Hole — millions of people may find themselves cut off. For more: In a video, James Glanz, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains what went wrong with the subsea cables and shows how such problems are fixed.
The best TV shows of 2024In a year of so-so television — well-cast, professionally produced shows that failed to break new ground — a few dozen shows stood out. "English Teacher," "My Brilliant Friend," "Shogun," above, "Babylon Berlin" and "Somebody Somewhere" were among them. Read the full list, check off the ones you've already seen and create your holiday watch list here. We hope you've enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
Cook: Welcome December with these zingy iced peppermint cookies. Watch: These are the six movies our reviewers are talking about this week. Move: Should you try to exercise your way out of a hangover? Play the Spelling Bee. And here are today's Mini Crossword and Wordle. You can find all our puzzles here. That's it for today's briefing. See you tomorrow. — Natasha Reach Natasha and the team at briefing@nytimes.com.
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Monday Briefing: President Biden pardons his son
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