A plea deal and a firestorm

First: The White House wants to put the Hunter Biden criminal saga behind them, but Republicans say there's no chance the Bidens will get off that easy. 

Plus: Following Antony Blinken's China visit, President Biden calls Xi Jinping a "dictator." China calls it an "absurd provocation."

And: New reporting reveals Justice Samuel Alito took a lavish free trip with a Republican billionaire who later had business before the Supreme Court. 

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