President Joe Biden and his family were given tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders in 2023, according to an annual accounting published by the State Department on Thursday, with first lady Jill Biden receiving the single most expensive present: a $20,000 diamond from India’s leader. The 7.5-carat diamond from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was easily the most costly gift presented to any member of the first family in 2023, although she also received a brooch valued at $14,063 from the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States and a bracelet, brooch and photograph album worth $4,510 from the president and first lady of Egypt. The U.S. president himself received a number of expensive presents, including a commemorative photo album valued at $7,100 from South Korea’s recently impeached President Suk Yeol Yoon, a $3,495 statue of Mongolian warriors from the Mongolian prime minister, a $3,300 silver bowl from the sultan of Brunei, a $3,160 sterling silver tray from the president of Israel, and a collage worth $2,400 from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Breaking
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has cast himself and other opponents of a ‘reparations loan’ for Ukraine as ‘EU Ghostbusters’ in a video...
Three police officers responding to a domestic violence call were wounded and a suspect was killed Friday night in Rochester, New York, according to officials....
Japan’s militarization would degrade security in Northeast Asia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has said...
Mendocino County fisherman Brendan Walsh, 26, said he caught the fish Tuesday off the coast of Albion, about 150 miles north of San Francisco....
Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country as national testing results keep documenting.  Illiteracy rates are rising:  The...
Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country as national testing results keep documenting.  Illiteracy rates are rising:...
loading...