Former President Joe Biden's longtime doctor has been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior, adding to the cloud of controversy surrounding the former White House physician.
The bombshell claims come from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson (R), who has faced allegations of his own wrongdoing in the past.
Jackson, who was the White House physician under President Barack Obama and later President Donald Trump, said that O'Connor would make lewd, uncomfortable jokes to colleagues.
To be more specific, O'Connor would take people's cellphones and stick them down his pants for laughs, according to Jackson, who was O'Connor's boss at the White House Medical Unit (WHMU).
O'Connor "would ask people, people that he had just met, for their cell phone. They would give him their cell phone. He would stick it in his pants, in his crotch, and then give it back to them," Jackson claimed.
''[O'Connor] thought that was just hilarious," added Jackson. "Most people thought it was weird and inappropriate and immature, but he thought it was funny."
O'Connor did not respond to Daily Mail's request for comment. But Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, former White House physician and Jackson's direct predecessor in the role, said he never witnessed anything to back up his claims. "I am adamantly telling you: I left in July 2013 and I wasn't aware of that, no one mentioned that," he said.
Jackson offered a weak excuse for not firing O'Connor on the spot, saying he was "essentially part of the Biden family" and therefore protected. Kuhlman slammed Jackson for not bringing the accusations against O'Connor sooner.
"If it happened on [Jackson's] watch, his responsibility was to talk to the WH military office, deputy chief of staff. It's kind of repulsive that he would bring this up 10 years later," he said.
Jackson was hit with an Inspector General report in 2021 that found he drank on the job and made sexual comments to subordinates. He has dismissed the report, which led to his demotion in the Navy, as a political hit job.
Kuhlman said O'Connor and Jackson are rivals, and this may have something to do with Jackson's claims. "I would point out the obvious: the inspector general of the Navy did a report into Ronny Jackson. Jackson's opinion is that Kevin O'Connor was the source of that," Kuhlman said.
"For the record, from 2006-13 no one ever told me Ronny Jackson was behaving inappropriately. So I wasn't protecting anyone. He and Kevin were both ambitious people, sometimes you get blinded by ambition."
Kevin O'Connor has been Biden's doctor since 2009, making him a key witness in the investigation of the former president's cognitive decline.
The relationship between O'Connor and the Bidens has raised eyebrows. O'Connor was even tied to one of the family's business ventures.
O'Connor ruled Joe Biden "fit for duty" in February of 2024, despite never administering a cognitive test. This has naturally led many to suspect O'Connor was part of the cover-up.
Joe Biden crashed the set of the action series "Reacher" in Philadelphia, once again defying his Democratic Party's wishes to disappear from public view.
The show's crew was filming a police chase outside a restaurant when Biden shuffled on set, making for a surreal turn of events. As reported by CBS Philadelphia, Biden and his family were getting breakfast at a local spot, Parc.
While it isn't clear if the Bidens knew what they were getting into, the cast and crew of "Reacher" were definitely taken aback.
"I thought it was the end of the scene — that they were wrapping for the day. And no, it was, you know, Joe Biden decided he needed some breakfast at Parc Rittenhouse," HughE Dillon, a local photographer, said.
In case there were any doubts about Hollywood's liberal bias, the cast and crew of the show erupted in cheers when they saw Biden's decrepit form emerge from a black SUV.
“Out walked these men, that I thought they were actors, but then the entire cast and crew started clapping and cheering,” Dillon said. “Then someone said, ‘We love you, Joe, we love you!'”
Lead actor Alan Ritchson, who is known for his anti-Trump views, snapped selfies with Biden, his wife Jill, and son Hunter, with Ritchson calling it an "honor."
"So our Reacher set got in the way of these legends,” Ritchson wrote on Instagram. “Was a privilege and honor to meet the Biden family. They couldn’t have been more lovely. Kind, joyful, gracious and present. We chatted briefly about simple stuff, like string theory and quantum entanglement. Then Joe beat me at arm wrestling. All in a day’s work.”
Biden is known for his ties to Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania, where he held a lucrative position after leaving the White House for the first time in 2017. Biden netted almost $1 million from the professor role, despite appearing a handful of times on campus.
Weeks after resigning the presidency in January, Biden signed with a Hollywood talent agency, signaling a continued desire to profit on his notoriety.
Biden's wish to stay in the spotlight has angered Democrats, who blame their disastrous losses in November on Biden and his quixotic re-election hopes, although many argue the party's problems run much deeper.
The infamously stubborn ex-president has continued to defend his tarnished legacy, frustrating Democrats who want him to exit public life for good.
Scrutiny of Biden has been increasing, with former allies in the liberal media no longer defending him as Republicans in Congress launch an investigation into the cover-up of his cognitive decline. Democrats are boycotting the GOP's probe, calling it a partisan distraction.
Just days after he paused immigration enforcement at worksites in farming and hospitality, President Trump is resuming Immigration and Customes Enforcement (ICE) raids in those industries.
Trump's latest move clarifies that there are no "safe spaces" where illegal aliens can find shelter from the law, the Trump administration explained.
“There will be no safe spaces for industries who harbor violent criminals or purposely try to undermine ICE’s efforts,” Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary for DHS, told the Washington Post.
“Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to safeguard public safety, national security and economic stability," she added.
The president's initial decision to exempt farmers and hospitality workers from ICE raids came as a disappointment to many Trump supporters, who saw the move as detrimental to his mass deportation pledge.
Within the administration, immigration hawk Stephen Miller, one of the architects of Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, voiced objections to making carveouts, as business executives and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins raised concerns to Trump about labor shortages.
In a Truth Social post, Trump had initially signaled "changes are coming" to "help out farmers."
Hours later, ICE agents were directed by the Department of Homeland Security to "hold on all worksite enforcement investigations/operations on agriculture (including aquaculture and meat packing plants), restaurants and operating hotels.”
By Sunday, Trump was hardening his stance again as he ordered ICE to expand operations in "Democratic power centers" with large illegal populations, like Los Angeles, where anti-ICE riots exploded earlier this month.
On Sunday, word began to spread among ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) supervisors that the White House did not support the exemption, the Washington Post reported.
The news was confirmed in a nationwide call Monday with 30 field offices, which were told to "continue conducting immigration raids at agricultural businesses, hotels and restaurants," according to two people familiar with the call.
Immigration advocates have long argued that the illegal labor force performs undesirable work that Americans will not do themselves, but supporters of Trump's mass deportations say a reduction in cheap, foreign labor will force employers to raise wages, making the jobs that "Americans won't do" more attractive to citizens.
As a logistical matter, Trump likely cannot meet his ambitious deportation goals without raiding the locations where illegal aliens tend to work, including farms and hotels.
By once again targeting those places, Trump is getting back on track and making it clear that illegal aliens face removal from the U.S., wherever they happen to work.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized military dependents to evacuate the Middle East, as tit-for-tat strikes between Israel and Iran raise concerns of a wider war in the region.
As reported by Fox News Digital, the order impacts the U.S. Central Command, which includes bases in countries like Iraq, Syria, and Bahrain.
"The safety and security of our service members and their families remains our highest priority and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) is monitoring the developing tension in the Middle East. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations across the CENTCOM AOR," a defense official said.
As tensions continue to mount, Hegseth announced he is deploying additional U.S. forces to strengthen America's "defensive posture," a sign that the White House is preparing for the conflict to escalate.
“Protecting US forces is our top priority and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,” Hegseth wrote on X.
The newly deployed forces include an aircraft carrier and several refueling aircraft, Reuters reported.
Tensions in the Middle East are surging after Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, killing top scientists and military officials. An Israeli plan to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader was reportedly vetoed by President Trump, who nevertheless has kept the threat of force on the table.
“We know exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding,” Trump wrote in a post on Tuesday.
"He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin."
Trump's sharpening tone comes as he has lost patience with Iran's failure to negotiate a new nuclear agreement.
President Trump has maintained that the region won't be stable if Iran obtains a nuclear bomb, and he has not ruled out the chance of the U.S. getting involved in a regional conflict.
"We’re not involved in it. It’s possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved,” Trump told ABC News’s Rachel Scott on Sunday.
The Israel-Iran standoff has opened up a rift in the MAGA movement, with dovish populists accusing President Trump of abandoning his pledge to stay out of new wars and Republican hawks praising Trump for taking a hard line on Iran.
Trump left the G7 summit early on Tuesday to address the crisis from the White House.
President Trump shut down a request from Israel to assassinate the top leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
As reported by Reuters, Israel was prepared to strike before Trump vetoed the plan over worries about a widening conflict.
Trump's intervention stopped what would have been a dramatic escalation in an Israeli campaign targeting Iran's regime.
Israel's strikes began early Friday as a surprise attack on Iran's nuclear program that eliminated scientists and top military officials.
But Israel has hinted the strikes could expand and result in regime change, a goal long sought by hawks in the GOP.
"Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” an official told Reuters.
In a Fox News interview Sunday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dodged questions about the plan to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader.
"But I can tell you, I think that we do what we need to do, we'll do what we need to do. And I think the United States knows what is good for the United States," Netanyahu said.
An end to the theocratic regime in Tehran "could certainly be the result” of the conflict “because the Iranian regime is very weak," he added.
Netanyahu's goals have created tension with the White House, while driving a divide within Trump's MAGA movement.
On one side are "America First" populists who argue that Trump must keep the U.S. out of a potentially disastrous conflict, while hawkish Republicans have said Israel is confronting a common threat to the U.S. by targeting Iran's nuclear program.
Trump has said the U.S. was not involved in the strikes, which came despite his diplomatic efforts to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. Trump has faced criticism from some on the right, such as Tucker Carlson, who suggested Trump is abandoning his "America First" base with his handling of the situation.
The president, who has long taken pride in being a peacemaker, has continued to call for de-escalation, but he has not ruled out the possibility of the U.S. getting involved in the conflict in the future.
“We’re not involved in it. It’s possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved,” Trump told ABC News on Sunday.
"Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Sunday, adding, “We will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran."
President Donald Trump has been widely praised for swiftly deploying National Guard and U.S. military troops to the Los Angeles area to assist law enforcement in quelling the anti-ICE riots that have occured for weeks.
But according to reports, he's also taking a lot of criticism, mostly from the left. Axios reported that "every" Senate Democrat has demanded that Trump remove all military forces from the Los Angeles area.
The president made the decision to deploy the troops after it became painfully apparent that local law enforcement was outmatched, at least numbers-wise.
The National Guard and a contingent of U.S Marines have played a crucial role in helping safeguard local citizens and their property while radical, wacky liberals continue to rage in the streets over ICE deportations, or something.
Sen. Alex Padilla reportedly led the entire Senate Democratic caucus in penning a letter to President Trump demanding that he remove the military presence from the city at once.
The outlet noted:
The letter from Padilla and 46 other Senate Democrats asked Trump to "immediately withdraw all military personnel that have been deployed to Los Angeles in recent day."
"Respect for our Constitution and for our civilian law enforcement demands nothing less," the Democratic senators wrote, even as rioters continued to loot, burn and destroy property across the area.
The Trump administration notched a massive legal win this week after a federal appeals court ruled that his military intervention in the area could continue, as the Trump administration said that the troops would not be involved in arresting anyone, only serving to protect federal property and personnel.
Now that the anti-ICE riots have spread to other cities, like Atlanta, the president said he hasn't ruled out taking a similar troop deployment approach to affected areas.
The Democratic caucus wrote to Trump, asking that he "cease any further threats of deploying National Guard or other active duty military personnel into American cities absent a request from the Governor."
Users across social media largely supported Trump's military intervention in the area, especially as the violence level increased.
Democrats have used the moment as a rallying cry against Trump. However, so far, it hasn't seemed to work.
While the liberal media and their allies try to make the situation as dramatic as possible, Trump only says he wants the situation to die down.
It'll be curious to see if any additional cities devolve into the same chaos that was witnessed across the greater Los Angeles area over the past two weeks.
The radical leftists who support illegal aliens so hard that they're willing to riot across cities to take a stand for them are going to be especially upset when they find out who is not being released from ICE custody.
According to Breitbart, Hamas supporter Mahmoud Khalil, who led pro-Hamas protests at Columbia University, who also happens to be a green card holder, will not be released from ICE custody.
The bombshell ruling came down at the hands of a New Jersey District Judge on Friday.
Khalil requested that the judge approve his release, but New Jersey District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz rejected the request.
The judge held nothing back when explaining why he denied the Hamas supporter's request to be released from custody.
The judge said Khalil "did not put forward factual evidence as to why it might be unlawful to detain him” on a second charge, and “failed to make meaningful legal arguments."
UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil will not be released from ICE custody.
Today, an NJ District judge ruled that the anti-Israel agitator failed to "put forward factual evidence as to why it might be unlawful to detain him" on the charge of omitting key information on his green card… pic.twitter.com/EhXP6lbVXZ
— Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) June 13, 2025
"The Court preliminary enjoined the Respondents from detaining the Petitioner on a particular charge," Judge Farbiarz wrote, noting, “It would be plainly be unlawful to detain the Petitioner on a charge the Court preliminarily enjoined."
Judge Farbiarz then spoke about the second charge.
“As the Court noted at some length on May 28, the Petitioner did not put forward factual evidence as to why it might be unlawful to detain him on the second charge, and the Petitioner failed to make meaningful legal arguments as to that second charge,” the judge said.
Users across social media had plenty to say about the judge's ruling.
"Oh there is an actual judge out there still following the law?" one X user wrote.
Another X user expressed their anger at taxpayer dollars being used to prosecute him, writing, "It took him a moment to lie on his visa application, but will cost us millions of $ and societal angst to remove him. Is he really due this much process?"
Only time will tell what will ultimately happen to him.
President Donald Trump shared the "surprising" reason Elon Musk turned against him in a bizarre public meltdown that Musk has since said he regrets.
Trump suggested that his alliance with the Tesla CEO fractured over electric vehicle policy -- with Trump saying he was surprised Musk didn't raise his concerns on the campaign trail.
Trump signed a resolution Thursday that overturns California's electric car mandate, which would phase out all gas-powered cars in the state by 2035.
In comments during the signing, Trump said he was surprised Musk endorsed his campaign in the first place, given Trump's public opposition to the mandate.
“This has been there from day one [that] we’re going to abolish the EV mandate. And Elon still endorsed me,” Trump said.
“Honestly, he never ever spoke to me about that. And I used to say, ‘I’m amazed that he’s endorsing me because that can’t be good for him," he went on.
Trump said he brought it up with his "friend," and the Tesla CEO told him that he had no issue, as long as all electric car companies would be treated the same.
“And I once asked him about it… He said, ‘Well, so long as it’s happening to everybody, I’ll be able to compete.’ It was a very interesting answer. I thought it was a very honest answer.”
It seemed that everything was "cool," Trump said... until it wasn't.
"I said, 'That's very cool. It's very good.' That was my answer. After that, he got a little bit strange… over much smaller things," Trump recalled.
When he suddenly turned against Trump last week, Musk cited concerns with the federal deficit, ripping Trump's reconciliation bill as a "disgusting abomination" -- but the vicious nature of the insults that followed pointed to something personal.
Trump reacted, mostly, with restraint as Musk called for Trump's impeachment, took credit for his election win and claimed, without proof, that Trump is implicated in the Epstein files.
As their relationship unraveled in public, the president expressed disappointment that Musk did not object to the "Big, Beautiful Bill" sooner, with Trump accusing Musk of being upset that the bill removes electric car tax credits.
"I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people," Trump said in the Oval Office at the time. "He knew everything about it. He had no problem with it. All of a sudden, he had a problem."
Musk has since expressed regret for his erratic meltdown, but the president doesn't seem to be in a big hurry to reconcile.
President Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that targets California's unprecedented ban on gas-powered cars.
The move prompted an immediate legal challenge from Governor Gavin Newsom (D), who has maintained California's place as a trendsetter in far-left policymaking on issues like climate and immigration.
California's first-in-the-nation ban was approved in the more favorable regulatory climate of the Biden era. Trump has pledged to end Biden's "Green New Scam," putting California's climate regime on the chopping block.
The ban would require all gas-powered cars to be phased out in the nation's most populous state by 2035. Trump revoked a waiver that the Biden administration granted that allows California to set stricter emission standards than those set by the federal government.
Trump called California's EV mandate a "disaster" that "would effectively abolish the internal combustion engine, which most people prefer."
Republicans in Congress had approved the resolution that Trump signed in May, using a procedure under the Congressional Review Act.
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents major carmakers, applauded Trump’s move.
“Everyone agreed these EV sales mandates were never achievable and wildly unrealistic,” John Bozzella, the group’s president and CEO, said in a statement.
While Democrats hold up electric vehicle mandates like Newsom's as pioneering moves to tackle a warming climate, opponents say they eliminate consumer choice and threaten a reliable technology - the internal combustion engine - prematurely.
Trump's move was swiftly challenged in court by Newsom and attorney general Rob Bonta (D), who accused Trump - who recently deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles without Newsom's approval of an "all-out assault on California" that will result in greater pollution.
"Trump’s all-out assault on California continues, and this time he’s destroying our clean air and America’s global competitiveness in the process,” Newsom said in a statement.
"And this time he’s destroying our clean air and America’s global competitiveness in the process,” Newsom said in a statement. “We are suing to stop this latest illegal action by a president who is a wholly owned subsidiary of big polluters.”
Trump has taken similar efforts to target pioneering environmental policies like New York's congestion pricing, which is meant to discourage people from using passenger vehicles.
President Trump is bringing back the original Confederate names of Army bases like Fort Lee, undoing a trend of cultural revisionism that escalated in the Biden era.
The stunning reversal is certain to anger Trump's critics in the Democratic party, who accuse him of celebrating traitors who fought to defend white supremacy. The president announced the change to a crowd of soldiers at Fort Bragg, who erupted into cheers over the news.
"For a little breaking news," Trump said, "we are also going to be restoring the names to Fort Pickett, Fort Hood, Fort Gordon, Fort Rucker, Fort Polk, Fort A.P. Hill, and Fort Robert E. Lee."
The traditional names of the bases were erased as part of the racial "reckoning" that followed the death of George Floyd. Trump, who has long opposed "politically correct" efforts to erase American heritage, vetoed a military bill in the waning days of his first term that required bases to be renamed, but Congress overrode him.
The political climate has changed considerably since then, with the post-Floyd "racial reckoning," and ideologies like DEI, in retreat. While Trump is bringing back the old names, the seven bases will honor different namesakes.
The new Fort Lee will be named after Private Fitz Lee, who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Spanish-American War. Under Biden, Fort Lee became Fort Greg-Addams.
The new Fort Pickett will honor 1st Lt. Vernon W. Pickett, who destroyed Nazi positions with grenades in France, was captured and later escaped before dying in combat, receiving the Distinguished Service Cross.
Fort Hood will return to being Fort Hood, but this time it's being named after Col. Richard B. Hood, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in World War I.
Fort Gordon, formerly Fort Eisenhower, will be named after Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, who received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his bravery in the Battle of Mogadishu, also known as "Black Hawk Down."
Fort Polk in Louisiana will be named for Gen. James H. Polk, who was awarded the Silver Star as commanding officer of the 3rd Mechanized Cavalry Group in World War II; Fort Rucker will honor Capt. Edward W. Rucker, a World War I aviator who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery against numerically superior German forces; and Fort A.P. Hill will be named after Lt. Col. Edward Hill, 1st Sgt. Robert A. Pinn and Private Bruce Anderson, who each received the Medal of Honor during the Civil War.
In recent years, Confederate leaders have increasingly been seen as traitors, although figures like Robert E. Lee were widely esteemed in the relatively recent past.
None other than President Eisenhower called Lee one of the great Americans.
Trump added another reason for keeping the old names in his speech at Fort Bragg.
"We won a lot of battles out of those forts. It’s no time to change. And I’m superstitious. You know, I like to keep it going, right? I’m very superstitious. We want to keep it going," Trump said.