The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights. The high court agreed to hear the case Monday. President Donald Trump's administration is asking the justices to revive a case against a Texas man charged with a felony because he allegedly had a gun in his home and acknowledged being a regular pot user. Defense attorneys got the charge tossed out after an appeals court largely struck down a law that bans guns from users of illegal drugs under the high court's more expansive view of the Second Amendment.

President Joe Biden is beginning an intense period of private debate preparations at Camp David. The Democrat's trip comes as officials in both major political parties scramble to set expectations for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. Biden's team notes he cannot afford an underwhelming performance against Donald Trump on June 27 in Atlanta. Trump's allies are pushing the Republican to stay focused on his governing plans but expect him to be tested by pointed questions about his unrelenting focus on election fraud and his legal baggage. Strategists on both sides agree on one thing: Nearly four months before Election Day, the political stakes could not be higher.

President Joe Biden says he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction on gun crimes. Biden, following the conclusion of a news conference held Thursday at the Group of Seven summit of the world's wealthiest democracies, responded he would not when asked whether he plans to commute the sentence for his son. Hunter Biden's sentencing date has not been set, and the three counts carry up to 25 years in prison, though that's unlikely as a first-time offender.

Republicans loyal to Donald Trump are largely echoing the former president's claim that the Justice Department has treated President Joe Biden's son with kid gloves while zealously prosecuting Trump. They used Hunter Biden's conviction Tuesday for charges related to buying a gun while addicted to drugs to press unsubstantiated or debunked allegations that Joe Biden acted while vice president to advance his family members' foreign business interests. Trump's campaign issued a statement calling the verdict "nothing more than a distraction from the real crimes of the Biden Crime Family."

President Joe Biden says he will accept the outcome of his son's criminal case and "will continue to respect the judicial process." The president made the statement after jurors convicted Hunter Biden on all three felony charges in his federal gun case in Delaware. In a written statement following the verdict, Hunter Biden said he was disappointed by the outcome but grateful for the support of family and friends. His attorney said they will continue to pursue "all the legal challenges available." First lady Jill Biden, who sat through most of the trial, arrived at the courthouse minutes after the jury delivered its verdict and was not in the courtroom when it was read.

Jurors have begun deliberating to decide whether Hunter Biden is guilty of federal firearms charges over a gun the president's son bought when prosecutors say he was in the throes of a crack cocaine addiction. President Joe Biden's son faces three felony charges stemming from the purchase of the revolver in 2018. Prosecutors say Hunter Biden lied on a gun purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Defense lawyers argue prosecutors failed to prove Hunter Biden was using drugs in the 11 days he possessed the gun.

Hunter Biden's defense attorney has called Naomi Biden to the stand in his federal gun trial. She is Hunter Biden's daughter. Abbe Lowell began calling witnesses Friday after federal prosecutors wrapped up their gun case. They say the president's son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form when he said he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty Lowell has said he did not believe he had a serious drug problem at the time of the gun purchase and that there was no attempt to deceive anyone. Jurors were sent home and would return Monday.

The widow of Hunter Biden's brother told jurors about the moment she found his revolver in the console of his truck. In testimony on Thursday, Hallie Biden described putting the gun into a leather pouch, stuffing it into a shopping bag and tossing it in a trash can outside a market near her home. Federal prosecutors have argued that Hunter Biden was in the throes of a heavy addiction when he bought the gun at the center of the case. He's been charged with three felonies and pleaded not guilty. Hunter Biden has said the Justice Department is bending to political pressure from Republicans.

The former clerk who sold a revolver to Hunter Biden is testifying in the gun case against the president's son. Gordon Cleveland said Wednesday that he watched as Biden entered his name, address and other personal information on the form in 2018. Hunter checked a box saying he was purchasing the gun for himself. Another question asked whether the buyer was "an unlawful user of or addicted to" marijuana, stimulants, narcotics or any other controlled substance. The clerk said Hunter checked no. First lady Jill Biden went to court for the third consecutive day, ahead of her trip to France to meet President Joe Biden, who was in Europe to mark the anniversary of D-Day.