A WELL-DESERVED PALL: White House Report Card: Hunter, inflation cast a pall over Biden. “This week’s White House report card finds President Joe Biden hiding from the brightening spotlight on his and first son Hunter’s alleged financial scheming, inflation’s refusal to let go of the economy, and the Ukraine money pit. While the president tried early in the week to keep the media’s focus on the positives of ‘Bidenomics’ and his expansion of the national park around the Grand Canyon, the criticism of his son and problems with the economy were bottomless.”