Day: December 23, 2024

The commutations affected 37 individuals on federal death row. Their sentences were reduced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The United States avoided a federal government shutdown when President Joe Biden, on Saturday, December 21, signed into law a three-month stopgap funding bill. Many political reporters described the bill as Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-Louisiana) “Plan C,” as two previous spending bills had failed in the U.S. House of Representatives. President-elect …

Mangione is facing four federal charges in addition to state charges.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) bashed President Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of 37 of 40 individuals on federal death row, calling the move “politically convenient.” “Once again, Democrats s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is expected to release its long-awaited report Monday into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, ending a yearslong investigation into allegations of sexual misconduc…

Marvin Gabrion, a Michigan inmate sitting on death row for the 1997 murder of Rachel Timmerman, had his death sentence commuted by President Joe Biden on Monday

The president-elect had floated the idea of buying the island, which is part of Denmark, during his first term in the White House.

President Biden spurred criticism and praise on Monday with his decision to commute all but three prisoners currently on federal death row.  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called the move “pol…

Luigi Mangione, suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is expected to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday to be arraigned on state murder and terrorism charges. Mangione, 26, is slated to appear before state Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro on the 11-count indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. He’s charged with first-degree …