Anti-Trump federal government lawyers are being begged to "ride it out" in the new administration, with activists encouraging them to act as a bulwark against the incoming president's policies and actions.
Victims' families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences.
Former President Clinton was admitted to a Washington hospital Monday with a fever, his spokesperson said on social media. “President Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center this afternoon for testing and observation after developing a fever,” Angel Ureña said on the social platform X around 5 p.m. EST. “He remains in good spirits...
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) dropped his eleventh-hour lawsuit seeking to block the release of his House Ethics Committee report since the committee distributed it publicly. The report, released Monday, found “substantial evidence” that Gaetz paid a 17-year-old high school student for sex when he was 35, used illicit drugs like cocaine and ecstasy and...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a pilot project that would allow a company to build a small road made out of a radioactive fertilizer byproduct — drawing environmentalist ire. The Biden administration's approval allows Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC to construct a road made of phosphogypsum on its property in New Wales, Fla. Phosphogypsum contains...
A chorus of supporters and critics have emerged following the commutation of nearly every federal death row inmate by President Biden, whose decision came at a time when he’s trying to frame a so-far troubled legacy. The president on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, reclassifying their sentences from execution to...
Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Lt. Shane Lamond was convicted Monday of obstructing an investigation into the former Proud Boys national chair, Enrique Tarrio, just weeks before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson found Lamond guilty on one count of obstructing justice and three counts of making false statements...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has applauded President Biden for commuting the federal death sentences of 37 inmates, even as some Democrats have condemned the president’s actions. The CBC has advocated against the use of capital punishment at the federal level, in part because of the racial disparities in its employment, Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), outgoing...
The scathing House Ethics Committee report released Monday caps off one of the most extensive investigations into former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) conduct, headlined by findings that Gaetz paid a 17-year-old high school student for sex and used illicit drugs like cocaine and ecstasy. The report accuses Gaetz of misusing his office to dispense a...