Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of individuals who were convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attach on the Capitol. “I don’t think that the approach of a blanket pardon that includes those who caused harm, physical...
Sen. Chris Coons suggested that there might be common ground with Congress and the attorney general to institutionalize reforms to the clemency process.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said it was a “bad idea” for President Trump to pardon individuals who were convicted of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Anybody who was convicted of assault on a police officer, I just can’t get there at all. I think it...
Two of the highest-profile Jan. 6 prisoners — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio — were released from prison Tuesday following President Trump’s order granting pardons or clemency to more than 1,500 rioters charged in connection to the Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021. Tarrio was serving a 22-year...
Twenty-two Democrat-led states and two cities challenged President Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, which on Tuesday kicked off the first legal battles between his new Justice Department and Democratic attorneys general. The two separate lawsuits, filed in Massachusetts and Washington state, ask federal judges to rule the order contradicts the Constitution, which under the 14th...
Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hitting the ground running Tuesday with meetings with his counterparts in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, known as the Quad, which includes India, Australia and Japan, a bloc formed to counter Chinese clout in the Indo-Pacific. The meeting is set to take place Tuesday afternoon at 2:45 p.m. ET...
The reverend at the National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration called on President Trump to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families in her sermon on Tuesday. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said to Trump, who was sitting in the first pew, that millions of Americans have “put their trust in you” before making...
Anti-abortion groups are calling on the president to pardon a 76-year-old grandmother and 20 others who were imprisoned and prosecuted for pro-life protests under the Biden Department of Justice.
Louisiana, Ohio, Kansas and West Virginia sued to block illegal immigrants from being counted when apportioning congressional seats and electoral votes.