The administration of US President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded a directive to freeze funding across federal agencies just one day after announcing the sweeping measure, which had left agencies and beneficiaries scrambling to determine its impact. However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that only the memo instating the freeze was being rescinded, [...]

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday mandating the “full and complete release” of government records related to the 1960s assassinations of President John F. Kennedy (JFK), Senator Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK). Several decades have passed since the assassinations, which occurred between 1963 [...]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued an order prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across federal agencies and directing the government to combat such practices in the private sector. The sweeping order revokes several executive orders (EO) passed by the Democratic administrations in recent decades, including that of Lyndon B. Johnson, who served [...]

US President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts before leaving office, issued preemptive pardons to former chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci, former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley, several officials who served on the January 6th congressional investigation committee, and members of his own family. The pardons, announced hours before former President [...]

The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would require federal authorities to detain immigrants charged with theft-related crimes, including burglary, larceny, and shoplifting. The measure would add these offenses to existing law that mandates detention for more serious crimes like murder and sexual abuse. In particular, it would require Immigration Customs [...]

US President Joe Biden granted clemency Thursday to nearly 1,500 Americans in the largest single-day use of presidential clemency powers in modern US history. The action includes sentence commutations for approximately 1,500 people who were moved to home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with pardons for 39 individuals convicted of non-violent crimes. The bulk [...]

As his term draws to a close, US President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon Sunday for his son Hunter Biden, covering multiple federal criminal charges including tax evasion and firearms violations. Previously, Biden and his staff had stated unequivocally that the president did not plan to pardon his son. The pardon is expansive in [...]

In the early morning hours Wednesday, following a historically contentious presidential election, Donald Trump announced his victory before a crowd of supporters in Florida, and vowed to “seal up” the US borders to ensure immigrants are only able to enter the country legally. Trump took the stage at approximately 2:30 am, having attained 267 of [...]

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be put to death that evening for the 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter. The court’s ruling comes in response to an unprecedented move by the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, which had subpoenaed Roberson to testify [...]

US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan on Thursday approved the release of redacted evidence against former President Donald Trump in his federal election interference case. The order’s timing is significant; it comes less than one month prior to the 2024 elections, in which Trump is the Republican candidate, and in the aftermath of a US [...]