Biden sparks outrage with last-minute commutation of man who killed FBI agents
President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday.
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Border Patrol agent killed in Vermont
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in northern Vermont on Monday afternoon, the FBI said in a statement. The shooting took place on Interstate 91 in Coventry, roughly 20 miles south of ...The Hill - 10h -
Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier
With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is ...CBS News - 1d -
Liz Cheney responds to last-minute pardon from Joe Biden
Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, who were both on the House committee investigating the attack on Jan. 6, release a statement following pardons from Joe Biden in the last hours of ...NBC News - 1d -
Trump responds to Biden’s last-minute pardons: ‘Disgraceful’
Donald Trump responds to the pardons Joe Biden issued in the last hours of his presidency in a text message to NBC’s Kristen Welker. “It is disgraceful. Many are guilty of major crimes,” he wrote.NBC News - 1d -
Biden seeks last minute appeal of court ruling on fluoride in water
A federal court had ordered the Biden administration to take action over fluoride's potential health risks at higher levels.CBS News - 4d -
Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences
The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, is the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.The New York Times - 4d -
Former FBI informant who fabricated Biden claims sentenced to prison
The former FBI informant who fabricated claims about President Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepting bribes was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison, according to court documents. ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Ex-FBI informant who fabricated bribery story about Bidens gets 6 years in prison
Alexander Smirnov had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about a phony bribery scheme that prosecutors say was an effort to influence the 2020 election.NBC News - Jan. 9
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Trump authorizes ICE to target schools and churches
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Bolton slams Trump after Secret Service detail removal
President Donald Trump has terminated Secret Service protection for his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton said Tuesday.ABC News - 3h -
Heads of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys released from prison after Trump pardons
Four years after they raided the Capitol and assaulted police officers, a group of some of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters are now free men.ABC News - 1h -
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Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht
Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know that he had granted a full and unconditional pardon to her son.BBC News - 9m -
Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht
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Snow and winter conditions force school and airport closures in the South
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Benefit cheats could be stripped of driving licences
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Treat eating disorders as an emergency, MPs urge
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