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Washington Roundup: Biden’s record commutations; Trump ‘Person of the Year’; Broglio...
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of about 1,500 people and pardoned another 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes in the largest...
According to new report, President-elect Donald Trump plans to reverse long-standing...
WASHINGTON -- The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump plans to rescind a long-standing policy preventing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from making arrests...
Senate examines potential consequences of President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial mass deportation...
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump's plans to launch a mass deportation program could crash the economy by increasing inflation and unemployment and undermine trust...
Opponents of capital punishment urge President Joe Biden to commute existing...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. bishops' conference was among the groups that urged President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 to commute existing federal death sentences...
Emotions run high as U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to Tennessee’s...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 4 in a case concerning a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types...
U.S. Supreme Court prepare for oral arguments over state’s gender transition...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dec. 4 a challenge to a Tennessee state law banning certain types of medical or...
President-elect Donald Trump to be in attendance at reopening ceremony for...
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump will attend the upcoming reopening ceremony for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, he said Dec. 2. The trip will...
Wyoming abortion restrictions struck down by state court, Gov. Mark Gordon...
A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion -- including one banning chemical or medication abortions -- violated the state's...
Three U.S. Catholic bishops issue joint statement pledging support for immigrants.
WASHINGTON -- Catholic organizations have reiterated their "solidarity with immigrants" and shared what the first 100 days of a second Trump administration may bring...
Republicans secure majority of U.S. House of Representatives, projected to control...
WASHINGTON -- Republicans secured a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Nov. 12 projection by data provider Decision Desk HQ,...