Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepared to replace the Democrat in the White House. President Biden, in his final month in office, announced on Monday he was converting the death sentences of 37 of the 40…
Why Biden didn’t commute 3 federal death row sentences – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden commuted the sentences for 37 of the 40 federal inmates on death row. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe breaks down why the president opted not to commute the sentences for three inmates. Be…
President Biden is granting clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates facing death sentences. Their sentences will be commuted to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The three inmates who didn’t get clemency are the convicted murderer in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, the gunman at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston,…
EPA’s efforts to tackle pollution in disadvantaged communities could be under threat – CBS News Watch CBS News The Environmental Protection Agency under President Biden created a new Office of Environmental Justice that seeks to address pollution levels in disadvantaged and marginalized communities. However, there is concern that the incoming Trump administration could do away…
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a U.S. House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s proposed budget request for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2023. Michael A. McCoy | Reuters The United States unveiled a $988 million aid package of new arms and equipment to Ukraine for…
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., rejected TikTok’s argument that the ban, signed into law by President Joe Biden in April, is…
President Biden participated in the annual Christmas tree lighting on the Ellipse Thursday evening, his last time taking part in the annual tradition before he departs the White House next year. U.S. President Joe Biden lights the National Christmas Tree during the 102nd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse. / Getty Images Mr….
Peter Navarro, former Director of the U.S. Office of Trade & Manufacturing, gestures as he speaks on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. Mike Segar | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Peter Navarro will serve as “Senior Counselor for Trade…
Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to block Japanese company Nippon Steel’s planned purchase of U.S. Steel. “I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,” Trump said in a post…
United States President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter for his firearms and tax convictions despite previously pledging not to use his presidential authority to grant him clemency. Biden said on Sunday that his son had been “singled out” and “selectively, and unfairly” prosecuted due to his family name. “There has been an effort…
