The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.

With the Fauci pardon, Biden aimed at an Impunity Democracy in which government officials pay no price for their crimes. Trump officials and congressional investigators should speedily and ruthlessly open the files to expose any and all of Fauci’s abuses of power.

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

The two Americans freed in the swap, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered before Biden left office on Monday.

A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into barriers protecting the White House has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

After the sedate Joe Biden years, the return of a presidency that is an incessant assault on the senses is a reminder of why so many millions of Americans see Trump as a compelling, historic figure – and why millions more deeply fear him.

Kenneth Marcus, who served as a top civil rights official in the George W. Bush and Trump administrations, lauded Biden for his rhetorical commitment to combating antisemitism, which he said was unprecedented. But he said the strategy fell short. Marcus said Biden failed to institute policies that would stem antisemitism.

Linda McMahon isn’t in charge of the U.S. Department of Education yet, but if the Senate confirms her, she’ll be among friends. At least four former staff members from the America First Policy Institute,

Despite calls from lawmakers and advocates, abortion has been notably absent from the executive actions in the first days of the new administration.