President Barack Obama issued 209 commutations and 64 pardons on Tuesday with only days left in his Administration. The majority affected had committed nonviolent drug crimes. President Obama made reforming the nation’s drug laws a priority during his second term. The highest profile commutation went to Army Private Chelsea Manning […]
In one of his final acts as President, President Barack Obama awarded Vice President Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. Biden is only the fourth person to get the added Distinction level since the George H.W. Bush Administration. The other three are Pope John Paul II, President […]
On Tuesday evening, CNN broke away from Attorney General nominee Senator Jeff Session’s confirmation hearing with breaking news. The report, also published online, was the work of CNN’s Jake Tapper, Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto, and Carl Bernstein. The report says that the intelligence briefing presented to President-elect Donald Trump and […]
Confirmation hearings for Senator Jeff Sessions (Attorney General) and General John Kelly were held on Tuesday. Senator Jeff Sessions: General John Kelly:
President-elect Donald Trump named son-in-law Jared Kushner to be Senior Advisor to the President. Kushner will work with Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, replicating the campaign leadership team, minus Kellyanne Conway. Kushner is the husband of Ivanka Trump, but that relation was omitted in the […]
