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Was Biden Right To Take Prisoners Off Death Row?

Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the Second Amendment's key importance for keeping the government in check.

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Top Biden Official Worried About 'Heightened Threat' to CEOs After Brian Thompson Killing, Slams 'Extraordinarily Alarming' Social Media Celebration

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has commented on online discussions surrounding Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, calling some of the rhetoric "extraordinarily alarming."

Latin Times

Trump's TikTok Love Raises Stakes In Battle Over App's Fate

President-elect Donald Trump's repeated support for TikTok has sparked speculation about potential solutions to prevent the app's impending ban in the United States, though the path forward remains unclear.

International Business Times

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Navigating Uncertainty: What I'm Watching In The Grain Markets To Wrap Up 2024

From Brazil's economic woes to the future of biofuels, there is something for everyone as we end the year.

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Concerns Rise Over ISIS Resurgence In Syria

Recent developments in Syria raise concerns about ISIS resurgence and tensions with Turkey, prompting US efforts to combat the extremist group and ensure r...

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Kay Granger, Like Joe Biden, Is a Symptom of America's Gerontocracy

The 81-year-old congresswoman has not voted since July, at which point she apparently moved into an eldercare facility.

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Victims and families react as Biden spares the lives of 37 federal death row inmates

Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions are sharing a range of emotions, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences

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Biden Commutes Nearly All Federal Death Penalty Sentences

Biden preserved the death sentences of three mass murderers but commuted the sentences of 37 other federal death row inmates to life in prison.

Reason

President Biden Increases US Emissions Reduction Goal

President Biden's ambitious emissions reduction plan faces challenges with Trump's potential withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement.

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Biden Administration Lifts Bounty On Syrian Rebel Leader

Biden administration lifts M bounty on HTS leader al-Sharaa, engaging in diplomatic talks for a pragmatic Syrian government.

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Biden cheered by Democrats and civil rights groups for commuting dozens of death row sentences

Biden’s announcement leaves Democrats breathing easier after Hunter, ‘Kids for Cash’ clemency news

The Independent UK

President Biden Commutes Death Sentences, Sparking Political Controversy

Rep. Ayanna Pressley praises President Biden's decision to commute federal death row sentences, highlighting racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

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US Senate finds Commerce Department’s efforts to enact bans and sanction “inadequate” — investigation finds agency underfunded, must rely on voluntary compliance by chipmakers

The U.S. Senate found that the Department of Commerce isn't effective in enforcing Washington's bans and sanctions due to lack of funding.

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Biden commutes most federal death row sentences. Here’s the full list

Three people who committed hate-motivated mass killings or terrorism were exempt from commutation

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Did President Biden's Justice Department Confer with the Victims' Families Before the President Commuted Federal Death Sentences?

The Justice Department's policies generally require such conferrals, but it is unclear whether standard procedures were followed by the President in today's mass commutations of federal death sentences.

Salon

Biden commutes all but 3 death sentences

President Biden commuted the death sentences of all but three federal prisoners who were convicted of mass murder

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'The only way to beat China is to stay ahead of them' says US commerce secretary as she backs CHIPS investments handed out to Intel, TSMC over sanctions

"We have to run faster, out innovate them. That’s the way to win."

Al Jazeera

Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump term

White House says 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row will face life in prison instead.

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Cancerous Politics

Plus: Taking gerontocracy to new heights, a real life Arc Reactor, Happy Festivus, and more...

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ICE Enforcement Faces Challenges In Targeted Immigration Operations

ICE in New York focuses on targeted enforcement of criminal offenders for deportation, facing challenges in mass deportations.

International Business Times

A Man Who Kidnapped And Fatally Tortured A 12-Year-Old Girl Is Among The Death Row Inmates Biden Commuted

Thomas Sanders, 57, was scheduled to die by lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia or electrocution for the horrific murders of Lexis and Suellen Roberts

The Guardian - US

‘What’s the plan?’ Democrats divided over approach towards Trump

Some party figures favour cooperation but others say shun at all costs – and the split has critics seeking coherence

Latin Times

Matt Gaetz Created Fake Email From Capitol Hill Office to Buy Drugs, Damning Ethics Report Reveals

The document also alleged that the then lawmaker refused to comply with a subpoena demanding an interview and "intentionally withheld information" from the committee

The Independent UK

An analyst looks ahead to how the US economy might fare under Trump

President-elect Donald Trump won a return to the White House in part by promising big changes in economic policy — more tax cuts, huge tariffs on imports, mass deportations of immigrants working in the United States illegally

Latin Times

Joe Biden Left Three Killers Off His Lengthy Death Row Commute List

Robert Bowers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Dylann Roof remain in death row

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