Mario Tama/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minneapolis City Council has approved a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice to implement major reforms within the Minneapolis Police Department under the watch of an appointed, independent court monitor. The decree still needs to go through other levels of approval, includingRead More →
Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Crime in New York City’s transit system dropped in 2024 for the second year in a row, the head of the New York City Police Department said Monday, while acknowledging that people still do not feelRead More →
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House and Senate lawmakers on Monday met for joint session to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. Vice President Kamala Harris, who presided over the ceremony, read the results aloud. Republicans cheered loudly as she announced Trump’s 312 electoral votes, while Democrats didRead More →
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Monday marks the fourth anniversary of the violent events of Jan. 6, 2021 — a day President-elect Donald Trump has continually tried to recast as a “day of love.” Trump is vowing to pardon Jan. 6 rioters on the first day of hisRead More →
Chase Castor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now hitting the mid-Atlantic, bringing with it a heavy mix of snow and ice and canceling more than 1,700 flights across the U.S. The heaviest snow and ice is moving into theRead More →
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money case in New York to halt his sentencing in the case, currently set for Friday. Judge Juan Merchan, in a ruling last week, ordered Trump to appear for sentencing, either in person orRead More →
Kazuhiro Nogi/ AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Steel and Japan-based Nippon Steel sued the Biden administration on Monday over a decision made last week to block a merger between the two companies. A proposed $14 trillion acquisition of the second-largest domestic steel producer by Nippon would threaten U.S.Read More →
Jon Cherry/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 1,600 individuals have faced charges in the four years since a mob of President-elect Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol, according to figures released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on Monday. But one of the largest investigations in the Department of Justice’s historyRead More →
Lena Klimkeit/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress is gathering for a joint session to certify the results of the 2024 election, the final step before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, after some major changes to security for the ceremony and the law that dictates how it’sRead More →
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is making a sweeping move to ban all future offshore oil and natural gas drilling on America’s East and West coasts, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s North Bering Sea. “My decision reflects what coastal communities, businesses, and beachgoers have knownRead More →
