FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe...

Trump took aim Tuesday at Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of nearly all federal death row prisoners, adding to the backlash in an...

A program that aims to cut water use in the overstretched Colorado River Basin will lapse this year after a federal bill to extend it stalle...

Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 new federal district judgeships. Bide...

By Lauren Mascarenhas and Javon Huynh, CNN(CNN) — President Joe Biden’s announcement that he’s taking 37 people off federal death row res...

UBS analysts suggest that the Federal Reserve is likely to maintain its cautious stance, holding off on further rate cuts until core inflati...

A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and killing UnitedHealthcare’s...

NEW YORK (AP) — A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and killing Un...

Most know Christmas Day is a holiday in the U.S., but what about Christmas Eve? Turns out, it is not actually a federal holiday. Tha...

Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions are sharing a range of emotions, from relief...

If compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe, America is on the wrong side of it. At more than $36 trillion, the federal...

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a rang...

By GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated PressOpponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most comm...

President Biden commuted 37 of the 40 men on federal death row to life without parole this morning. Here are the factors that drove his deci...

The president condemns the murderers but says the death penalty at federal level "must stop".