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President Joe Biden’s decision to commute the sentence of Rita Crundwell, the woman behind the largest municipal embezzlement scandal in U.S. history, has ignited outrage in the small community of Dixon, Illinois.

A lawsuit filed by California against Huntington Beach's voter ID measure has been dismissed.

On Monday, Judge Juan Merchan rejected a motion by former President Donald Trump’s legal team to dismiss charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the grounds of presidential immunity.

In a surprising move, the judge overseeing the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan instructed the jury on Monday to disregard all testimony from Illinois state Rep. Bob Rita, D-Blue Island. Judge John Robert Blakey gave no explanation for the decision, despite Rita’s brief testimony on October 24.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor Review Commission et al., which involves the Catholic Charities Bureau's request for a religious tax exemption in Wisconsin.

Rachel Henry, a Phoenix woman accused of killing her three young children, has changed her plea to guilty in court.

Two members of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent letters to the CEO's of TikTok, Apple, and Google, reminding them of their need to comply with the recent court ruling that upheld the ban against TikTok.

Another tragic death has underscored the consequences of lax immigration enforcement in Harris County, Texas. On December 1, 7-year-old Ivory Smith was killed by a drunk driver in northeast Houston. Her mother sustained serious injuries in the crash. The alleged driver, 41-year-old Venezuelan national Joel Enrique Gonzalez Chacin, was in the country illegally and had a prior criminal record. He now faces charges of intoxicated manslaughter.

Country music star Morgan Wallen pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless endangerment charges after throwing a chair off a rooftop bar in Nashville, Tennessee, in April.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) caused a stir on Tuesday by becoming the first Democratic U.S. senator to post on President-elect Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social.