Court appointments have gotten much more partisan in recent decades, and no significant expansion of the federal judiciary ...

President Joe Biden is leaning heavily into his clemency powers in the waning days of his term, using a tool only available ...

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, R-24 of Cleveland, Oswego County, is one of 366 House members that voted Friday for legislation ...

Someone or a group decided to commute 37 out of 40 death sentences in the federal penal system, but we really don’t know who.

President-elect Trump is seizing the reins of power early and, according to lawmakers in both parties, already acting as ...

Wendy Clay of DeSoto and other volunteers from across the country paid their own way to Washington D.C. to prepare the people ...

President Biden vetoed an effort to add 66 federal judgeships, saying "hurried action" by the House left important questions unanswered.

President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, ...

President Joe Biden has commuted the death sentences of 37 federal inmates, sparking strong reactions from various groups.