President Donald Trump’s mass pardoning of roughly 1,500 people connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol includes at least 18 Coloradans who will either see their convictions wiped out or pending charges dropped. Trump announced the pardons and commutations late Monday, hours after his inauguration in Washington, D.C. Related Articles Crime … Read more
By HALELUYA HADERO The clock is ticking toward a U.S. ban on TikTok, but users seeking clarity on what that will mean did not get much Saturday from the company that runs the popular video-sharing platform or the tech giants that offer the TikTok app in their digital marketplaces. However, President-elect Donald Trump said in … Read more
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days ahead. The department disclosed Smith’s departure in a court filing Saturday, saying he … Read more
Paul Atherton, 56, was homeless and unwell when he inherited £23,249 following his mother’s death. The sum was significant, as he had lost his home in 2009 due to financial struggles and spent years living in friends’ cars, on sofas, and even at Gatwick Airport. At 20 years old, Atherton was diagnosed with chronic fatigue … Read more
The UK government is considering a groundbreaking proposal aimed at offering domestic abuse survivors paid leave to rebuild their lives. The Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill, introduced by Labour MP Alex McIntyre, seeks to provide victims with up to 10 days of paid leave, allowing them time to secure safety and address urgent needs. A … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday plans to sign into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and in other public service jobs. Advocates say the Social Security Fairness Act rights … Read more
Denver philanthropist Tim Gill’s advocacy on behalf of gay and lesbian Americans was recognized by Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday at the White House. Gill grew up in the western suburbs of Denver and founded his software start-up, Quark, in 1981 after graduating from the University of Colorado. In 1999 … Read more
WASHINGTON — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria. While some GOP senators have indicated … Read more
WASHINGTON — After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a pre-Christmas government shutdown. The president-elect successfully pushed House Republicans to jettison some spending, but he failed to achieve his central goal of raising the … Read more
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Saturday that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval after Congress approved a temporary funding plan just past the deadline and refused President-elect Donald Trump’s core debt demands in the package. The … Read more
