Trump’s order came after President Biden converted the death sentences of 37 of 40 prisoners on death row to sentences of life without parole and after Biden in 2021 issued a pause on executions while a review of related DOJ policies was carried out.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
Negotiations over those parts of the agreement were supposed to have begun in February after some hostages were freed in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody.
The war was triggered by Hamas’ terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, one of Israel’s worst security failures, which led to the killing of 1,200 people, and the capture of 251 people who were taken to Gaza as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
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Reuters,
NBC News,
21 Mar. 2025
Nearly 40 years ago, Ronald Reagan warned that the Department of Education was primed for capture by the education blob, the teachers’ unions, and lobbyists trying to get their piece of the pie.
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