‘Black Widow,’ Who Murdered 3 Ex-Lovers, Freed in Biden’s Historic Clemency Spree

A Maryland woman dubbed the “Black Widow” for murdering two husbands and a boyfriend for insurance money is now free after President Joe Biden commuted her 40-year prison sentence, undercutting the White House’s claim that Biden released only “non-violent” offenders in a clemency bonanza last week. Among the 1,500 federal convicts granted clemency was Josephine

Here’s What’s in the Government Funding Deal

The massive bill includes disaster relief funding, pharmacy benefit management reforms, and a congressional pay raise. Congress has only two days left to extend government funding beyond its Dec. 20 expiration date and sidestep a shutdown. With Republicans slated to take control of Congress and the White House in January, lawmakers were expected to push

Trump Announces Opposition to Johnson-Backed Funding Bill

Elon Musk joined the debate earlier, urging lawmakers to reject the 1,547 page funding measure. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have come out in opposition to a massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that wraps in a series of other legislation, marking a rare public break

Trump Opposes Stopgap Funding Bill

Elon Musk joined the debate earlier, urging lawmakers to reject the 1,547-page funding measure. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have come out in opposition to a massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that wraps in a series of other legislation, marking a rare public break between

Stopgap Funding Bill Scrapped After Trump Opposes It

Elon Musk joined the debate earlier, urging lawmakers to reject the 1,547-page funding measure. WASHINGTON—Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Wednesday night the massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was scrapped after President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance came out in opposition to the bill. “There

WATCH: MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle Says Reaching Harris Was Like Using ‘Pony Express’

Harris campaign manager said such claims are ‘bulls—’ MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle on Friday scorched Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign for being unreachable ahead of the November election. By contrast, she said she could readily contact President-elect Donald Trump. “If I were to want to connect with VP Harris or President Biden, there’s 50 people between

Florida Files Charges Against Alleged Would-Be Assassin Ryan Routh

Florida is continuing to fight the federal government’s efforts to halt the state’s own independent investigation into what happened in West Palm Beach. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody obtained an arrest warrant for Ryan Routh, the alleged would-be assassin of then-former President Donald Trump, now the present-elect, charging him with the attempted felony murder of