Biden commutes dozens of dying row sentences. Donald Trump reacts to individuals saying Elon Musk is in cost. And NBC News speaks to 4 households who have been left in debt after becoming a member of well being care sharing ministries.
Here’s what to know in the present day.
Biden commute dozens of dying row sentences to life with out parole
President Joe Biden introduced that he’s commuting the dying sentences of 37 inmates, leaving solely three individuals on dying row in federal prisons. The commuted sentences can be reclassified to life sentences with out the potential for parole, in keeping with the White House.
“These commutations are in keeping with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in circumstances apart from terrorism and hate-motivated mass homicide,” Biden mentioned in a press release. “Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all of the households who’ve suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss.”
One of the inmates whose sentences Biden will commute, Billie Allen, has maintained his innocence. Allen mentioned he felt his hope was “minimize off” when Donald Trump gained the presidential election final month.
Around the time of Trump’s election, a number of the correctional workers members taunted inmates on the jail in Terre Haute, Indiana, in keeping with a dying row inmate and two federal defenders. Execution rehearsals have additionally elevated on the jail, the place nearly all federal dying row inmates are incarcerated, within the lead-up to Trump’s inauguration, in keeping with the identical sources.
The three males who stay on federal dying row are Robert Bowers, who killed 11 individuals on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018; Dylann Roof, who killed 9 individuals in a capturing at a traditionally Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of many 2013 Boston Marathon bombers. In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium on federal executions. No federal inmates have been executed throughout Biden’s presidency.
Trump addresses Elon Musk’s rising political affect: ‘He’s not going to be president’
President-elect Donald Trump dismissed any suggestion that he’s being usurped by his ally Elon Musk, after every week during which the tech billionaire helped derail an emergency spending measure to avert a authorities shutdown.
Musk, who owns the social media web site X, posted greater than 100 instances about his objections to the unique spending deal — a preview of how he might use his affect to form coverage in Trump’s second time period. Mockingly, Democrats have taken to calling him “President Musk.” History exhibits that anybody who upstages Trump or diverts consideration from him doesn’t final lengthy in his orbit.
Trump spoke for greater than an hour at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention in Phoenix, in his first rally-style occasion for the reason that election. Trump mentioned the notion that he has “ceded the presidency” to Musk is unfaithful, and that even when Musk wished the job, he couldn’t get it due to the Constitution’s requirement that the U.S. president be a natural-born citizen. Musk was born in South Africa.
More protection:
- Rep. Tony Gonzales compared tech mogul Elon Musk to a “prime minister,” praising the tech mogul for talking out towards an early model of a stopgap funding invoice final week.
Honda and Nissan announce plans to merge and create world’s third-largest automaker
Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda introduced they’d entered into official talks to merge and create the world’s third-largest automaker.
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe mentioned the businesses wanted larger scale to compete within the growth of latest applied sciences in electrical autos and clever driving. Mibe added that if accepted, the mixing could be a mid to long-term undertaking that’s presently not anticipated to indicate seen progress till 2030 and past.
Nissan’s strategic accomplice Mitsubishi has been supplied the prospect to hitch the brand new group and can take a choice by the top of January 2025. The deal would aim to share intelligence and resources and ship economies of scale and synergies whereas defending each manufacturers, Mibe mentioned.
NYPD arrests particular person of curiosity in girl’s deadly burning on subway
A person described as an individual of curiosity was taken into custody within the seek for a suspect who fatally set a lady sleeping in a subway automobile on fireplace, New York City police mentioned.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch mentioned at a information convention that an individual was seen within the space simply after the crime, sitting on a platform bench, and that an officer’s physique digicam captured clear imagery of him. Three individuals described as “excessive school-age” subway riders noticed the person and referred to as 911, Tisch mentioned. Officers boarded the prepare, discovered the person and took him into custody.
The girl, who was not publicly recognized, was asleep on an idle F prepare on the Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn. It was there {that a} man approached her, lit her on fire and fled the train car.
Highlights from NFL Week 16
The Dallas Cowboys entered “Sunday Night Football” with no probability of creating the playoffs, however clearly no one advised them that as they defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-24. While Dallas quarterback Cooper Rush threw for 292 yards and a landing, the crew’s protection was the actual story. NBC News sports editor Greg Rosenstein breaks down this week in NFL matchups:
🤕 Despite being down 13 factors firstly of the fourth quarter, the Washington Commanders got here again and defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 36-33. Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels completed with 5 touchdowns, none extra essential than Jamison Crowder’s seize within the ultimate seconds to safe victory. The Commanders improved to 10-5 this season, tied for the franchise’s most wins in a season since 1992. Philadelphia (12-3), beforehand on a 10-game successful streak, performed a lot of the sport with out beginning quarterback Jalen Hurts, who suffered a concussion late in the first quarter.
🏈Speaking of comebacks, the Buffalo Bills overcame a 14-point first-half deficit to beat the New England Patriots 24-21. Quarterback Josh Allen, an MVP candidate, had a lackluster sport by his requirements however operating again James Cook stepped up with two touchdowns, one dashing and one receiving. The win prevented the Kansas City Chiefs from locking up the No. 1 seed within the AFC postseason.
🏃♂️Colts operating again Jonathan Taylor was criticized final week for fumbling on the purpose line (upsetting many fantasy soccer house owners) however he bounced again with the best individual performance of the weekend. Taylor rushed for 218 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries in a 38-30 win towards the Tennessee Titans.
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- Ten individuals are lifeless after their small plane crashed within the southern Brazilian metropolis of Gramado.
- A 7-year-old at a vacation drone present in Orlando was significantly injured when one of the devices struck him in the chest.
- Current and former University of Michigan college students have filed a lawsuit towards the varsity alleging that it targeted pro-Palestinian students involved in campus protests.
Staff Pick: Uninsured whereas pregnant, she turned to a Christian cost-sharing group. Her household was left in debt.
Health care sharing ministries, a kind of nonprofit medical cost-sharing group, supply paying members reimbursement for some medical payments. The teams market themselves as a form of faith-based various to medical insurance and have grown considerably. But they aren’t topic to the identical rules, nor are they legally obligated to reimburse individuals. Many of the teams limit members’ eligibility for childbirth protection particularly, a problem 4 households advised NBC News they encountered as members. All warned others to not be a part of.
This story grew out of reporting that well being reporter Aria Bendix did for an earlier article about insured households who confronted medical debt for classy deliveries. Here, as a substitute, she tells the story of uninsured households who, whereas pregnant, sought assist outdoors the mainstream well being care system but were disappointed by the outcomes.
— Dana Varinsky, science & well being editor
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