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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hailing Senate passage of a sweeping criminal justice bill. The bill gives judges more discretion when sentencing some drug offenders and boosts prisoner rehabilitation efforts. It would also reduce the sentences of some drug offenders currently serving time. The House is expected to pass the bill this week, sending it to Trump for his signature.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner is being credited this week for helping to spearhead what could be the first major bipartisan legislative success of the Trump era: a first-in-a-generation criminal justice overhaul that passed the Senate Tuesday and is expected to pass the House later this week. Liberal and conservative groups alike have praised Kushner for his efforts.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and leaders in Congress appear to be pulling back from a government shutdown over his $5 billion request for border wall funds. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicates that Trump doesn't want to shut down the government, though just last week he said he'd be "proud" to over the issue of border security. One option circulating on Capitol Hill would be to simply approve government funding at existing levels and kick the issue into the next Congress.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's charitable foundation has reached a deal to dissolve while Trump fights allegations he misused assets for business and political purposes. New York's attorney general and Trump Foundation lawyers filed a joint stipulation in a court Tuesday laying out a process for shutting down the charity and distributing its remaining assets to other nonprofit groups. Foundation lawyers say any infractions were minor.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Emmet Sullivan is throwing another wrench into former national security adviser Michael Flynn's plans. Just hours after delaying Flynn's sentencing, Sullivan is now saying Flynn must stay within 50 miles of the District of Columbia come Jan. 4. Flynn had been allowed to travel freely under the conditions laid out by another judge.
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