Jesse Jackson Jr pled guilty to misusing campaign funds and was sentenced to prison time; he was released in 2015 and is now ...

20 will be a day when two federal holidays coincide: Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day ... After Trump's ...

Inauguration Day is both tradition and ceremony; Donald Trump will officially take over Executive control of the country amid ...

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The holidays provide an apt time to pause and assess where we are. You have every reason to be worried about what happens ...

Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) led the panel of lawmakers -- mostly from the Congressional Black Caucus -- to ...

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Despite the widespread celebration of Christmas Eve, it is not among the 11 recognized federal holidays in the United States, ...

The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well ...

President Joe Biden granted federal employees Christmas 2024 off via an executive order. While not a federal holiday, presidents have historically used their authority to provide extra holiday time ...

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