The Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Texas abortion regulations. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on 2013 Texas law in March.
President Obama exercised commuted nearly 100 inmates and 66 out of 2000 petitions for pardons. The president doubled the number of commutations since taking office in the White House.
Lawrence Mulqueen, the man who made several death threats on Facebook against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, several members of Congress and all supporters of President Barack Obama, was found with an arsenal in his home, according to the Associated Press.
Leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged bi-partisan support to help ignite far-reaching legislation through the Senate by the summer, a promising development for advocates of immigration reform.