Minutes before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa member Leonard Peltier's life sentence.

Peltier, who fled to Canada but was caught and brought back in December 1976. He was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in a trial held in Fargo, N.D., in 1977. He was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms.

Joe Biden leaves office with his most bonkers idea yet. Thank God he's gone. Of all Joe Biden's recent statements, the most idiotic has to be last week's declaration that 1972's Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution has passed and is now the "law of the land."

Some U.S. state flags were ordered to be raised during Donald Trump's swearing-in, while others will remain at half-staff for the late Jimmy Carter.

President Donald Trump began quickly implementing his agenda shortly after taking office on Monday by signing a slate of executive orders.

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier’s life sentence to indefinite house arrest following decades of community activists fighting for his release.

The president commuted Peltier over the objection of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter sent to Biden earlier this month and obtained by The Associated Press, Wray reiterated his position that “Peltier is a remorseless killer,” and urged the president not to act.

The outgoing Biden administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI agents in 1975.

U.S. Republican Sens. Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven named Nicholas Chase on Tuesday as their recommendation to President Donald Trump for United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota.

The North Dakota oil industry, state regulators and environmentalists are all preparing for policy changes under President Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden will leave the Oval Office next week without once visiting Nebraska while president. That will make him the first sitting president in more than a century to