Biden ripped for ‘slap in the face’ to crime victims after awarding Soros Medal of Freedom: ‘Disgusting’
President Biden’s recent move to award the prestigious Medal of Freedom to progressive megadonor George Soros has sparked criticism both on social media and from one crime expert who spoke to Fox News Digital. “President Biden’s decision to award George Soros the Medal of Freedom is a slap in the face to the citizens and crime victims suffering under the policies and politicians he has promoted,” Zack Smith, Heritage Foundation legal fellow and co-author of “Rogue Prosecutors: How Radical Soros Lawyers Are Destroying America’s Communities,” told Fox News Digital after a weekend ceremony awarding the Medal of Freedom to Soros, via his son Alex, who has taken over the family’s $25 billion empire. “Soros has been a major donor to far-left politicians and has promoted policies that undermine the rule of law in our country. Given Biden’s embrace of these policies and the funding Soros has provided, this looks like nothing more than an effort to reward and keep happy one of the Left’s major donors (and his family). It cheapens what should be a prestigious award and gives everyday Americans yet another reason to be disgusted by the current Administration’s actions.” The award, the nation’s highest civilian honor, is given to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal, public or private endeavors, the White House said in a statement. ‘FAILED EXPERIMENT’: EXPERTS REVEAL WHY SOROS-BACKED POLICIES TOOK BEATING IN DEEP BLUE STATE Soros, a mega-Democrat donor, runs a web of non-profits that bankroll various candidates around the world who align with his progressive agenda, including his Open Society Foundations. Soros has given over $32 billion to Open Society Foundations since 1984, according to its website. The White House said that Soros’ philanthropy across the world has strengthened democracy, human rights, education and social justice. NFL LEGEND BRETT FAVRE LEFT ‘SPEECHLESS’ AS BIDEN HONORS SOROS, CLINTON WITH MEDAL OF FREEDOM Conservatives on social media disagreed and made the case that giving the medal to Soros sent the wrong message given the alleged effects Soros-backed policies have had on crime. “Police officers deserve the Medal of Freedom for dealing with violent criminals set free by Soros prosecutors,” GOP Sen. Tom Cotton posted on X. “George Soros is responsible for the breakdown of American society,” conservative lawyer Marina Medvin posted on X. “His goal is the destruction of the West. He supports illegal immigrants, Antifa, Palestinian terror enthusiasts, campus disrupters, etc. Of course this is all wonderful in Biden’s world. So he’s giving Soros the highest civilian honor.” “A travesty that Biden is giving Soros the Medal of Freedom,” Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk posted on X. “A clear sign Joe Biden lost his mind or he’s not in control, for awarding George Soros a Presidential Medal of Freedom,” political commentator Richie Greenberg, who led the effort to recall Soros-backed San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin from office, posted on X. “Few have risen to the level of criminal justice arch-nemesis as Soros has. This is a slap to countless victims of crime enabled by Soros DAs. Truly disgusting.” Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Open Society Foundations but did not receive a response. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was also awarded the Medal of Freedom on Saturday, prompting similar outrage from conservatives. Clinton, the White House said, made “history many times over decades in public service,” becoming the first female senator from New York and the first first lady to hold elected office. Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this report
Trump blasts ongoing ‘lawfare’ in 1st public remarks since Congress certified his election
President-elect Donald Trump railed against the ongoing “lawfare” against him during his first public remarks since Congress certified his decisive election win over Vice President Kamala Harris. “They’re playing with the courts, as you know, they’ve been playing with the courts for four years. Probably got me more votes because I got the highest number of votes ever gotten by a Republican by far, actually, by a lot. And, you know, we had a great election, so I guess it didn’t work. But even to this day, they’re playing with the courts and they’re friendly judges that like to try and make everybody happy .. It’s called lawfare, it’s called weaponization of justice,” Trump said Tuesday during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago. Trump held the press conference, which was his first since Congress certified his election win on Monday, to announce DAMAC Properties will invest $20 billion in new data centers across the country. DAMAC’s owner, Hussain Sajwani, said the investment is aimed at facilitating the development of AI and cloud-based technologies. JUDGE MERCHAN DENIES TRUMP’S REQUEST TO DELAY SENTENCING Trump took aim at the legal battles he has faced in the last four years during the address, slamming special counsel Jack Smith as well as New York Judge Juan Merchan. “I call it the Injustice Department. What they’ve done is so bad, the whole world has watched that. And, it took work, but it got me a lot of votes, because when explained, we have a judge in New York is a very crooked judge,” he said, referring to Justice Juan Merchan who presides over the New York v. Trump case. “I’m under a gag order. I can’t even talk about aspects of the case that are the most vital aspects I’m going to do. You know that I’m the president-elect of the United States of America. I’m a former very successful president.” Merchan announced earlier this month that he will sentence Trump in the New York v. Trump case on Jan. 10, ahead of his inauguration as president on Jan. 20. Trump’s legal team filed a motion to delay sentencing, which Merchan denied on Monday afternoon. TRUMP FILES MOTION TO STAY ‘UNLAWFUL SENTENCING’ IN NEW YORK CASE “Today, President Trump’s legal team moved to stop the unlawful sentencing in the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt. The Supreme Court’s historic decision on Immunity, the state constitution of New York, and other established legal precedent mandate that this meritless hoax be immediately dismissed,” Trump spokesperson and incoming White House communications director Steven Cheung told Fox Digital on Monday morning. “The American People elected President Trump with an overwhelming mandate that demands an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and all of the remaining Witch Hunts. We look forward to uniting our country in the new administration as President Trump makes America great again,” Cheung continued. Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Manhattan case in May. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office worked to prove that Trump falsified business records to conceal a $130,000 payment to former porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election to quiet her claims of an alleged affair with Trump in 2006. Trump has maintained his innocence in the case. NEW YORK JUDGE SETS TRUMP SENTENCING DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION Smith, who led the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after his first term in the White House, is set to release a final report on the investigation. Two of Trump’s former co-defendants in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, filed an emergency motion on Monday in an effort to block the report’s release. “These Defendants will irreparably suffer harm as civilian casualties of the Government’s impermissible and contumacious utilization of political lawfare to include release of the unauthorized Report,” Nauta and De Oliveira’s attorneys wrote in an emergency motion filed on Monday. “The Final Report relies on materials to which Smith, as disqualified special counsel, is no longer entitled access— making his attempt to share such materials with the public highly improper.” The judge presiding over the case blocked Smith’s efforts to release the report on Tuesday. Trump slammed Smith as “deranged” during his Tuesday remarks while taking a victory lap that the court cases brought against him since the 2020 election have fizzled out since the 2024 election. Trump has maintained his innocence in the various state and federal cases brought against him, arguing they were examples of “lawfare” intended to hamper his campaign to reclaim the White House. NY JUDGE ANNOUNCES UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE SENTENCING FOR TRUMP ON JAN 10 “I defeated deranged Jack Smith. He’s a deranged individual. I guess he’s on his way back to The Hague. And we won those cases. Those were the biggest ones. And, the press made such a big deal out of them. But we did nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong on anything. And the people saw that, you know, when they vote to when you went to Republicans,” he said. Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
Trump trolling Canada as 51st state could boost Democrats with ‘blue-state behemoth’
President-elect Donald Trump is keeping up his push to make Canada the United States’ 51st state. “Canada and the United States. That would really be something,” Trump said Tuesday at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. “They should be a state.” A day earlier, the president-elect argued in a social media post that “many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State.” Trump emphasized that “if Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!” WHAT TRUMP IS SAYING ABOUT CANADA BECOMING THE 51ST STATE In recent weeks, the former and now president-elect has trolled the United States’ neighbor to the north, musing about it becoming the 51st state, and posting a doctored photo of him standing beside a Canadian flag high atop a mountain. Additionally, his recent mocking of longtime Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, repeatedly referring to him as “governor,” along with his threat to impose massive tariffs on Canada, was likely a contributing factor in Trudeau’s resignation announcement this week. Trump’s fixation on Canada comes as he also turns up the volume on his calls for Denmark to sell the sparsely populated but massive North Atlantic island of Greenland to the U.S. CANADA’S TRUDEAU ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION FOLLOWING PARTY PRESSURE AMID CRITICISMS OF TRUMP, BUDGET HANDLING However, what if the unlikely expansionist scenario of Canada joining the U.S. actually came to fruition? Hypothetically, it could be a massive political boon for Democrats at the expense of Republicans. Canada’s modern political history points to the left. “The Liberals have been in charge of the Canadian federal government for the majority of the time since World War Two,” longtime Republican strategist Dave Carney noted to Fox News. It is likely the voters supporting those governments would vote for Democrats rather than Republicans if Canada became the 51st state. With a population of slightly more than 40 million, Canada would become the most populous state in the U.S., edging out blue-state California for the honors. Canada’s addition to the U.S. as the nation’s largest state could give a big boost to the Democrats in the battle for Congressional majorities and the electoral vote count in presidential elections. Rich Lowry, editor-in-chief of the prominent conservative magazine National Review, warned in an opinion piece for the New York Post that “Canada would be a blue-state behemoth, matching California in population…and, presumably, in reliably Democratic politics.” “We might think we’d annex Canada and make it more like us, but — with two Democratic senators and a huge tranche of electoral votes for Democratic presidential candidates — Canada would surely make us more like it,” Lowry predicted. Veteran political scientist Wayne Lesperance agreed, noting that “Canada as a state would bring millions of voters more likely to align with the Democrats’ agenda and ideology. And with 40 million voters, the new 51st state would be the largest state in the union with a congressional delegation much more likely to oppose Trump and his party’s political agenda.” Lesperance, president of the New Hampshire-based New England College, said if Trump “is serious, and does bring a proposal forward, I would expect tremendous support for his initiative…especially from Democrats.” Democratic strategist and political analyst Van Jones, on CNN, said that Canada would “be a huge blue state” and that “if Canada wants to come here and rescue us, I am more than happy.” However, Carney, noting that the likelihood of Canada joining the U.S. is extremely slim, said that it is a great negotiating strategy by Trump when it comes to negotiations with America’s northern neighbor. “He has an ability to use tools that no one would have ever thought of,” Carney said. “He has the ability and the willingness to use every tool in his toolbox.” Carney, the top political adviser to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a veteran of numerous Republican presidential campaigns, added that Trump “uses the soft power of the presidency to get people to pay attention and get what he wants.”
Republican lawmakers push to abolish ‘unconstitutional’ ATF
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are pushing to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office later this month. Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., is unveiling the bill on Tuesday and already has several co-sponsors in Reps. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Mike Collins, R-Ga., Bob Onder, R-Mo., Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Mary Miller, R-Ill., Keith Self, R-Texas, and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz. Burlison argued that the ATF was an “unconstitutional agency” and that its mission and goals are duplicates of existing state and local regulations. DANIEL PENNY TO BE TAPPED FOR CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL BY HOUSE GOP LAWMAKER “The Constitution makes it very clear that when it comes to the federal government, there shall be no laws restricting firearms,” he told Fox News Digital. “It’s in the purview of the states, and so I don’t think it belongs on the federal level.” “But here’s the thing I want to reiterate – they don’t have the manpower to enforce the laws that they implement. So they go and they solicit help from every local state law enforcement official to help them implement their stupid new rules.” He said assisting the ATF “takes them out of the things they should be prioritizing to keep the community safe.” Burlison said he has not spoken with members of President-elect Trump’s orbit on the bill, but added, “I’m sure there’s quite a few people in Trump world that would be open to this.” One possible supporter the bill could find is Vice President-elect JD Vance, who previously called for abolishing the ATF and vowed to fight toward that goal in the Senate. REPUBLICANS GIVE DETAILS FROM CLOSED-DOOR MEETINGS WITH DOGE’S MUSK, RAMASWAMY The ATF makes federal regulations for firearm handling and storage, gun licenses and other matters. It also assists in law enforcement investigations like the recent New Orleans attack. The modern iteration of the ATF was formed as a bureau under the Treasury Department in 1972. It was transferred to the Department of Justice in 2003 as a law enforcement agency after laws on gun control and explosives were added to the ATF’s purview in the 1990s. Supporters of the ATF’s existence include gun control advocates who argue it does important work to fight gun violence. However, opponents like Burlison argue its regulations are unnecessary. ATF Director Steven Dettelbach warned earlier this week that he believes curbing the ATF will result in more unnecessary deaths. “People who don’t think that law enforcement, including ATF, has anything to do with driving down violent crime are just wrong — it didn’t happen by accident,” he told the New York Times. “What I am concerned about is that people will take their eye off the ball, that they’ll either get complacent or political, or some combination of those things.” The ATF has gotten public blowback for its handling of the infamous standoffs in Ruby Ridge and Waco, Texas, however. Trump previously promised to fire Dettelbach on his first day in office. He told an audience at a National Rifle Association event that the Biden administration appointee was a “radical gun-grabber.” It is not clear if he would abolish it altogether, however. Fox News Digital reached out to Trump and the ATF for comment.
Trump team fires back after Dem senator declares ‘The fight is just beginning’
Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the certification of the 2024 presidential election results on Monday, but Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., asserted in a post on Tuesday that the political battle was only beginning. Blumenthal, who has served in the Senate since 2011, claimed President-elect Donald Trump has tapped “malignly motivated” nominees who are not qualified. “Now that the Electoral Count is done we can move on? No. Not with Trump planning blanket pardons. Not with dangerously unqualified, malignly motivated Trump nominees. Not with Trump normalizing election denial. The fight is just beginning,” the senator declared in the post on X. WILL CONGRESS WORK WITH TRUMP TO SECURE CABINET NOMINATIONS? “Enough with the Trump Derangement Syndrome,” Karoline Leavitt, who Trump has selected to serve as his White House press secretary, said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday. “The American people clearly support President Trump and his policies to secure the border, end inflation, and restore world peace; and President Trump will work with anyone on Capitol Hill who wants to solve these problems and deliver results,” she added. Fox News Digital also reached out to Blumenthal’s office to request comment from the senator on Tuesday, but no comment was provided. SEN. BLUMENTHAL SAYS MYSTERIOUS DRONES SPOTTED RECENTLY ‘SHOULD BE SHOT DOWN, IF NECESSARY’ Trump, who is slated to be sworn in on January 20, has indicated that on his first day back in office he will likely pardon people connected with the Jan. 6 episode, telling “Meet the Press” moderator Kristin Welker late last year that the cases would be examined and there could be exceptions if a person was “radical, crazy.” After President Joe Biden announced a sweeping pardon for his son Hunter last year, Trump declared on Truth Social, “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” In a March 2024 post, Trump said freeing “January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned” would be among his “first acts” as president. DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE’LL PARDON JAN. 6 RIOTERS ON DAY ONE: ‘ACTING VERY QUICKLY’ “Pardoning any convicted Jan 6 rioter, particularly anyone who attacked police officers, would disgrace them & endanger democracy,” Blumenthal asserted in a tweet on Monday.
Federal judge blocks Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing final report
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing his report relating to his now-suspended investigations into President-elect Trump’s alleged 2020 election interference and alleged improper retention of classified records. Trump co-defendants Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira filed an emergency motion to block the reported imminent release of Smith’s final report. FORMER TRUMP CO-DEFENDANTS WANT JUDGE TO BLOCK SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH REPORT U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida Aileen Cannon ruled in favor of Nauta and De Oliveira to “prevent irreparable harm.” Cannon said Smith is “temporarily enjoined” from “releasing, sharing, or transmitting the Final Report or any drafts of such Report outside the Department of Justice.” The order remains in effect until three days after a resolution is announced from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. It is customary for special counsels to release a final report, detailing the findings of their investigation and explaining any prosecution or declination decisions they reached. In Smith’s case, the prosecution decision is immaterial, given Trump’s status as president-elect and long-standing Justice Department policy against bringing criminal charges against a sitting president. The report would first go to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s office for review, according to standard practice. JUDGE GRANTS JACK SMITH REQUEST TO DISMISS JAN. 6 CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP, APPEAL DROPPED IN FLORIDA DOCS CASE Nauta and De Oliveira pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging they conspired to obstruct the FBI investigation into classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Smith was tapped by Garland in 2022 to investigate both the alleged effort by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as well as Trump’s keeping of allegedly classified documents at his Florida residence. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges. Cannon, this summer, dismissed Smith’s case against Trump relating to classified records, ruling that he was appointed unlawfully as special counsel. And in November, federal Judge Tanya Chutkan dropped Smith’s charges against Trump in the 2020 election interference case. Smith also dropped his appeal to Cannon’s ruling in the classified records case. Trump, during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday reacted to Cannon’s decision to block Smith’s report. “Deranged Jack Smith dropped the lawsuits. He was told to by the DOJ because they had no lawsuit. They lost in court in front of a very strong and a very brilliant judge,” Trump said, referring to Cannon. “So, he wanted to do a report just before I take office probably, so he’ll do a 500-page report and it will be a fake report, just like the investigation – it was a fake investigation.” Trump added that Smith was “thrown off the case in disgrace.” “Why should he be allowed to write a fake report? It will only be a fake report,” Trump said, “That’s great news.” Garland has opted to release the reports from two other special counsels whose investigations concluded during his tenure – publishing both the summary reports submitted by John Durham, who was tapped by then-Attorney General Bill Barr in 2019 to review the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, as well as the final report from Robert Hur, a former U.S. attorney whom he tapped in 2023 to investigate President Biden’s handling of classified documents.
Centre to build memorial for late President Pranab Mukherjee here, daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee expresses happiness
Late president Pranab Mukherjee’s memorial comes in the wake of demands by the Congress for having a memorial for former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who died at AIIMS at the age of 92 on December 26.
Mahakumbh Mela 2025: 13-year-old aspiring to be IAS officer ‘renounces world’ to become sadhvi
The teenager has been accepted into the ashram. She will now be known as Gauri Giri.
Midwestern state senator revives DOGE-aligned bills as GOP prepares for DC takeover
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is taking the opportunity to renew two key bills aligned with the incoming advisory board known as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now that the GOP controls the Senate. DOGE was previously announced by President-elect Donald Trump, who tapped billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the charge in eliminating government waste. TRANSGENDER BILL BARRING MEN FROM WOMEN’S SPORTS TO GET FLOOR VOTE IN NEWLY GOP-LED SENATE The ERASER Act would target regulations by requiring agencies to repeal three rules before issuing any new major rule and ensure that the new rule does not exceed the cost of the repealed rules. The Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA) would address the Administrative Procedure Act by ending the standards of executive deference and allowing courts to weigh arguments without affording deference to either party. REPUBLICANS LOOK TO FINALLY PUSH THROUGH LAKEN RILEY BILL WITH NEW GOP TRIFECTA “Reining in an out-of-control administrative state has long been one of my top priorities, and I look forward to working hand-in-hand with the incoming Trump Administration to [accomplish] the shared goal of gutting the administrative state and clawing power out of the hands of nameless, faceless bureaucrats and returning it back to the people,” Schmitt told Fox News Digital in a statement. “The ERASER Act would require agencies who wish to enact a new regulation to pull three regulations off the books. And, the Separation of Powers Restoration Act would put a stop to courts’ deference to agency interpretation on regulations and enact a much stricter review, putting power back in the hands of the people, where it belongs … This is a critical, one-two punch to the bloated administrative state.” KAMALA HARRIS MAKES TRUMP’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL WIN OFFICIAL DURING JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., is a co-sponsor of the ERASER Act. SOPRA is also backed by co-sponsors Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., Rand Paul, R-Ky., Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Ted Budd, R-N.C., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Katie Britt, R-Ala., and Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. The bills were debuted by Schmitt in the last Congress but never received consideration on the floor due to Democratic leadership in the Senate. NEW SENATOR BERNIE MORENO WANTS A BORDER BILL ON TRUMP’S DESK ON DAY 1, PUTTING DEMS ON RECORD However, with Republicans leading the upper chamber, and an increased emphasis on government efficiency, it’s much more likely the measures will get voted on. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., is already expected to tee up votes on a couple other re-introduced GOP bills that never got floor time.
Biden admin and Minneapolis agree to police changes, questions loom over whether Trump will strike them down
The Biden administration secured an agreement to implement police reforms in Minneapolis ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The consent decree agreement Monday with the Minneapolis Police Department follows a similar decree that the department agreed upon with Louisville, Kentucky, police last month. The agreements follow the Biden administration’s initiation of 12 investigations in 2021, which probed possible “pattern or practice” of civil rights abuses by police departments around the country following the anti-police riots that took place after the death of George Floyd in 2020. Both decrees await approval by the courts. The 171-page Minneapolis agreement would overhaul the city’s police training and use of-force-policies, while requiring officers to “promote the sanctity of human life as the highest priority in their activities.” The decree also mandates that officers must not allow race, gender or ethnicity “to influence any decision to use force, including the amount or type of force used.” MINNEAPOLIS POLICE STAFFING LEVEL PLUMMETS TO HISTORIC 4-DECADE LOW 3 YEARS AFTER GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH: REPORT Other elements of the Minneapolis agreement include bolstering protections for protesters, new data collection requirements aimed at reducing racial discrimination, guidelines restricting officers from going after fleeing subjects, new interrogation requirements, a mandate against racial profiling in investigations, traffic stop reforms and more. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division was asked repeatedly during a Monday press conference from Minneapolis whether the Trump administration could derail the agreement. “I can’t predict the future,” Clarke said. “What I can tell you is that the findings we identified in Minneapolis are severe. These are real issues that impact people’s lives. The community wants reform. The city wants reform, the police department wants reform, and the Justice Department stands here today as a full partner in the effort of achieving reform and transformation for this community.” BIDEN DOJ OPPOSES COURT DECISION ALLOWING DEREK CHAUVIN CHANCE TO EXAMINE GEORGE FLOYD’S HEART Meanwhile, in an email to constituents, Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley said she has no faith that the incoming Trump administration will be a “serious partner” in supporting the recently agreed-upon consent decree. A similar consent decree agreed upon by the Biden administration and the Loisville police roughly three weeks ago also compels the department to revise its use-of-force policies, places new restrictions around traffic stops and police searches, and challenges how law enforcement deals with protesters. A local police union in the city is challenging the reforms, calling on a judge not to approve the agreement. Meanwhile, the conservative Heritage Foundation has argued that the point of the consent decree coming so late in Biden’s term is “to bind the Trump 47 Administration and future elected Louisville administrations who may well vehemently and categorically disagree with the Proposed Consent Decree.” Both Minneapolis and Louisville were flash points for debates around police reform after both cities saw the high-profile deaths of Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020. Both cities, and numerous others, saw protesters rampage through the streets following their deaths, leading to multiple fatalities and billions of dollars in damage that year. Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department for comment, but they declined to comment.