WASHINGTON — In a letter issued Monday, lawmakers urged President Joe Biden to reduce the sentences of those impacted by the differences in punishments for crack and powder cocaine convictions. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who spearheaded the initiative, stated, "I think that this president has definitely shown himself to be someone that is willing to listen and willing to learn and decide that he would do something within his power." The letter, initially obtained with NBC News, was signed by 20 Democratic members. Among them were Representatives Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee of California, and Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the representative to Congress from Washington, D.C., also signed it. In the past, those found guilty of ...

According to NBC Sports and NFL Network, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is regarded as week-to-week after suffering a high ankle sprain on Sunday. Carson Wentz took Mahomes' position after the Chiefs defeated the Cleveland Browns 21–7 in the fourth quarter. When the game was over, he was clearly limping off the field. Patrick, he has a sore right ankle. After the game, Kansas City coach Andy Reid stated, "It's sore, but it's not broken." As we proceed, he will begin the rehabilitation portion, and we will simply need to observe his progress. It will be day-to-day, literally. Most likely, he may have returned inside. He desired to return inside. That wasn't necessary. Mahomes later stated that he thought it would have been wise to let Wentz finish even if he could have gone...

Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian ruler, said in a statement broadcast Monday that he intended to continue battling rebel groups in the nation prior to Russia's evacuation. Assad, 59, posted on his Telegram channel, "My departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours of the battles." According to Assad, he stayed in Damascus until the wee hours of December 8, the day the rebels stormed into the Syrian capital. As the city was overrun by rebel troops, Assad claimed that he coordinated with Russian allies to move north to Lattakia "to oversee combat operations." At the nearby air base of Hmeimim, "it became clear that our forces had completely withdrawn from all battle lines and that the last army positions had fallen." Assad said that Moscow asked for a qui...

A $100 billion investment initiative aimed at promoting artificial intelligence and associated infrastructure projects will be announced by President-elect Donald Trump and Masayoshi Son, the CEO of the Japanese tech giant SoftBank. Over the course of four years, the initiative, which was first reported by CNBC, aims to create 100,000 employment. After Trump was elected president for the first time in 2016, he and Son launched a similar plan in which the Japanese company committed to investing $50 billion in the United States with the goal of creating 50,000 jobs. Due to the failure of many of SoftBank's numerous startup investments in the United States and other countries, it is unclear if that initiative was entirely successful. According to a 2019 Forbes analysis, it was challenging to ...

Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian ruler, said in a statement broadcast on Monday that he intended to continue battling rebel forces in the nation before being evacuated by Russia. In a written statement posted on Telegram, 59-year-old Assad stated, "My departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours of the battles." On Sunday, December 8, the day rebels took control of the Syrian capital, Assad claimed to have stayed in Damascus until the wee hours of the morning. As the city was overrun by rebel troops, Assad claimed that he coordinated with Russian allies to move north to Lattakia "to oversee combat operations." At the nearby air base of Hmeimim, "it became clear that our forces had completely withdrawn from all battle lines and that the last army positi...

According to CNBC, Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher, was discovered dead in his San Francisco apartment in recent weeks. Balaji departed OpenAI earlier this year after publicly voicing concerns about the company's alleged violations of U.S. copyright laws during the development of its well-known ChatGPT chatbot. David Serrano Sewell, executive director of San Francisco's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, emailed CNBC on Friday to inform them that the cause of death had been identified as suicide. Balaji's nearest of kin have been informed, he said. In an email, the San Francisco Police Department stated that officers were summoned to a Buchanan Street residence on the afternoon of November 26 in order to perform a welfare check. According to the agency, during the...

Longtime Democratic congressman John Spratt, who served for 28 years in the 5th Congressional District of South Carolina and played a significant role in the creation of important national laws, died on Saturday night at the age of 82. He fought Parkinson's disease for over ten years, and his daughter Catherine Spratt reported that he passed away at home with family by his side. Tega Cay, Fort Mill, and a large portion of northern South Carolina are all part of the district that Spratt represented. After being elected in 1983, he rose to prominence as one of Washington's most powerful lawmakers, valued for his ability to collaborate across party lines and his knowledge of budgetary issues. Spratt introduced the Affordable Care Act on the House floor, greatly influencing healthcare reform, ...

On NBC News Meet the Press, Austin Tice's mother stated that she is certain her son, who has been missing, is still alive. Sen. Schumer wants New Jersey and New York to have drone monitors. After defeating the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers moved closer to securing a postseason berth. What to know today is as follows. Austin Tice s mom says discovery of another missing American in Syria feels like rehearsal On NBC News Meet the Press, Debra Tice stated that she is aware her son Austin, who was arrested in Syria in 2012, is still alive. "The discovery of American citizen Travis Timmerman in Syria last was almost like having a rehearsal... of what it's going to really feel like when Austin walks free," Tice said on Meet the Press on Sunday. She explained the volume of congratu...

South Korea's SEOUL Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, has not answered a request to be questioned over his unsuccessful effort to impose martial law. According to the prosecutor's office, Yoon was still assembling his legal defense team when they requested him to come in for interrogation on Sunday as part of their investigation. On Monday, prosecutors intended to send out another summons. By a vote of 204 to 85, Yoon was impeached on Saturday and is currently under criminal investigation for potential rebellion charges. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo became interim president after his presidential powers were immediately suspended. Following his impeachment, Yoon delivered a forceful address in which he outlined his accomplishments since taking office in 2022, including the form...

Following a suspected Israeli airstrike, a huge explosion shook the Syrian port city of Tartus overnight, raising new concerns about Israel's operations in Syria after the overthrow of the Assad administration. As Israel announced intentions to increase its population in the occupied Golan Heights, citing threats from Syria, footage of the explosion surfaced. Following remarks by Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani that he had no interest in becoming involved in new conflicts, the action drew worldwide censure. The images coming out of Tartus were described by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring organization based in London, as depicting the bloodiest Israeli attacks on military installations in the eastern Tartus region. The massive explosion can be seen blast...