Today is Thursday, December 26th, and you're listening to the morning announcements presented by Betches Media.

I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and the morning announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the headlines that isn't a megaphone for the loudest voices, but a magnifying glass for the most important news.

On Monday, President Biden announced that he has commuted the sentences of nearly all federal

inmates on death row. These 37 people will now serve out life sentences in prison instead.

The three individuals who Biden left on death row were the shooters at the Tree of Life

Synagogue and the Mother Emmanuel Church, as well as the

Boston Marathon Bomber. Then on Christmas Eve, Biden signed 50 bills into law. These include the

Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act, the law promoted by Paris Hilton, as well as bills that set anti-hasing

standards on college campuses, and that prevent members of Congress from collecting

pensions if they're convicted of crimes related to public corruption, inspired by the one-and-only

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. Another bill signed by Biden makes the bald eagle the official

bird of the United States, because apparently that was never formalized and it is a clear

priority.

In case you haven't seen the photos of his over-the-top perp walk,

Luigi Mangione was extradited to New York and pleaded not guilty to New York State criminal charges during his arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday.

The charges include first-degree murder, an act of terrorism, criminal possession of a weapon,

and forgery by using a fake ID.

Mangione is being held in federal custody without bail until his trial.

And there is not an insignificant number of women who are excited about the fact that they

know exactly where he'll be for the foreseeable future.

We can't forget that President-elect Donald Trump has been busy preparing for office with

little break for the holidays. According to the latest reporting, Donald's transition team

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