1. President Trump gave his support to legislation that could begin a major overhaul of the U.S. criminal justice system, lowering mandatory minimum sentences for some nonviolent drug offenses and directing money to anti-recidivism programs.

The legislation builds on a prison reform bill passed by the House this year, and has the potential to bring moderate Republicans and Democrats together to push it through Congress before the end of the current session.

The bill would unwind some of the tough-on-crime federal policies of the 1980s and 1990s, which have incarcerated African-American offenders at much higher rates than white offenders.