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Pardoned Biden Family Members Were Targets of Republicans
The relatives who were granted clemency in the final minutes of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency had not been charged with wrongdoing, but some had dr [...]
Biden Commutes Leonard Peltier’s Prison Sentence
Leonard Peltier spent nearly 50 years in federal prison.
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Biden Ends Presidency With Fears of Trump’s Retribution
“We’re not leaving the fight,” he told supporters and members of his staff as he prepared to leave Washington.
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Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office
Mr. Biden emphasized that he did not believe his family did anything wrong, but he feared political attacks by Donald J. Trump.
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Biden Issues Pre-Emptive Pardons to Guard Against Trump’s Reprisals
President Biden, hours before leaving office, used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted for reprisals by his successor, including M [...]
Biden Pardons Five More People, Including Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey
Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his wo [...]
The Federal Work Force Grew Briskly Under Biden. It’s Still Historically Low.
Government agencies that shrank in President-elect Trump’s first term have mostly bounced back, and some have become even larger.
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Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do?
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Trump and Xi [...]
Biden to Spend a Last Day as President in Charleston
President Biden will spend his final full day in office in Charleston, S.C., where five years ago he revived his flailing campaign.
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Virginia Governor Criticizes Biden for Commuting Sentences of 2 Men
The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been involved and sentenced them to [...]
The Bidens’ Style Legacy: American Designers and Biden Blue
Joe, Jill and the look of the last four years — what will we remember?
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Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Certification
President Biden’s remarks were largely a symbolic gesture of support for a century-long campaign to enshrine gender equality into the Constitution. Bu [...]
Biden Say Equal Rights Amendment Has Passed, but Does Not Force Legal Fight
President Biden’s remarks appeared to be largely a symbolic gesture of support for a decades-long campaign to enshrine gender equality into the Consti [...]
‘I’m Urging You Not to Run’: How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out
The New York senator, who swallowed concerns for months and then dragged his feet on sharing them with President Biden, ultimately told him he risked [...]
Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences
The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, will be the broadest commutation of individual sent [...]