Illinois woman among 39 pardoned by President Biden
Many of the pardons are for long-ago, non-violent drug offenses.
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Many of the pardons are for long-ago, non-violent drug offenses.
"These actions represent the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history," the White House said.
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of about 1,500 people and pardoned 39 more. The commutations are for people who were placed on home confinement during the pandemic and served at least one year at home.
Jackson's letter urges the president to "weigh the balance of his life and the power of forgiveness" in considering Jesse Jackson Jr. for a full pardon.
The move comes in the final weeks of Biden's presidency after he and his advisers repeatedly denied that he would pardon his son.
Wisconsin's election commission leader has quietly certified Donald Trump's victory in the battleground state, a departure from the chaos that surrounded the 2020 election results.
Biden will become the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest during his stop in Brazil on Sunday. This comes as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, who said he is ready to work with President-elect Donald Trump for a smooth transition.
President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both promised a "smooth" transition.
President-elect Donald Trump announced several new appointments to his administration this week, including his picks for attorney general, secretary of state, and the director of national intelligence.
President-elect Donald Trump met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday at the White House, promising a smooth transition of power, as Trump continues to build his incoming administration.
President-elect Donald Trump is in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to meet with House Republicans and to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the transition.
With Republicans taking control of the Senate, many of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees are likely to face an easy path to confirmation, even some who may be controversial.
This will complete a sweep of the seven battleground states over Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump will meet President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday.
President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House announced on Saturday.
President-elect Donald Trump will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday after Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the race for U.S. president.
The ruling is a major defeat for the outgoing Biden administration, which argued the policy promoted family unity among mixed-status households.
In his first public remarks since Election Day, President Joe Biden assured Americans that there will be a peaceful transfer of power as his party grapples with major election losses.
Trump won a larger percentage of the Illinois vote in 2024 than in 2016 or 2020, reflecting a national trend in his third run for the White House.
The work has begun to transition from a Biden-Harris White House to a Trump-Vance administration. For President-elect Donald Trump, the move back into the Oval Office also involves significant legal baggage.
President Joe Biden is set to speak to the nation for the first time since former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Biden’s speech begins the transfer of power process, ahead of Trump’s return to the Oval Office in January.
The White House said Biden congratulated President-elect Trump on the phone and invited him to the White House.
Harris’ campaign is also taking heat for Biden's reaction to the comment made by the comedian, who called Puerto Rico an "island of garbage."
The federal government established and supported these schools from 1819 through the 1970s. Children were forcibly removed from their families to attend these schools to assimilate them into white American culture.
In his latest book, Bob Woodward delves into the inner circles of the Biden White House during the Russia-Ukraine war and Israel's conflict against Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as new information about Trump and Putin.
On the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, former President Trump continued to spread the false claim that FEMA is diverting disaster relief funds to migrants. His running mate, JD Vance, echoed the same false narrative.
