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In farewell address, Biden warns of dangers of an ‘oligarchy’ of tech, ultra-rich running country
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings about an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans' rights and the future of democracy.
Biden says he's leaving Trump a 'strong hand to play' in world conflicts
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the U.S. safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a nation viewed as stronger and more reliable than it was four years ago.
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It's the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released.
Biden weighs whether to flex presidential powers in broad new ways
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden faces a stark choice as he contemplates broad preemptive pardons to protect aides and allies from potential retribution by Donald Trump: Does he hew to the institutional norms he’s spent decades defending or flex the powers of the presidency in untested ways? The deliberations so far are largely at the level of White House lawyers.
Biden's broken promise on pardoning son raises questions about legacy
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun and tax convictions was a surprise that wasn't all that surprising. Not to those who had witnessed the president’s shared anguish over his two sons after the boys survived a car crash that killed Biden's first wife and a daughter more than a half-century ago.
Trump on Day 1: Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his criminal cases vanish
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1." According to his own statements, he's got a lot to do on that first day in the White House. kAm“x H2?E E@ 4=@D6 E96 3@C56C[ 2?5 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^ECF>A\6=64E:@?\4=:>2E6\A@==FE:@?\@:=\82D\4=62?\6?6C8J\7e25bh6abe`bbhe2fdbe73`54ad742eaQmx H2?E E@ 5C:==[ 5C:==[ 5C:==k^2m[Q 96 D2:5 @7 9:D s2J ` A=2?D]k^Am kAm(96? 96 E@@< @77:46 :?
Harris appears on SNL as mirror image of Maya Rudolph
NEW YORK — Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the presidential election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show's cold open. kAm%96 7:CDE =:?6D E96 42?5:52E6 DA@<6 2D D96 D2E 24C@DD 7C@> #F5@=A9[ E96:C @FE7:ED :56?E:42=[ H6C6 5C@H?65 @FE 3J 4966CD 7C@> E96 2F5:6?46]k^Am kAm“xE :D ?:46 E@ D66 J@F z2>2=2[” w2CC:D E@=5 #F5@=A9 H:E9 2 3C@25 8C:?
Live from New York: Harris making surprise 'Saturday Night Live' appearance with election looming
NEW YORK (AP) — Live from New York, it’s a presidential candidate scrounging for every vote in the final days before the election. Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise trip to New York City on Saturday to appear on “ Saturday Night Live,” briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been furiously campaigning in favor of the iconic sketch comedy show. Harris departed on Air Force Two after an early evening campaign stop on in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Beyoncé, whose ‘Freedom’ is Harris’ campaign anthem, is expected at Democrat's Texas rally on Friday
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Beyoncé is expected to appear Friday in her hometown of Houston at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to three people familiar with the matter. Harris' presidential campaign has taken on Beyonce's 2016 track “Freedom” as its anthem, and the singer's planned appearance brings a high-level of star power to what has become a key theme of the Democratic nominee’s bid: freedom. kAmw2CC:D H:== 9625 E@ E96 C6=:23=J #6AF3=:42? DE2E6 ;FDE `_ 52JD 367@C6 t=64E:@? s2J :? 2?
After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is seeking to put the focus squarely onto Donald Trump following his uneven debate performance last week. Speaking Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting broad immunity from prosecution to Trump and other presidents, Biden said the high court's ruling had undermined the rule of law.
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