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Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners

5:00am December 23, 2024

Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump's first term.

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Trump's promise to end CBP One app worries migrants waiting in Mexico

4:58pm December 19, 2024

Incoming president Donald Trump has vowed to end the CBP One app, which people outside the U.S. use to book appointments to petition for asylum.

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Biden creates a new national monument marking the legacy of Indian boarding schools

11:11am December 09, 2024

The new monument will be in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of a school where about 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent for assimilation between 1879 to 1918.

President Biden makes long awaited trip to Africa

4:50am December 02, 2024

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President Biden makes his first and only trip to Africa in his presidency, as he travels to Cabo Verde and Angola.

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Trump team signs a key transition agreement with Biden White House

5:40pm November 26, 2024

This is one of two agreements that was supposed to have been signed by Oct. 1. The Trump team has decided to forgo the second one, saying it has its own systems in place.

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Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting 'nobody' can reverse it

4:56pm November 17, 2024

"Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it," Biden said. But Trump has vowed to roll back those plans.

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Biden and Xi take a first step to limit AI and nuclear decisions at their last meeting

8:14pm November 16, 2024

The leaders agreed that humans should control decisions to use nuclear weapons — not AI. And they talked about the importance of stability during the transition to a new U.S. administration.

Biden and Xi will meet on Saturday, the 3rd and likely final time during Biden's term

12:30pm November 13, 2024

President Biden plans to tell China's Xi Jinping that communication channels between the two governments need to remain open — no matter who is in the White House.

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Trump returns to Washington for the 1st time since he won the election

5:00am November 13, 2024

President Biden and President-elect Trump met for almost two hours and discussed a funding bill that Congress needs to pass by Dec. 21, as well as ongoing support for Ukraine, the White House said.

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Trump is back: how Biden will tweak his 'America's back' message at APEC and the G20

5:00am November 12, 2024

President Biden used to tell world leaders "America is back," implying the Trump era's go-it-alone ethos was a one-term blip. But Biden needs a new line for this week's APEC and G20 summits.

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