The Biden administration is officially withdrawing its sweeping proposals to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans, effectively closing the door on mass loan forgiveness in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency.
President-elect Trump is seizing the reins of power early and, according to lawmakers in both parties, already acting as president, while Joe Biden, in many ways, has kept a lower profile during the final days of his presidency.
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Biden has signed legislation that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Trump’s core demand in the negotiations.
Pres.-elect Donald Trump unloaded on Biden's commutation of "the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers;" and vowed "Law and Order."
Republicans’ spectacular debacle came to an embarrassing close on Monday — except nothing is ever really closed for these guys, is it?
Amid the threat of a federal government shutdown, President Joe Biden and Democrats say Republicans have only themselves to blame.
All of Biden's picks will serve lifetime appointments, meaning they will serve to protect his legacy when Trump takes office.
Joe Biden slammed Republicans for not understanding how advancing women's health not only improves the lives of women but the prosperity of the entire nation, at the White House Wednesday.
The Senate on Friday confirmed Biden's 235th lifetime federal judge — one more than Trump appointed during his first term in office.
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Friday announced he is pardoning 43 people who have served out their sentences, stressing that his actions are “very different” than President Joe Biden's recent wave of commutations.