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Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about phony Biden bribery scheme
A former FBI informant has pleaded guilty to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, that became central to a Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.
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Biden is on track to appoint more federal judges of color than any other president
As President Joe Biden makes a final push to confirm judicial nominees before his term in office ends, he is on track to have appointed more federal judges of color than any president before him. On Monday, the Senate confirmed Biden’s judicial nominee for the Northern District of Georgia, Tiffany Johnson, making her the 40th Black woman he has...
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Biden grants clemency to almost 1,500 offenders
The White House said that Thursday was the highest number of commutations and clemencies granted in a single day.
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Biden to commute sentences of 1,500 ‘non-violent' offenders, in the biggest single-day act of clemency to date
“America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances,” the president said in a statement Thursday.
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WATCH: Biden's full remarks on end of Assad regime in Syria
President Joe Biden spoke about the fall of the government of President Bashar Al-Assad in Syria.
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Biden and Trump spoke by phone last week
President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone over the Thanksgiving holiday last week, according to two people familiar with the call.
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Biden weighs pre-emptive pardons for potential targets of Trump's retribution
During the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump made threatening comments about people he said had slighted or wronged him.
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Record ridership for Amtrak as Americans embrace trains as easier, greener
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is pumping nearly $70 billion dollars into improving and expanding passenger rail across the U.S. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us that traveling by train can also be good for the planet.
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Biden lights National Christmas Tree for final time
Amid musical performances and a visit from Santa, President Joe Biden illuminated the National Christmas Tree outside the White House Thursday evening for the last time in his presidency.
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Biden on US slave trade: ‘History cannot and should not be erased'
President Joe Biden became the first U.S. President to visit Angola, a central point in the slave trade, speaking about the “cruel, brutal, dehumanizing” practice that was America’s “original sin.”
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Hunter Biden gun case dismissed after President Joe Biden's sweeping pardon
A federal judge formally dismissed the gun case against Hunter Biden on Tuesday after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon for his son.
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It's the final holiday stretch at the Biden White House. The theme is ‘A Season of Peace and Light'
The first lady welcomed National Guard families to the White House on Monday to be among the first members of the public to see the decorations.
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Joe Biden pardons son Hunter Biden, citing ‘miscarriage of justice'
On Sunday night, President Biden issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Hunter Biden’s federal gun and tax evasion charges.
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Biden speaks after Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement
President Joe Biden spoke from the White House Rose Garden Tuesday afternoon after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet approved a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Biden pardons the last turkeys of his presidency
The chosen pair, Peach and Blossom, will become agricultural ambassadors and retire at a farm in Southern Minnesota.
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Biden pardons two turkeys in final White House Thanksgiving
President Joe Biden participated in the 77th turkey pardoning at the White House, sparing two turkeys from Minnesota.
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Boston Celtics visit White House for NBA championship celebration
The NBA champion Boston Celtics’ victory lap continued Thursday as the team visited the White House for the traditional celebration with the president.
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What does Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use longer-range US weapons mean?
Since the first year of the war, Ukrainian leaders have lobbied Western allies to allow them to use advanced weapons to strike key targets inside Russia. But their effect will depend on how they are used.
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Biden to become the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest
The massive Amazon — it’s about the size of Australia — stores huge amounts of the world’s carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas driving climate change, even as it’s rapidly deforested.
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WATCH: Trump and Biden exchange handshake at White House ahead of transition of power
President-elect Donald Trump visited the White House Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden ahead of Trump’s inauguration.