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Biden, Harris thank major Democratic donors and urge them to stay engaged after tough loss to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday thanked deep-pocketed Democratic donors who raised record sums in last month’s election loss to President-elect Donald Trump and urged them not to lose hope and to remain politically engaged. Biden and Harris, along with their spouses, in remarks at the Democratic National Committee holiday reception sought to buck up key donors who the Democratic Party needs to stay committed as it tries to pick up the pieces. Republicans scored a decisive victory taking the White House and […]

todayDecember 16, 2024 1

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‘Donald Trump is not a god’: Rep. Bennie Thompson blasts Trump’s call to jail him, reacts to potential Biden pardon

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., is not intimidated by President-elect Donald Trump, who, during an interview on “Meet the Press,” called for the congressman to be jailed for his role as chairman of the special congressional committee investigating Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Donald Trump is not a god,” Thompson told theGrio during a recent interview, reacting to Trump’s unsupported claims that the congressman, along with other committee members like vice chair […]

todayDecember 12, 2024 1

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Biden issues record clemency and pardons for nearly 1,500

President Joe Biden will issue clemency on Thursday for nearly 1,500 people sentenced to home confinement and 39 individuals who were convicted of non-violent crimes, theGrio is first to report.  President Biden’s executive action is the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history by any American president. “Mercy is being granted” for “proven rehabilitation” efforts, according to a source at the White House close to the clemency process. The commutations involve individuals who served out their sentences in home […]

todayDecember 12, 2024 1

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President Joe Biden reacts to the death of ‘literary legend’ Nikki Giovanni

President Joe Biden eulogized Nikki Giovanni in an official White House statement on Wednesday, hailing the late poet as a “literary legend.” “Jill and I send our love and condolences to her family—including her wife Virginia, her son Thomas, and her granddaughter Kai—and all those who loved and admired that something special, her courage,” Biden said of the famed writer, activist, and educator who died on Monday.   The president recalled Giovanni’s “majestic voice” and “powerful words” in 2020, when she […]

todayDecember 12, 2024 1

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Biden White House poised to announce historic preemptive pardons as pressure mounts

Some pardon announcements are expected in the coming days from the Biden White House.  Sources told theGrio the Biden administration is working around the clock on a two-pronged pardon issuance before President Joe Biden leaves office at noon Eastern on Jan. 20, 2025, when Donald Trump is sworn in as the next president of the United States. The two-pronged pardon announcement will consist of the regular pardon process that typically happens at the end of a presidential term. However, Biden […]

todayDecember 11, 2024 1

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President Biden marks historic 40th Black female judge confirmed to federal bench

President Joe Biden marked yet another historic moment for his administration in his final days in office on Monday when the U.S. Senate confirmed his 40th Black female judge to the federal bench. As part of an effort to seat as many federal judges before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House on Jan. 20, the Senate confirmed Tiffany Rene Johnson to serve on the Northern District of Georgia. Judge Johnson is only the third Black woman to serve […]

todayDecember 10, 2024

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Biden is considering preemptive pardons for officials and allies before Trump takes office

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, a preemptive move that would be a novel and risky use of the president’s extraordinary constitutional power. The deliberations so far are largely at the level of White House lawyers. But Biden himself has discussed the topic with some senior aides, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition […]

todayDecember 6, 2024

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Advocates urge Biden to apologize for slavery and take other racial justice actions before leaving office

As lawmakers and advocates push President Joe Biden to issue more pardons in his final days in office after issuing a sweeping pardon for his son, Hunter, activists are calling on the outgoing president to tackle a range of actions to advance racial justice before a Trump administration hostile to racial equity enters the White House. “We know that [Trump] going to try to reverse everything that would represent inclusion [and] people of color in the policies and programs and […]

todayDecember 4, 2024

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‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a major US-backed rail project in Africa

Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains. Biden used the third and final day of his visit to Angola on Wednesday to showcase the Lobito Corridor railway, where the U.S. and allies are investing heavily to refurbish 800 miles (1,300 kilometers) of train lines in Zambia, Congo and Angola. The project aims to advance the U.S. presence in a region rich in cobalt, copper and […]

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