U.S. President Joe Biden pardoned five people on Sunday, including the late civil rights leader Marcus Garvey, and commuted the sentences of two, the White House said in a statement.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said Wednesday on NewsNation that President Joe Biden’s farewell address needed “silence or a simple goodbye,”

President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 inmates convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, in an effort to correct the historical and devastating blunder of his 1994 Crime Bill that disproportionately affected African Americans.

Social media reactions poured in Wednesday night as President Biden delivered his final address to the nation after over 50 years on the national political stage.

A week after clashing with regular Morning Joe panelist Michael Steele, Joe Scarborough again got into a heated debate with a guest on Wednesday’s (January 15) episode, leading to co-host Mika Brzezinski interrupting him and throwing to a commercial break.

All major broadcast and cable news networks are expected to carry the address, which the White House says will be 20 minutes in length.

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office Sunday in South Carolina, a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in the 2020 Democratic primary there set him up to achieve his life's goal of being elected president of the United States.

Biden's visit is seen as a tribute to the state, as his 2020 presidential campaign secured a crucial primary victory in South Carolina, propelling him to the Democratic nomination and ultimately the presidency.

In 2024, Donald Trump won the popular vote by 1.5 points. Trump and Democrats alike treated this result as an overwhelming repudiation of the left and a broad mandate for the MAGA movement. But by any historical measure, it was a squeaker.

President Biden’s single term in office will be marked by several moments that saw the White House take the spotlight. It began with the pandemic and a raucous State of the Union. Then there was

It’ll be quite a spectacle, and one in marked contrast to Trump’s first presidency, when he was widely cold-shouldered. There is, of course, nothing unusual about business attempting to cosy up to an incoming president in the hope of influence,