Jon Stewart returned with his first episode of The Daily Show after the new year and took the opportunity to reflect on the four-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection. The anniversary coincided with Vice President Kamala Harris certifying the presidential election of Donald Trump, which Stewart noted “has got to …
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President Joe Biden banned new offshore oil and gas drilling along the U.S. coastlines, prompting complaints from President-elect Donald Trump that Biden is “doing everything possible to make the TRANSITION as difficult as possible.” Trump said he plans to reverse the ban. The White House announced on Monday that Biden …
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Bono, Denzel Washington, and Michael J. Fox are among the 19 people who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U.S.’s highest civilian honor, from President Joe Biden at the White House on Saturday. Other recipients include Hillary Clinton, Lakers legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, soccer star Lionel Messi, Bill …
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During his final weeks in the White House, President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order prohibiting new offshore oil and gas drilling, a move that would help protect areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans from President-elect Donald Trump‘s incoming administration. According to Bloomberg, people familiar with …
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President Joe Biden’s administration has imposed new sanctions on Russian and Iranian entities, accusing them of attempting to interfere with the 2024 U.S. election, it announced Tuesday. The Treasury Department alleges that the organizations attempted to spread disinformation related to the presidential race. In a statement, the Treasury Department said …
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Now that the 2024 election is over, journalists are admitting they missed the biggest story in American politics — 81-year-old President Joe Biden’s decline — prior to the June presidential debate. The event marked the beginning of the end for Biden, who gave a hoarse, rambling, and incoherent performance, and …
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President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of the majority of people on federal death row, the White House announced on Monday, in anticipation of Donald Trump — a champion of capital punishment — taking office. The inmates have now been sentenced to life in prison. Criminal justice advocates have …
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Members of the House authored a letter urging President Joe Biden to take action to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, protecting rights for all regardless of sex, before he leaves office early next year. “As we approach the conclusion of your historic administration, we urge you to take immediate action …
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The murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, America’s largest health insurer, has generated a lot of discourse over the past week and renewed conversation about the state of the U.S. health care system — something that was almost entirely missing from the 2024 campaign. Social media users have actively celebrated …
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President Joe Biden issued a record-breaking wave of commutations and pardons on Thursday, the most ever granted by a president in a single day. In a statement issued by the White House, the administration wrote that Biden is “is commuting the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed …
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