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The bald eagle officially becomes America's national bird as Biden signs bill into law
The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.
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Biden delivers on threat to veto bill to expand U.S. judiciary
President Joe Biden has vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 new federal district judgeships. Biden said Monday that “hurried action” by the House left key questions unanswered about the lifetime positions.
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Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children
President Joe Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite his objections to language banning transgender health care for military children.
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Biden administration withdraws student loan forgiveness plans. What borrowers should know
The Biden administration has withdrawn its two major plans to deliver student loan forgiveness to millions of Americans. Here’s what borrowers should know.
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Biden commutes death sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row to life sentences
Next month, Biden, a practicing Catholic, will meet with Pope Francis, who recently called for prayers for U.S. death row inmates in hopes their sentences would be commuted.
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Senate confirms Biden's 235th judge, beating Trump's record
The Democratic-led Senate confirmed the 235th federal judge nominated by President Joe Biden, marking a milestone for the outgoing occupant of the White House by giving him one more than former President Donald Trump secured.
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New round of student loan debt forgiveness will benefit 54,900 public service workers
President Biden announced this morning that his administration has cancelled the student debt for about 55,000 borrowers.
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Biden forgives $4.28 billion in student debt for 54,900 borrowers
The Biden administration announced on Friday that it would forgive another $4.28 billion in student loan debt for 54,900 borrowers who work in public service.
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Biden to visit Pope Francis at Vatican in final international trip of his presidency
President Joe Biden will travel to Italy next month to meet with Pope Francis and top Italian officials for what is expected to be the final international trip of his presidency.
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Biden establishes a national monument for Frances Perkins, the 1st female Cabinet secretary
Biden signed a proclamation establishing a national monument honoring Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to serve in a presidential Cabinet
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says Biden should ‘very seriously' consider pre-emptive pardons
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday described President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to jail members of the House Jan. 6 Committee as “an outrageous statement” and said President Joe Biden should consider pre-emptive pardons for committee members.
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A nonprofit leader, a social worker: Here are the stories of the people on Biden's clemency list
Roughly 1,540 people had their sentences commuted or were pardoned by President Joe Biden on Thursday in what was the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history.
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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 administration has no current plans to authorize a bird flu vaccine for humans
Officials are monitoring the outbreak, but say that a vaccine is not yet warranted because the virus isn’t spreading among people or causing severe illness.
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Biden says U.S. will support Syria and its neighbors after Assad dynasty collapses
The U.S. plans to support Syria and its neighbors after rebels toppled Assad’s dictatorship.
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Biden adds to the nation's list of national monuments during his term. There's an appetite for more
It was 1906 when U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt designated the first national monument — Devils Tower in Wyoming.
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Biden-era retirement rule may be in jeopardy after Trump takes office
During his first term, President-elect Donald Trump declined to defend a similar Obama-era Labor Department fiduciary rule in court.
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Biden administration under pressure to forgive student loans before Trump takes office
With just a little more than a month and half left in office, President Joe Biden is under pressure to forgive more student debt.
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How California Democrats are responding to Biden's decision to pardon his son
While a number of elected officials from Southern California dodged NBC Los Angeles’ questions, some California Democrats began to express their opinions on the controversial decision.