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Trump lifts freeze on LNG export permit applications, scraps Biden's policy

The Republican's executive order, which was expected, effectively reverses a pause on permits for new projects that former President Joe Biden put in place in early 2024

All you need to know about executive order a Trump tool to reshape govt

Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday, ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has -- the executive order. He's looked on his first day to increase domestic energy production and stop diversity, equity and inclusion programmes within the federal government, among other actions. An incoming president signing a flurry of executive orders is standard practice. Executive orders allow a president to wield power without action from Congress. But there are also limits to what the orders can achieve. A primer on how the presidential power works and its often fleeting impact: What are executive orders? Basically, they are signed statements about how the president wants the federal government to be managed. They can be instructions to federal agencies or requests for reports. Many orders can be unobjectionable, such as giving federal employees the day after Christmas off. They can also lay out major policies. For example, Joe Biden signed as pre

Trump reverses Biden's oil drilling bans, opens US waters for exploration

The president is also expected to direct the Interior Department to swiftly develop a new plan for selling offshore drilling rights on Monday

Minutes before leaving presidency, Biden pardons siblings, their spouses

Minutes before leaving the presidency, Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying Monday that his family had been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me the worst kind of partisan politics. Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end, he said as his presidential term was ending. The family pardons were the surprise finale in a series of unprecedented presidential actions by the Democrat, who has been known as an intuitionalist during his half-century in politics. Biden also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the Capitol and allies who have been targeted by Republican President Donald Trump. He was sworn in Monday. It was a remarkable use of Biden's presidential power: None of the above has been charged with any crime, and the move was designed to guard against possible retribution by Trump. Trump, during hi

Biden pardons Jan 6 attack investigators to guard against Trump's revenge

President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr Anthony Fauci, retired Gen Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential revenge by the incoming Trump administration. The decision by Biden comes after Donald Trump warned of an enemies list filled with those who have crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss and his role in the storming of the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021. Trump has selected Cabinet nominees who backed his election lies and who have pledged to punish those involved in efforts to investigate him. The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offence, Biden said in a statement. Our nation owes these public servants a debt of ...

Trump ends Biden-era border app that gave legal entry to 1 mn migrants

The Trump administration Monday ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work. A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection Monday just after Trump was sworn in let users know that the app that had been used to allow migrants to schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available. The notice said that existing appointments have been cancelled. The move adheres to a promise Trump made during his campaign and will please critics who say it was an overly generous magnet for more people to come to Mexico's border with the United States. The CBP One app has been wildly popular. It is an online lottery system to give appointments to 1,450 people a day at eight border crossings. They enter on immigration parole, a presidential authority that Joe Biden used more than any other president since it was introduced in 1952.

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Biden urges Americans to 'keep faith' as he spends final day as President

Joe Biden spent his final full day as president Sunday in South Carolina, urging Americans to keep the faith in a better day to come and reflecting on the impact of the civil rights movement in pushing him into politics. On the eve of Monday's inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, Biden delivered a final farewell from a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in its 2020 Democratic primary set him up to achieve his life's goal of being elected president of the United States. Biden spoke to the congregation of Royal Missionary Baptist Church about why he entered public service Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were political heroes, he said and he thanked South Carolina for its support: I owe you big. Monday is the federal holiday honouring King, the slain civil rights leader. We know the struggle to redeeming the soul of this nation is difficult and ongoing," Biden said. We must hold on to hope. We must stay engaged. We must alwa

Biden pardons Black nationalist Garvey, 4 others, commutes 2 sentences

President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention. Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey's conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the increasingly popular leader who spoke of racial pride. After Garvey was convicted, he was deported to Jamaica, where he was born. He died in 1940. The Rev Martin Luther King Jr said of Garvey: "He was the first man, on a mass scale and level" to give millions of Black people "a sense of dignity and destiny." It's not clear whether Biden, who leaves office Monday, will pardon people who have been criticised or threatened by President-elect Donald Trump. Issuing preemptive pardons -- for actual or

Joe Biden says guns in Gaza have gone silent under ceasefire deal

US President Joe Biden says the guns in Gaza have gone silent under a ceasefire deal he outlined in May. Biden spoke during a visit to a church in North Charleston, South Carolina. Speaking of the hostages that were being released under the ceasefire, Biden said he had just received a call saying the three were being released. Although he stressed that it was early and it wasn't immediately clear whether they were out of Gaza, Biden said: They appear to be in good health.

PM Modi, Biden raised US-India partnership to new heights: Eric Garcetti

Garcetti and his family on Sunday met PM Modi and said that the two leaders have achieved record-breaking milestones

Biden's UN envoy says rivals will fill vacuum if Trump abandons leadership

The outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations says she watched America's leadership diminish in the world during Donald Trump's first presidency and China fill the vacuum. Linda Thomas-Greenfield is warning that if it happens again during Trump's second term, adversaries will move in anew. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Thomas-Greenfield said during Joe Biden's presidency, the United States again engaged with the world, rebuilt alliances and reestablished America's leadership. That is the gift that we hand over to the next administration, she said, and I hope that they will accept that gift in the spirit in which it is being given to them. Advice to Trump's choice for UN ambassador In a brief meeting with Trump's nominee, Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Thomas-Greenfield told her that the UN is important, and that it is important that we not cede any space to our adversaries. Those rivals will change the rules of the road," she warned. "And so, US ...

Biden's final days in office: Ceasefire deal, Ukraine, clemency, and more

From clemency to forgiving student debt: Here's all the policies that outgoing US President Joe Biden pushed ahead during his last days in the White House

Will 'go dark' unless Biden gives clarity following SC ruling, says TikTok

TikTok said it will have to go dark this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won't enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it's sold by its China-based parent company. The Supreme Court in its ruling held that the risk to national security posed by TikTok's ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States. The decision came against the backdrop of unusual political agitation by President-elect Donald Trump, who vowed that he could negotiate a solution, and the administration of President Joe Biden, which has signalled it won't enforce the law which was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support beginning Sunday, his final full day in office. TikTok should remain available to Americans, but simply under American ownership or other ownership that addresses the national security concerns identifie

I return to highest calling in democracy: Blinken during farewell speech

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also described his return as 'private citizen' as 'the highest calling in a democracy'

TikTok ban implementation now responsibility of incoming administration: WH

Given the sheer fact of timing, this Administration recognises that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next administration, a released statement said

US to take extraordinary steps to avert a default, says treasury secy

Yellen wrote in a letter to bipartisan congressional leaders Friday she was advising them of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin using on January 21

Biden admin allocates $27 bn to clean energy before Trump transition

The move marks President Joe Biden's last-ditch efforts to secure his climate legacy before Trump takes charge

Outgoing President Biden grants clemency to 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders

As his presidency ends, Joe Biden commutes the sentences of 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders in a historic move to address sentencing disparities