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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.

US Presidential Inauguration highlights: USA's decline over, change will come quickly, says Trump

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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

President Biden won't enforce ban on social media app TikTok, says official

President Joe Biden won't enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a US official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump. Congress last year, in a law signed by Biden, required that TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance divest the company by January 19, a day before the presidential inauguration. The official said the outgoing administration was leaving the implementation of the law and the potential enforcement of the ban to Trump. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss internal Biden administration thinking. Trump, who once called to ban the app, has since pledged to keep it available in the US, though his transition team has not said how they intend to accomplish that. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend Trump's inauguration and be granted a prime seating location on the dais as the president-elect's national security adviser

As Biden warns of 'oligarchy,' Trump inauguration to host tech billionaires

President Joe Biden's pointed warning about the US becoming an oligarchy of tech billionaires will be illustrated at Donald Trump's inauguration, when the world's three richest men will sit on the dais as Trump is sworn in for a second term. Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person, took an unprecedented, hands-on role in the final stretch of Trump's campaign, spending some USD200 million through a super PAC. Musk has a new role reshaping government in the upcoming administration and will be joined on the dais by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Both men's companies have enormous contracts with the federal government. Rounding out the trio is Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who recently changed his company's priorities to align with Trump's and has cozied up to the president-elect less than six months after Trump threatened to imprison him. The three men are worth nearly USD1 trillion combined and will be joined at the inauguration by the chief executive officers of OpenAI and the social medi

Jake Sullivan briefs USISPF board members on India-US relationship

Outgoing US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Thursday addressed board members of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum on various aspects of bilateral relationship between the two largest democracies of the world and the landmark initiatives launched during the four years of the Biden administration. Sullivan, who was in India early this month, briefed the USISPF Board on the productive dialogue he had with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his counterpart Ajit Doval, the Indian National Security Advisor, and External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar. He touched on the comprehensive US-India partnership and the landmark initiatives launched during the Biden Administration, and how he prioritised his India visit in his limited time in the new year, USISPF said. During the briefing, Sullivan underscored a broad array of initiatives spanning defense, technology, cyber and maritime security, and economic collaboration to enhance mutual interests and contribute to a secure

Oligarchy taking shape in America, says Joe Biden in farewell address

His speech in the Oval Office is the latest in a series of remarks on domestic policy and foreign relations that are intended to cement his legacy