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What Trump Had to Say About Biden's Cancer Diagnosis

And more reactions from big names

(Newser) - President Trump was one of many big names reacting to news that former President Biden has an aggressive form of prostate cancer , and the current POTUS spared his rival any of his typical jabs in light of the situation. "Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden'...

Maureen Dowd: How Biden Went Out Is 'Unbearably Sad'

New York Times columnist faults aides and the president himself for hiding the truth

(Newser) - A string of new reports assert that former President Biden's team tried to cover up a profound mental and physical decline as his presidency wound down. If you were expecting New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd to rebut the narrative, think again. The column, headlined "The Tragedy of...

Another Bombshell Is Out From Upcoming Biden Book

Authors claim then-president failed to recognize George Clooney at fundraiser

(Newser) - Another bombshell is out from the upcoming book about former President Biden by two reporters: They say the then-president attended a Hollywood fundraiser in June 2024 and didn't recognize George Clooney, a co-host of the event, despite the fact that he and the actor are longtime acquaintances and they...

Book: Biden's Team Covered Up His Startling Decline

Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson talk of a wheelchair, describe a cover-up to conceal the president's condition

(Newser) - Had former President Biden continued his 2024 run for the White House and won, as he believes he would've done , he may have been moving around the Oval Office in a wheelchair. According to a new book from CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson, Biden's advisers...

Trump Makes Columbus Day Columbus Day Again

Biden recognized Indigenous Peoples Day as activists shifted focus, but Trump will not

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he is "bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes" and that he will not recognize Indigenous Peoples Day alongside Columbus Day in October, the AP reports. "The Democrats did everything possible to destroy Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all of the Italians...

Trump Revokes Biden's Security Clearance

It's a tit-for-tat move

(Newser) - President Trump said Friday that he's revoking former President Biden's access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he's receiving as payback for Biden doing the same to him in 2021. Trump has the right to end the briefings for Biden because it is a...

Trump Releases Biden's 'Very Nice' Letter
Trump Releases Biden's Letter
Jan 22, 2025 6:55 PM CST

Trump Releases Biden's Letter

The nation and world 'look to this house for steadiness,' outgoing president wrote

(Newser) - At the suggestion of a reporter after his return to the Oval Office on Monday, President Trump looked in the top drawer of the Resolute desk to see if outgoing President Biden had left anything for him. He had, in keeping with a relatively recent presidential tradition, USA Today reports:...

Taliban Frees 2 Americans in Prisoner Swap

They were exchanged for a Taliban fighter in the final hours of the Biden administration

(Newser) - Two Americans held in Afghanistan were released in the final hours of President Biden's tenure in exchange for a Taliban member serving two life sentences in the US. Family members confirmed Ryan Corbett, 42, who was detained in August 2022, was "back home after what has been the...

Biden, Now a Private Citizen, Leaves DC

He's on his way to California for a vacation

(Newser) - Hours after he welcomed President Trump "home" to the White House, Joe Biden, now a private citizen, left Washington, DC, by helicopter. Since Biden is a former president, he and his wife, Jill, boarded a chopper technically known as "Nighthawk 46" despite it still having the presidential seal....

With Minutes Left in Office, Biden Pardons 5 Relatives

He also commuted Leonard Peltier's sentence

(Newser) - Hunter Biden isn't the only member of his family with a presidential pardon. In his last minutes in office, Joe Biden pardoned his three younger siblings and two of their spouses. He issued blanket pardons for his brother James and James' wife, Sara; his sister Valerie and her husband,...

Biden to Trump: 'Welcome Home'
Biden to Trump:
'Welcome Home'
Jan 20, 2025 9:29 AM CST

Biden to Trump: 'Welcome Home'

President-elect and his wife visit the Bidens at the White House

(Newser) - All was cordial on Monday morning as the Trumps paid a visit to the Bidens at the White House, part of an Inauguration Day tradition. "Welcome home," President Biden said to President-elect Trump as the latter emerged from his SUV, reports the Hill . The president and first lady...

Biden Pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 Committee

Last-minute pardons come in an apparent effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump

(Newser) - President Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the House committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours in the White House to guard against potential "revenge" by the incoming Trump...

As He Leaves, Biden Thanks South Carolina

President urges Americans to 'keep the faith'

(Newser) - President Biden spent his final full day in office in South Carolina, urging Americans to "keep the faith in a better day to come" and reflecting on the influence of both the civil rights movement and the state itself in his political trajectory. He delivered a final farewell in...

Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey Is Among Biden's Pardons
Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey
Jan 19, 2025 2:05 PM CST

Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey

Virginia speaker is cleared of a mistake 'that changed the course of my life'

(Newser) - President 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. Others receiving pardons included a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice changes, and gun violence prevention, the AP...

Biden: ERA Should Be Considered Ratified

He says he believes 'the 28th Amendment is the law of the land'

(Newser) - With a little more than 72 hours remaining in his presidency on Friday, President Biden made a big move on the Equal Rights Amendment. "It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people," he said in a statement . "In keeping with my oath...

Biden Sets a Record for Pardons, Commutations

In latest move, president commutes sentences of almost 2.5K nonviolent drug offenders

(Newser) - President Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of clemency actions meant to nullify prison terms he deemed too harsh. The recent round of clemency gives Biden the presidential...

Eisenhower Coined a Phrase, and Biden Just Retooled it

Ike warned of a 'military industrial complex,' and Biden sees a 'tech industrial complex'

(Newser) - When he delivered his farewell address to Americans on Wednesday night, President Biden warned that too much power was being concentrated in the hands of a small group of uber-rich people. And just as President Eisenhower famously warned of a "military industrial complex" and the "potential for the...

Warning of Dangers to US, Biden Says He Still Believes

President delivers farewell address, expressing concerns about concentrations of power

(Newser) - President Biden bid farewell to the nation on Wednesday evening, taking pride in US achievements while warning of threats to "the idea of America"—including attacks on democratic institutions, misinformation spread by social media, and the rise of an oligarchy that concentrates money and power in the hands...

2 Presidents Claim Credit for Gaza Deal

'Is that a joke?' Biden says to reporter who asked him if Trump deserves credit

(Newser) - Is it the last major foreign policy achievement of the Biden administration or the first big win of the second Trump administration? President Biden and President-elect Trump both claimed credit Wednesday after mediators announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza . In a speech at the...

On World Stage, Biden Says, Trump Inherits a Stronger US

President touts foreign policy achievements in farewell address to State Department

(Newser) - President Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the US safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Trump will inherit a nation viewed as stronger and more reliable than it was four years ago. Biden trumpeted his administration's work on expanding NATO, rallying...

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