President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of 37 death row inmates ignited a fierce debate about the morality of executions.

Biden has signed legislation that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Trump’s core demand in the negotiations.

The Biden administration is officially withdrawing its sweeping proposals to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans, effectively closing the door on mass loan forgiveness in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency.

President-elect Trump is seizing the reins of power early and, according to lawmakers in both parties, already acting as president, while Joe Biden, in many ways, has kept a lower profile during the final days of his presidency.

Pres.-elect Donald Trump unloaded on Biden's commutation of "the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers;" and vowed "Law and Order."

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President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred replacement voted down.

He had just a single term to try to transform the nation's approach to energy, climate change, technology and jobs. What does he leave behind?

President Biden was blasted for "quiet quitting" and failing to lead his fellow Democrats amid the fiscal battle in Congress that could lead to a government shutdown just days before Christmas.

The Senate on Friday confirmed Biden's 235th lifetime federal judge — one more than Trump appointed during his first term in office.

All of Biden's picks will serve lifetime appointments, meaning they will serve to protect his legacy when Trump takes office.

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Friday announced he is pardoning 43 people who have served out their sentences, stressing that his actions are “very different” than President Joe Biden's recent wave of commutations.