Joe Biden

Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history.

The outgoing Biden administration’s Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, will testify before a Republican-led House committee on the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, ending a long controversy with that committee just weeks before his term expired.

This photo shows U.S. President Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore while shopping in Nantucket, Massachusetts on Nov. 29, 2024.

Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter has antagonized both sides of the U.S. political divide, with Republicans crying hypocrisy and Democrats warning it undermines efforts to rein in Donald Trump.

He used crack cocaine every 20 minutes, in total he has spent an astronomical $1 million on prostitutes and on expensive cars, according to content found by US authorities on the laptop of Haden Biden, the… disembodied son of the Democratic outgoing US president.

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday issued an official pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing for two criminal cases, despite assurances that he would not intervene in his legal troubles.

US President Joe Biden has granted a presidential pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, absolving him of convictions related to gun crimes and tax violations. The pardon prevents any sentencing for these offenses and eliminates the possibility of imprisonment.

The Biden administration is preparing a $725 million weapons package for Ukraine, according to two U.S. officials cited by Reuters.

US President Joe Biden has turned 82 years old, marking a historic milestone as no sitting head of state has ever reached this age, Reuters reports. The occasion was celebrated with well-wishes from family, friends, and colleagues, including First Lady Jill Biden and former President Barack Obama, who congratulated him on social media.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan opposes a US decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to attack inside Russia, saying it would further enflame the conflict, according to a readout shared by his office on Wednesday.