The outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect and unite and Republican Donald Trump offering a holiday greeting and a flurry of politically focused social media posts.
President Biden will seek solace and “relief” during a visit with Pope Francis next month, according to people familiar with his plans. His public comments have offered a glimpse into what is on his mind.
Only three inmates were left to face the death penalty, including convicted Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Robert Bowers, who was sentenced to death for killing 11 worshippers and wounding seven during a shooting at a the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.
United States President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday lambasted President Joe Biden's recent decision to commute the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, a move made during
Mere weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office, President Joe Biden is commuting
Biden did not commute the death sentences of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Charleston church killer Dylann Roof, and Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers. They will be the only three left on the federal execution list when Trump, a proponent of the death penalty, takes office on January 20.
The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals.
All of Biden's picks will serve lifetime appointments, meaning they will serve to protect his legacy when Trump takes office.
As a change in presidential administrations approaches, President-elect Trump and President Biden both marked the Christmas holiday, with Biden acknowledging that it would be his last time as president to wish the nation a merry Christmas.
Nippon President Tadashi Imai told reporters on Wednesday that there is “considerable amount of support for this acquisition” in the Rust Belt.
Lawrence O'Donnell pushed for an infrastructure project providing another link between New York and New Jersey be called the "Biden tunnel."