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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Former U.S. president Joe Biden sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, seeking to bar …

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed his administration to investigate Joe Biden’s actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor’s “cognitive decline” and casting doubts on the legitimacy of his use of the autopen to sign pardons and other documents. The order marked a significant escalation in Trump’s targeting …

Former U.S. president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms, and a prostate nodule was found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone. “While this represents …

Joe Biden expressed dismay in his first post-presidential interview over his successor Donald Trump’s statements about acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal, and of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state. Biden told BBC Radio 4’s Today program in remarks that aired Wednesday that those Trump threats, along with his administration’s diplomatic efforts …

President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, backing an effort to enshrine the change more than a century after the guarantee of gender equality was first proposed. “It is long past time to recognize the will of the …

U.S. President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and retired general Mark Milley, to guard against potential retaliation by the incoming Donald Trump administration. The decision by Biden comes after Trump warned of …

U.S. President Joe Biden intends to lift Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced Tuesday, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island. Senior U.S. administration officials, who previewed the announcement on the condition of anonymity, …

The prosecutor who led lengthy investigations into U.S. President Joe Biden’s son defended his efforts in a report on Monday, saying the criminal charges against Hunter Biden were the culmination of “thorough, impartial” work and “not partisan politics.” The report from special counsel David Weiss also criticized the senior Biden for having maligned …

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. Biden, whose term expires in two weeks, said he is using authority under the federal Outer …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday night pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family. The Democratic president had previously …