How Trump and Biden Pursued Critical Minerals in Ukraine, Greenland and Other Countries China dominates in critical minerals, and President Trump has turned to high-pressure tactics to acquire them.

Writing the History of the Biden Presidency, in the Trump Era A group of academics met to hash out a first scholarly history of the Biden administration. But in today’s scrambled politics, has the yardstick for success and failure changed?

What to Know About Leonard Peltier, Activist Released From Prison by Biden Mr. Peltier’s murder conviction and two life sentences, stemming from a 1975 shootout with F.B.I. agents on a reservation, have been widely criticized.

President Blames D.E.I. and Biden for Crash Under Trump’s Watch President Trump’s remarks, suggesting without evidence that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.

Kash Patel Repeatedly Dodges Answering Whether Biden Won the 2020 Election Under three minutes of questioning from Senator Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, Kash Patel conceded only that Joe Biden was “certified” as the president.

Trump Officials Move to Quickly Expel Migrants Biden Allowed In Temporarily A memo appears to allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to target programs that let in more than a million people.

Google restores Joe Biden to ‘U.S. presidents’ search results, blames ‘data error’ for omission Users on Wednesday night noticed Google search results omitted President Joe Biden from the list of U.S. presidents.

With last-minute pardon, Biden delivers immigration activist Ravi Ragbir from deportation (RNS) — A chorus of nationally known faith leaders and other clergy in the New York area had supported the New Sanctuary Coalition director’s plea to be spared deportation. The post With last-minute pardon, Biden delivers immigration activist Ravi Ragbir from deportation appeared first on RNS.

Pardoned Biden Family Members Were Targets of Republicans The relatives who were granted clemency in the final minutes of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency had not been charged with wrongdoing, but some had drawn scrutiny.

Biden Ends Presidency With Fears of Trump’s Retribution “We’re not leaving the fight,” he told supporters and members of his staff as he prepared to leave Washington.

Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office Mr. Biden emphasized that he did not believe his family did anything wrong, but he feared political attacks by Donald J. Trump.

Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals Acting on the day he leaves office, President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by his incoming successor, Donald J. Trump, who has vowed “retribution.”

Biden Pardons Five More People, Including Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work.

The Federal Work Force Grew Briskly Under Biden. It’s Still Historically Low. Government agencies that shrank in President-elect Trump’s first term have mostly bounced back, and some have become even larger.

Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Trump Do? Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Trump and Xi Jinping might have other plans.

Biden to Spend a Last Day as President in Charleston President Biden will spend his final full day in office in Charleston, S.C., where five years ago he revived his flailing campaign.

Why Biden doesn’t give an official statement in writing that ban is postponed until Monday or a certain date? The law to ban TikTok is already passed in writing. That means if any isp or App Store continue service TikTok staring Sunday, there will be billion dollar fine everyday. All of these service providers cannot go with Biden verbal statement that is vague which is up to interpretation and no exact expire time. Example Biden said government won’t …

Virginia Governor Criticizes Biden for Commuting Sentences of 2 Men The men had been acquitted by a jury of the murder of a police officer, but the judge had concluded that they had been involved and sentenced them to life in prison.

The Biden White House says TikTok’s threat to go dark is a ‘stunt’ Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty ImagesWhite House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called TikTok’s threat to “go dark” tomorrow a “stunt,” and said there is no reason that TikTok or any other companies should take any actions under the ban before the Trump administration is sworn in Monday morning, several news outlets are reporting. “…

TikTok says it will go dark on Sunday unless Biden intervenes TikTok said its services will go dark Sunday unless the Biden administration gives a definitive statement providing assurances for the app’s service providers.