President Biden, 82, has focused on U.S. foreign policy for decades. As he leaves office, he said his team’s work on artificial intelligence and climate was key for his successor to follow through on.
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Biden creates 2 new national monuments, setting a conservation record
The White House says President Biden has now protected a total of 674 million acres of lands and waters — a record for any administration. This includes two new national monuments in California.
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Jimmy Carter had an early ally in the Senate: a young Democrat named Joe Biden
When they met in the mid-1970s, Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden were both political underdogs. They forged a strong friendship that lasted more than 50 years.
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Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners
Opponents of the death penalty had urged President Biden to take this step, given the number of executions that took place during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term.
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Trump’s promise to end CBP One app worries migrants waiting in Mexico
Incoming president Donald Trump has vowed to end the CBP One app, which people outside the U.S. use to book appointments to petition for asylum.
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Biden creates a new national monument marking the legacy of Indian boarding schools
The new monument will be in Carlisle, Pa., on what was the campus of a school where about 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent for assimilation between 1879 to 1918.
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Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting ‘nobody’ can reverse it
“Some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America, but nobody — nobody — can reverse it,” Biden said. But Trump has vowed to roll back those plans.
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Biden and Xi take a first step to limit AI and nuclear decisions at their last meeting
The leaders agreed that humans should control decisions to use nuclear weapons — not AI. And they talked about the importance of stability during the transition to a new U.S. administration.
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Biden and Xi will meet on Saturday, the 3rd and likely final time during Biden’s term
This is likely to be their final meeting before President Biden leaves office. Biden sees it as a chance to reflect on the “tough relationship” between the two countries, an official said.
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Trump meets Biden in the Oval Office today. It’s a tradition Trump skipped in 2020
President Biden called his predecessor — now, successor — a threat to democracy. Today he’ll sit side by side with President-elect Trump as part of the ceremony around a smooth transfer of power.
