According to the Journal's report, Biden's first called Defense Secretary Lloyd Austinabout the drones on December 12.

Activists have called for Biden to commute the sentence of many or all federal death row inmates for some time. More than 130 civil and human rights groups penned a letter to the president in early December calling on him to commute the sentences of "all individuals on federal death row."

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.

"While this is truly distressing news on a personal level for my family, it also feels like a complete dismissal and undermining of the federal justice system," Marissa Gibson said. "Lawrence's sentence was imposed by a jury, and it should be upheld as such."

The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well-known, including Roof.

Three political reporters share what Joe Biden's presidential legacy will be - including his biggest lasting downfall.

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

Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop" at the federal level, except for those guilty of terrorism and mass murder motivated by hate, the White House said.

President Joe Biden spared the lives of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row before passing the torch to President-elect Donald Trump. Biden did not pardon the murderers, but rather downgrade

The National Defense Authorization Act has a provision barring the military's insurance from covering gender-affirming care for service members' children.

Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition, Actually, Except for a Few. The death penalty is not the hot-button political issue it was during the 1980s and ’90s,

President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will give most federal employees a 2% increase starting January 2025.