Biden: 1st Term

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  Biden warns of dangers of oligarchy taking shape in US

  BBC News - Alys Davies

  Outgoing US President Joe Biden warned of the dangers of an oligarchy gaining power as he delivered his farewell address and brought a decades-long career in politics to an end. "Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that really threatens our entire …

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  Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address

  Guardian US - Joseph Gedeon

  President sounds alarm about growing power of ultra-wealthy before handing presidency back to Trump

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  How Biden tarnished his own legacy

  bbc.co.uk - Anthony Zurcher

  Standing at a lectern at Washington's National Cathedral last Thursday, Joe Biden delivered the eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter while three other former presidents – Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama – and the once and future president, Donald Trump, looked on. Each spectating …

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  Biden commutes most federal death sentences

  BBC News - Ruth Comerford

  US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates, switching their penalty to life in prison without parole. The three excluded from the measure include the Boston Marathon bomber and the man who killed Jewish worshippers in 2018. In a statement, Biden said …

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  Biden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 sentences

  BBC News - James FitzGerald

  US President Joe Biden has issued presidential pardons to 39 Americans convicted of non-violent crimes, and commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, including several convicted of multi-million dollar fraud schemes. The White House described it as the most acts of presidential clemency issued …

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  Biden considering pre-emptive pardons for Trump critics - sources

  BBC News - Kathryn Armstrong

  Outgoing US President Joe Biden is considering pre-emptive pardons for prominent critics of his successor Donald Trump, multiple people familiar with the discussions have told CBS, the BBC's US partner. That is in a bid to shield them from potential retribution after Trump - who has vowed to take …