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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the media on Wednesday, November 13.
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More Biden judges will be confirmed, but four appeals court nominees won’t see a vote under Senate deal
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Absences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges
President Joe Biden pardons the National Thanksgiving turkeys Liberty and Bell during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 20, 2023, in Washington.
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Biden set to use his pardon power Monday for Thanksgiving turkey tradition
WARREN, MICHIGAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Former US President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to questions during a Town Hall event at Macomb Community College on September 27, 2024 in Warren, Michigan. The Town Hall will mark his 10th visit this year to Michigan, a battleground state expected to be one of several crucial to deciding the presidential election between Trump and the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Emily Elconin/Getty Images)
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President Joe Biden speaks at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on November 18, 2024.
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Biden fades from view as he exits the world stage

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President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 13.
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Trump and Biden call for smooth transition during historic meeting 2:03
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Former President Donald Trump arrives for an election night event alongside former First Lady Melania Trump and his son Barron Trump at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6.
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Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Delaware, in November 2020. The next day, he became President-elect.
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In photos: President Joe Biden
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 27: Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks at the National Forum on Wages and Working People: Creating an Economy That Works for All at Enclave on April 27, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are attending the forum, held by the Service Employees International Union and the Center for American Progress Action Fund, to share their economic policies. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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Donald Trump greets supporters after speaking at a Get Out The Vote rally at Winthrop University on February 23 in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Many women are unsure about Trump’s style and agenda. They voted for him anyway
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Sen. Jacky Rosen.
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Despite presidential headwinds, these Senate Democratic candidates won states Harris lost
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion at the Latino Summit held at Trump National Doral Golf Club on October 22, 2024 in Doral, Florida.
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Trump’s 2024 victory revealed voter shifts that could reshape America’s political landscape
A flag is left at an event held by Vice President Kamala Harris at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024.
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Still-stunned Democrats begin to squint toward their future

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President Joe Biden meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 16, 2024, in Lima, Peru.
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Trump looms over Biden’s final meeting with Xi in Peru
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in Dearborn, Michigan, as President Joe Biden attends the NAACP Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit on May 19, 2024.
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‘Blame yourself’: Trump’s election hasn’t dampened pro-Palestinian activists’ anger at Democrats
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT
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Mass detention and returning migrants to Mexico: Donald Trump’s plans on immigration are coming into focus
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In this handout photo from the White House, President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday.
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Biden set to meet with world leaders who have already moved on to Trump
Nov 14, 2024
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, left, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
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Nearly 90 congressional Democrats call on Biden to sanction far-right Israeli ministers
Nov 14, 2024
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.
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Biden to meet for a final time with Xi this week as a new Trump era of China relations begins
Nov 13, 2024
King Felipe VI of Spain receives Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of The Supreme Court of the United States at Zarzuela Palace on March 04, 2024 in Madrid, Spain.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to remain at post as some call for her to step down
Nov 11, 2024
Former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024.
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Biden and Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday
Nov 9, 2024
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito, President-elect Donald Trump and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Trump’s election sparks speculation and infighting over future Supreme Court vacancies
Nov 9, 2024
From an aerial view the Mexican and American flags fly over the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border on September 18, 2024 in El Paso, Texas.
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Hill Democrats say their warnings about the party’s shortfalls on the border were ignored
Nov 8, 2024
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Trump could pick government’s top ethics official – after key ally blocked Biden’s choice
Nov 8, 2024
President Biden is announcing new changes to keep families together who have DACA Dreamer spouses seeking to change their immigration status, in Washington on Jun 19, 2024.
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Federal judge strikes down Biden immigration policy shielding select undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation
Nov 8, 2024

The inauguration of President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden speaks after being sworn in as the 46th President of the US during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2021. (Photo by Patrick Semansky / POOL / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden’s Inauguration Day speech, annotated
President Joe Biden signs three documents including an inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the President's Room at the US Capitol after the inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris watches at right. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Photo via AP)
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Biden signed a series of executive actions on January 28, aimed at expanding access to health care, including re-opening enrollment for health care offered through the federal marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act.
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The executive actions Biden signed in his first 100 days
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January 20: Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, arrive at his inauguration. Biden pledged to be a president for all Americans — even those who did not support his campaign. "Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation," he said in his inaugural address.
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