Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House, saying Monday that his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.

President Joe Biden's last-minute clemency action helped his businessman brother James Biden and political adviser sister Valerie Biden.

Biden’s preemptive pardons contradict the stance he publicly shared on the matter on December 3, 2020, shortly before he took office. CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Biden’s opinion on Trump's reported consideration of a wave of preemptive pardons before exiting the White House.

President Donald Trump unleashed an unprecedented barrage of executive orders after taking office this week WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is swiftly breaching the traditional boundaries of presidential power as he returns to the White House,

World leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration Monday, with many urging stronger alliances or continued cooperation between their countries and the United States, in carefully crafted social media posts and statements.

President Trump flexed his presidential powers Monday, promising executive orders to usher in his agenda. He issued 1,500 pardons, after President Biden issued his own.