Republicans tore President Biden apart for unveiling his decision to commute the sentences of almost everyone on federal death row.

President Joe Biden took 37 people off of death row over the weekend and Republicans are irate. While Biden, a Catholic, has supported the death penalty, those on death row were remanded to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Biden has signed legislation that averts a government shutdown, bringing a final close to days of upheaval in Washington after Congress passed a bipartisan budget plan just past the deadline and rejected Trump’s core demand in the negotiations.

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President Biden was blasted for "quiet quitting" and failing to lead his fellow Democrats amid the fiscal battle in Congress that could lead to a government shutdown just days before Christmas.

The Senate on Friday confirmed Biden's 235th lifetime federal judge — one more than Trump appointed during his first term in office.

Biden signed the stopgap measure on Saturday. With a government shutdown narrowly avoided late Friday into Saturday morning, the House and Senate sent a funding bill to President Joe Biden's desk.

President-elect Donald Trump and multibillionaire Elon Musk had sunk an earlier bipartisan deal, only to see their preferred replacement voted down.

WASHINGTON − With the House GOP struggling to avoid a federal government shutdown, President Joe Biden and the Democrats are more than happy to sit back and watch the chaos play out, convinced ...

All of Biden's picks will serve lifetime appointments, meaning they will serve to protect his legacy when Trump takes office.

The Democratic-led Senate passed the measure 76-20. It cleared the GOP-controlled House 327-75 last month and will now head to President Joe Biden for his signature.

Despite Trump declaring “SUCCESS in Washington” just hours before the Thursday vote, a number of Republicans joined with most Democrats to shoot down the bill. With just a narrow majority in Congress, the House GOP can’t risk losing any Republican votes without Democratic support.