Biden shortens sentences for nearly 2,500 people, setting a record Democratic lawmakers had urged President Biden to use his clemency powers to address disparities in sentences for offenses involving crack cocaine. Lexie Schapitl
A look back at Deb Haaland's time as the first Indigenous cabinet secretary The nation's first indigenous cabinet secretary is wrapping up at the Department of Interior. It's unclear how many of Deb Haaland's reforms will remain intact under Trump. Kirk Siegler
Trump's promise of mass deportations has Nebraska worried amid labor shortage Nebraska, one of the top beef producers, has one of the worst labor shortages in the nation. The incoming Trump administration has vowed to carry out mass deportations: how will Nebraska be affected? Jasmine Garsd
Speaker Johnson removes House Intel chair Mike Turner House Speaker Mike Johnson fired the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio congressman Mike Turner. Turner has been a critic at times of President-elect Donald Trump. Susan Davis
Biden's Guantanamo Bay legacy Joe Biden vowed to close the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but -- like several presidents before him -- did not succeed. What did he accomplish, and what's next under Trump? Sacha Pfeiffer
Elon Musk turns his attention to schools in Texas The billionaire is expected to take a prominent, unofficial role in the second Trump administration.
Biden removes Cuba from designation as state sponsor of terrorism. Will Trump reverse it? The Biden administration has announced that it is lifting the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, but it's only a matter of days before the new Trump administration takes over.
Biden issues an 11th hour executive order aimed at strengthening U.S. cybersecurity One of President Biden's final moves in office is aimed at shoring up critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. Jenna McLaughlin
Russia tried to use the LA wildfires to spread anti-Ukraine propaganda Pro-Kremlin social media accounts and outlets have been spreading a baseless narrative that mansions belonging to Ukrainian officials burned down in Los Angeles. Huo Jingnan