President Biden
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2025
Donald Trump is sworn in as 47th President of the United States
At the Capitol, Vice President-elect JD Vance was sworn-in first, taking the oath read by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a bible given to him by his great-grandmother.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2025
Biden warns of dangers of ‘oligarchy’ of ultrarich in farewell address
President Joe Biden used his 15-minute address to offer a model for a peaceful transfer of power and — without mentioning Trump by name — raise concerns about his successor.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2025
Funeral for former President Jimmy Carter honors his humility, legacy of service
All of Carter's living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering the eulogy.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2025
Biden cancels final overseas trip of his presidency as fires rage in California
The trip was meant as a coda to the second Catholic U.S. president’s time in the White House and a final opportunity to showcase the strength of American alliances before he leaves office on Jan. 20.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2025
Maine attorney receives top honor from President Biden
Portland resident Mary Bonauto, who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case that legalized same-sex marriage, is among 20 Americans receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2024
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
The three remaining inmates are Dylann Roof, the 2015 Charleston church shooter; Dzhokhar Tsarnev, the Boston Marathon bomber; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2024
Frances Perkins Center designation adds a new draw to Damariscotta region
The family homestead of the first woman Cabinet member became a national monument on Monday.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2024
Some House Democrats call on Biden to have Equal Rights Amendment ratified
The amendment has met all the constitutional requirements, but has not been added to the Constitution because not enough states ratified it in time to meet a Congress-mandated deadline.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2024
President Biden pardons Augusta man for decades-old crime
Michael Gary Pelletier, 67, was convicted in 1997 of a non-violent crime and notified this week that he would receive a pardon.
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PublishedDecember 12, 2024
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences, a record for one day
The president is under pressure to pardon broad swaths of people ahead of the incoming Trump administration.
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