Biden wrote a 1994 bill that designated dozens of new capital offenses. Inmates sentenced under that law hope he will commute their sentences.

President Biden is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, of the 40 men on the federal government’s death row.

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

Senate Democrats confirmed President Joe Biden's 235th judge, beating Donald Trump's record from his first term.

The House approved a new funding bill Friday which President Joe Biden endorsed just hours before a government shutdown was set to go into effect, an outcome President-elect Donald Trump suggested he was fine with so long as it happens on Biden’s watch.

Congress passed a bipartisan deal spending deal after Donald Trump and Elon Musk tanked an earlier bill. The government did not shut down.

The Biden administration announced the cancellation of student debt for an additional 55,000 public service workers on Friday.

The Biden administration is officially withdrawing its sweeping proposals to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans, effectively closing the door on mass loan forgiveness in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency.

Friday's action brings the total public service student loans forgiven to about $78 billion for nearly 1.1 million workers, the department said.