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Why Biden commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row President Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row who will stay in prison for life but will not be subject to executions. Biden's move is likely motivated by ... 12/23/2024 - 9:50 am | View Link
Commentary: Biden should certify the ERA The federal ERA can help restore all Americans’ basic right to abortion ... one of Biden’s last actions in office should be to protect abortion rights by changing the actual text of the Constitution. 12/17/2024 - 8:18 pm | View Link
Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat But now, some top doubters could be in the position to shape federal health policy. “We really don’t want to return to the era where these vaccine-preventable diseases were frequent ... 12/7/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
NASA collected Mars rocks to haul to Earth. It still hasn’t decided how. The Washington PostNASA is fighting to return samples from Mars. Here are the two ways they might do it in the 2030s CNNNASA to Explore Two Landing Options for Returning Samples from Mars NASANASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth The New York Times
For all of his dystopian rhetoric, by many traditional metrics, the America that Trump will inherit from Biden is actually in better shape than that bequeathed to any newly elected president since Bush came into office in 2001. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt.bsky.social) 2025-01-05T15:08:03.902Z
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