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'Not a very good huckster': Reflective Biden looks back on big 'mistake'

President Joe Biden reflected on MSNBC late Thursday on what he could've done better and lamented he could've been a better "huckster."

Speaking with Lawrence O'Donnell, Biden was asked about his political approach to the pandemic.

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Joe Biden: will Trump's return be his legacy?

Joe Biden wanted to go down in history as the man who saved America from Donald Trump. Instead he may be remembered for handing Trump a second term in the White House.

In years to come Biden, 82, may be judged more kindly. The Democrat steered a divided country out of the Covid-19 pandemic and the chaos of Trump's first four years, before pushing through an impressive raft of legislation.

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Jen Psaki flags 'most striking' lines in Biden's final message to America

Outgoing President Joe Biden received high marks from many political commentators for his farewell address delivered on Wednesday — and that was because of a particularly resonant fact about the speech, former White House press secretary turned MSNBC commentator Jen Psaki wrote on Thursday.

A key moment that exemplified this, she argued, was the beginning of his speech, where Biden delivered a powerful bit of symbolism involving the Statue of Liberty.

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'Set an example!' James Comer looks for loophole to prosecute Hunter Biden despite pardon

House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R-KY) is undeterred by the fact that President Joe Biden pardoned his son to try to prevent President-elect Donald Trump's Justice Department from further digging into his life — and has some ideas about how to get around it.

Speaking on Thursday's right-wing Benny Johnson Show, Comer said House and Justice Department investigators could simply start with a fishing expedition into financial documents that predate the pardon term.

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'Nature of the beast': Pete Buttigieg lays bare why Biden's landmark bill fell flat

Outgoing Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg sat for a lengthy interview with Politico's Adam Wren about the legacy of the Biden administration — and why he believes the president never got a public boost from the policies he got signed into law.

Biden's four years in office saw a wave of ambitious legislation, with one of his signature accomplishments being a bipartisan infrastructure bill that has committed money to thousands of upgrades to roads, bridges, and transit — one of the largest such investments since the original creation of the Interstate Highway System.

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Biden ‘exploring options’ to keep TikTok running amid looming ban: report

A behind-the-scenes 11th-hour White House effort is underway to prevent TikTok from going dark on Americans’ phones as early as Sunday, according to a new report.

President Joe Biden’s administration is said to be “exploring options” on ways to see through the ban ordered by lawmakers in a way that does not result in the widely popular app downloaded by millions of U.S. users going down on Jan. 19.

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‘Legacy of incompetence’: MAGA melts down over Biden’s farewell address

Vitriolic anger that took over MAGA world from the outset of Joe Biden’s presidency continued through the waning days of his first and only term – and his farewell address to the nation Wednesday night was no exception.

GOP officials and political observers on the right wasted no time pouncing on Biden, filling social media with mockery and outrage as the outgoing president delivered his last speech from the Oval Office.

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Republican senators determined to 'undo' Biden rules right away: report

Republican Senators expressed their eagerness Wednesday to "erase" a list of President Joe Biden's rules and regulations as soon as possible, according to Axios.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told the news outlet that he has a "'fairly lengthy list' of last-minute Biden regulations" he'd like to see undone over the next few weeks, while Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has his eyes set on rules set by the president over the few months.

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'One of the best': Political observers praise Biden’s final ‘love letter to the country'

Joe Biden’s last Oval Office address as president – the closing speech of his over five-decade political career – set off an immediate stream of reaction days before the president is set to return to life as a private citizen.

While he tried to strike an optimistic tone, his speech was peppered with dire warnings to the American public about the upcoming four years under the second Donald Trump administration, including an "avalanche" of misinformation and disinformation and a tech-industrial complex.

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Biden warns of a 'great concern' in farewell address

President Joe Biden issued a dire warning to the American people about the coming four years under the next Donald Trump administration, in his farewell address on Wednesday — even as he tried to strike the most optimistic tone he could that America would remain strong after he left.

"I'm so proud of how much we've accomplished together for the American people, and I wish the incoming administration's success because I want America to succeed," said Biden. "That's why I have held my duty to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition of power, to ensure we lead by the power of our example. I have no doubt that America is in a position to continue to succeed."

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'That a joke?' Biden hits back as he's asked if Trump should get credit for Gaza deal

President Joe Biden made it clear Wednesday that his team was taking credit for the ceasefire deal announced between Israel and Hamas.

A reporter asked Biden at a Wednesday afternoon presser, "How much credit do you give to the Trump team for this deal? Trump is already taking credit for it."

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'Baseless accusations': Hunter Biden special counsel lashes out at president for criticism

Special counsel David Weiss sharply tore into President Joe Biden over his criticisms of the case against his son Hunter, in his final report made public on Monday, The New York Times reported.

Biden controversially issued a full pardon to his son, who was convicted of tax crimes and illegal attempts to buy a gun, shortly after President-elect Donald Trump nominated far-right conspiracy theorist loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director. The move, which ran counter to Biden's previous statements he would not use the pardon power on his family, led some to speculate the president had no confidence in the DOJ under Trump not to engage in political attacks against his son.

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Biden announces aircraft carriers will be named for Clinton, Bush

US President Joe Biden announced Monday that two of the Navy's future aircraft carriers will be named for former commanders-in-chief Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

"The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83) will begin construction in the years ahead," Biden said in a statement issued just a week before he is replaced in office by Donald Trump.

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