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Activists slam Biden for pardoning turkeys, not those on federal death row
Advocates against death penalty note president has spared no one from death row but it’s not too late to ‘cement legacy’. Advocates against the death penalty took aim with blistering irony at Joe ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Don't just pardon turkeys — use Thanksgiving to spare lives on death row
This Thanksgiving, governors should use their sovereign power to put down the executioner’s axe.Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Biden pardons turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving
Watch live coverage as President Biden pardons the turkeys Peach and Blossom for the annual Thanksgiving tradition at the White House.Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
Biden participates in his final White House turkey pardon
President Biden pardoned two turkeys, Peach and Blossom that hail from Minnesota, where they will return.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
President Biden Should End This Turkey Pardoning Nonsense
President Biden should cancel the Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning a turkey.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Watch: Biden pardons turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving
President Biden pardoned two turkeys during a time-honored ceremony at the White House ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Biden pardoned Peach and Blossom on the South Lawn Monday morning, ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Biden to pardon turkeys in annual Thanksgiving tradition
President Biden is dishing out the White House's annual Thanksgiving turkey pardons Monday. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has all the details on the pardons.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Biden pardons the last turkeys of his presidency
As part of an annual tradition, President Biden pardoned two turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving. The turkeys, named Peach and Blossom, will live out the rest of their lives as agricultural ambassadors ...Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
Biden pardons Thanksgiving turkeys at the White House
As part of an annual tradition, President Biden pardoned two turkeys, Peach and Blossom, at the White House ahead of Thanksgiving. Biden also struck a serious tone telling Americans to, “use this ...Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
Biden pardons two turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving
President Biden pardoned two turkeys from Minnesota as part of a White House tradition ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe has more on Mr. Biden's last moves as president.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Exclusive visit with the last turkeys to get a Biden pardon
President Biden pardoned some poultry Monday morning, continuing a White House tradition dating back to the late 1980s. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe got to go ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Biden pardons the last turkeys of his presidency
President Joe Biden might be a lame-duck president, but he spent Monday sparing the lives of two birds.Politics - NBC News - Yesterday -
Calls mount for Biden to spare federal death row inmates before Trump retakes office
Advocates implore Biden to ‘commute the row’ of prisoners sentenced to death before Trump restarts executions. Calls are mounting for Joe Biden to use his presidential clemency powers before he ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
Biden pardons turkeys Peach and Blossom for his last White House Thanksgiving
President Biden pardoned the turkeys Peach and Blossom for the traditional presidential pardon ahead of Thanksgiving, which marks the start of Biden’s last holiday season at the White House. “This ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Lame duck Biden pardons Thanksgiving turkeys as the world burns
President’s holiday event for the birds as Trump plans to hammer America’s democratic institutions come January. This is the way Biden world ends. Not with a bang but a gobble.. Joe Biden , 82, ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Biden pardons 'Peach' and 'Blossom' in White House Thanksgiving turkey tradition
Peach and Blossom are the two lucky turkeys from Minnesota who are escaping a fowl fate as part of a White House tradition.Top stories - ABC News - Yesterday -
Late Night Makes Its Last Jokes About Biden Pardoning Turkeys
Although Thanksgiving was still three days away, “the turkeys looked at Biden and said, ‘We better get this done,’” Jimmy Fallon said.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
Biden participates in his final White House turkey pardon
President Biden pardoned two turkeys, Peach and Blossom that hail from Minnesota, where they will return.Politics - CBS News - Yesterday -
Watch: Biden pardons 2 Minnesota turkeys in annual White House Thanksgiving tradition
President Biden pardoned two turkeys from Northfield, Minnesota, Monday at the White House in an annual Thanksgiving tradition. See the full ceremony with context from CBS News senior White House ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
ACLU petition calls on Biden to 'commute all federal death sentences' before Trump takes office
An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petition is calling on President Biden “to commute all federal death sentences” before President-elect Trump takes office. “President Biden, as your ...Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
No pardon planned for Hunter Biden, White House says
The White House said Thursday there are still no plans for President Biden to pardon his son, Hunter, before leaving office, in the wake of President-elect Trump’s victory. "Our answer stands, ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
GOP senator: Trump shouldn’t pardon Hunter Biden
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says President-elect Trump should not pardon Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, of felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 nor the tax charges he ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Trump should give Biden permission to pardon Hunter
President Biden should pardon his son Hunter Biden, who has been convicted of tax and gun law violations, in order to avoid appearing mean and to give the incoming administration a boost.Politics - The Hill - 57 minutes ago -
Dozens of medics tried in Turkey over baby deaths
Ten newborns died in an alleged scam in which babies were allegedly moved between hospitals for profit.Top stories - BBC News - November 18 -
Haley slams Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment: ‘This isn’t a schoolyard’
Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized President Biden after he appeared to call supporters of former President Trump “garbage.” “To turn around and call Trump supporters garbage, ...Politics - The Hill - October 30 -
Imprisoned Belarus activist Maria Kolesnikova is considering asking for a pardon, her father says
The father of imprisoned Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova says she's considering asking authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko for a pardon after more than four years behind barsWorld - ABC News - November 13 -
Ana Navarro says Biden should pardon his son
Ana Navarro left President Biden a message on Monday’s edition of ABC’s “The View,” recommending the sitting president pardon his son, Hunter Biden. “And this is what I’m going to tell Joe — Joe, ...Politics - The Hill - November 11 -
How Biden can make pardons a stamp on his legacy
With the shocking presidential election results in the rear-view mirror, President Biden must consider how best to cement his legacy during his remaining two months in office.Politics - The Hill - November 13 -
Deaths of 10 newborns shake millions' trust in Turkey's health care system
Turkish prosecutors accuse 47 doctors, nurses and other medical workers of killing 10 newborns since last year through neglect or malpractice that aimed to defraud the country’s medical systemWorld - ABC News - November 1 -
Deaths of 10 newborns shake millions' trust in Turkey's health care system
Turkish prosecutors accuse 47 doctors, nurses and other medical workers of killing 10 newborns since last year through neglect or malpractice that aimed to defraud the country’s medical systemHealth - ABC News - November 1 -
President Biden has no plans of pardoning son Hunter Biden, White House says
President Joe Biden does not plan to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted on federal gun charges, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.Top stories - ABC News - November 7 -
Biden must Trump-proof US democracy, activists say: ‘There is a sense of urgency’
President can secure civil liberties, accelerate spending on climate and healthcare, and spare death row prisoners. The skies above the White House were cold and grey. Joe Biden greeted the ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Should we allow prisoners on death row to volunteer for execution?
A gruesome crime, a cruel penalty. Some might think justice was done. But was it?Politics - The Hill - October 28 -
Judge says death row inmate Melissa Lucio is "actually innocent"
Melissa Lucio has been on death row in Texas since she was convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.Top stories - CBS News - November 15 -
Judge calls for Texas death row woman’s murder conviction to be overturned
Arturo Nelson finds Melissa Lucio, convicted of killing two-year-old daughter, is ‘actually innocent of capital murder’. Efforts to free Melissa Lucio , a Texas woman whose execution was delayed ...World - The Guardian - November 15