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On his last day in office, outgoing United States President Joe Biden issued a number of preemptive pardons essentially to protect some leading public figures and members of his own family from possible retaliation by Donald Trump. It was a novel and innovative use of the presidential pardon power.

Although it will impinge on the consciousness of few, the appointment of the next UK ambassador to the US is growing into a crisis. It would not do for the involvement of Peter Mandelson in anything to pass without some controversy, but the difficulties emerging around his scheduled departure to…

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Joe Biden breaks with tradition to offer a direct criticism of his successor

The power of the presidency has grown for decades, but experts say Trump could go further in his second term.

Donald Trump has become America’s first convicted felon president after a New York state court formally sentenced him on January 10 over 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal. However, this is no win for the rule of law. Trump’s constant attempts to delegitimise and…

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The outgoing president’s approval ratings are comparable to Richard Nixon, who resigned amid the Watergate scandal

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