President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons before leaving office Monday, granting preemptive pardons to some family members and other GOP foes, as well as a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey, the late civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

US President Donald Trump stripped Secret Service protection from former national security advisor John Bolton, who once called him "unfit to be president", a day after the Republican leader took office.

While President Joe Biden issued many pardons before leaving office, he did not pardon various individuals Trump has blasted who were connected to cases against the Republican figure.

John Bolton, the target of an alleged Iranian assassination plot, said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has withdrawn his Secret Service protection. | TAG24

The hard stuff takes time and Americans are impatient. The candidate’s supporters need to feel that progress is being made while they wait for their hero to deliver on his grander policy vision. To tide them over and stave off disappointment, he resorts to the easy stuff.

Bolton said that threat “remains today,” pointing to an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump before the 2024 election.

President Donald Trump revoked a 1965 civil rights executive order Tuesday, rolling back authorities long used to prevent employment discrimination by federal contractors, subcontractors and grant recipients. He also ordered agencies to plan potential civil rights investigations against private sector entities who embrace diversity hiring.

Former White House National security adviser John Bolton rebuffed CNN anchor Erica Hill's question regarding if he's hiring personal security.

Here are the top takeaways from Trump’s press conference. One of Trump’s first executive actions as the 47th president of the nation was to grant pardons and commutations to all of the defendants convicted over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, sparking criticism from Democrats who denounced the move.

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.