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Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders  ABC News Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency  Fox News Biden commutes hundreds of more non-violent drug-related sentences  CBS News Biden sets record for most pardons and commutations with new round

Watch live: Senate confirmation hearing for Kristi Noem  NPR Live updates: Senate confirmation hearing for Trump Cabinet pick Kristi Noem | CNN Politics  CNN Live updates: Trump pick Kristi Noem faces Senate confirmation hearing for DHS secretary  The Washington Post Kristi Noem Faces

Trump’s cabinet pick for Homeland Security is Kristi Noem. Here’s what to know  NPR Homeland Security Secretary Nominee Gov. Kristi Noem Testifies at Confirmation Hearing  C-SPAN Live updates: Trump pick Kristi Noem faces Senate confirmation hearing for DHS secretary  The Washington Post Trump

Statement from President Joe Biden on Additional Clemency Actions  The White House Biden commutes nearly 2,500 more sentences in final days of presidency  Fox News Biden sets presidential record on pardons and clemency  Axios Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences  The New York Times

A polar vortex is set to grip much of the U.S. What does that mean?  NPR Polar vortex set to freeze the U.S. as far as the Deep South  CBS News How the polar vortex fuels intense winter weather in the US  BBC.com

The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida’s endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers. (Image credit: Zack Wittman for NPR)

Opinion | Standing Up to Donald Trump’s Fear Tactics  The New York Times

Inauguration Day marks the first time in more than 20 years that Kamala Harris will not be in public office. “It is not my nature to go quietly into the night,” she told allies on Thursday. (Image credit: Mandel Ngan)

Democratic lawmakers had urged President Biden to use his clemency powers to address disparities in sentences for offenses involving crack cocaine. (Image credit: Kent Nishimura)

The Australian Open’s animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates. (Image credit: Australian Open TV/Screenshot by NPR)