Power in Washington has grown exponentially, enabled by a populace that looks to Washington to address problems that should be dealt with closer to home.

Minutes before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden pardoned his brother, James Biden and other relatives for unspecified crimes.

Joe Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons for several high-profile figures whom Donald Trump has publicly spoken out against ahead of his Inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration.

The statement stressed that the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.

President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by Donald J. Trump, including five members of his family as well as Liz Cheney, Anthony S. Fauci and Mark A. Milley.

With just hours left of his presidency ... pardons on Monday for Dr. Anthony Fauci and retired Gen. Mark Milley, just hours before President-elect Trump is sworn in. The Bidens visited Charleston ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci ... in Houston comes […] President Donald Trump stepped back into the presidency this week moving quickly to set ...

Dr. Anthony Fauci's government security protection was taken away Thursday night by President Donald Trump, a frequent Fauci critic. Fauci joins others who have faced threats and also had their security removed by Trump.

President Donald Trump's first days in office already offer signals about how his next four years in the White House may unfold.

The president made good on promises to seek revenge against enemies during his first week back in power, signaling in the process that anyone who crosses him in the future could also suffer.