In a significant move before leaving office, President Joe Biden pardoned 39 individuals and reduced sentences for nearly 1,500 convicted offenders, marking the largest single-day grant of pardons in U.S. history. The majority of those affected had been serving their sentences under home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden also mentioned plans to review additional clemency requests before his departure on January 20, when he will hand over the presidency to Republican Donald Trump.