President Joe Biden pondered the outcome had he stayed in the 2024 election and other takeaways from an exclusive interview with USA TODAY.

U.S. President Joe Biden said he remained undecided on whether to issue pre-emptive pardons to protect some public figures who have been threatened with retaliation by his Republican successor Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden believes he could have won the 2024 election if he had decided to stay in the race, he told USA Today in a wide-ranging interview. "It's presumptuous to say that, but I think yes," he told the newspaper during a nearly hourlong interview on Sunday.