Joe Biden

Republican Senators expressed their eagerness Wednesday to "erase" a list of President Joe Biden's rules and regulations as soon as possible, according to Axios.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told the news outlet that he has a "'fairly lengthy list' of last-minute Biden regulations" he'd like to see undone over the next few weeks, while Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has his eyes set on rules set by the president over the few months.

Joe Biden’s last Oval Office address as president – the closing speech of his over five-decade political career – set off an immediate stream of reaction days before the president is set to return to life as a private citizen.

While he tried to strike an optimistic tone, his speech was peppered with dire warnings to the American public about the upcoming four years under the second Donald Trump administration, including an "avalanche" of misinformation and disinformation and a tech-industrial complex.

President Joe Biden issued a dire warning to the American people about the coming four years under the next Donald Trump administration, in his farewell address on Wednesday — even as he tried to strike the most optimistic tone he could that America would remain strong after he left.

"I'm so proud of how much we've accomplished together for the American people, and I wish the incoming administration's success because I want America to succeed," said Biden. "That's why I have held my duty to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition of power, to ensure we lead by the power of our example. I have no doubt that America is in a position to continue to succeed."

Special counsel David Weiss sharply tore into President Joe Biden over his criticisms of the case against his son Hunter, in his final report made public on Monday, The New York Times reported.

Biden controversially issued a full pardon to his son, who was convicted of tax crimes and illegal attempts to buy a gun, shortly after President-elect Donald Trump nominated far-right conspiracy theorist loyalist Kash Patel to serve as FBI director. The move, which ran counter to Biden's previous statements he would not use the pardon power on his family, led some to speculate the president had no confidence in the DOJ under Trump not to engage in political attacks against his son.

US President Joe Biden announced Monday that two of the Navy's future aircraft carriers will be named for former commanders-in-chief Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

"The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83) will begin construction in the years ahead," Biden said in a statement issued just a week before he is replaced in office by Donald Trump.

The Biden administration sought to warn Russia's Vladimir Putin off after pallets of cargo from Russia burst into flames after being flown to warehouses in Europe, The New York Times reported on Monday.

"In a series of Situation Room briefings, President Biden’s top aides reviewed details of conversations among top officials of the G.R.U., Russia’s military intelligence arm, who were describing shipments of consumer products that burst into flames — in one case, a small electronic massager — as a test run," reported David Sanger. "Once the Russians understood how the packages made it past air-cargo screening systems, and how long they took to ship, the next step appeared to be sending them on planes bound for the United States and Canada, where they would trigger fires once they were unloaded."

Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson (D), who along with Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson became the Tennessee Three after they protested gun violence on the state House floor, called out a Republican governor on Sunday.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, who quickly drew tremendous outrage in the wake of a school mass shooting where six people including three young children were shot to death after he said he was “praying for the school, congregation & Nashville community,” without posting any mention of the mass shooting itself, recently chimed in on the California fires.

The final jobs report of President Joe Biden's presidency showed better-than-expected success. The unemployment rate also dropped to 4.1%, which analysts were shocked to see. The unemployment rate was expected to stagnate, while some Biden critics whispered it could even decrease.

Biden said in a release: "Although I inherited the worst economic crisis in decades with unemployment above 6% when I took office, we’ve had the lowest average unemployment rate of any administration in 50 years with unemployment at 4.1% as I leave..."

President Joe Biden on Thursday afternoon briefed the top directors of agencies that will help the state with the California fires.

Among the complaints from those on the ground is that fire hydrants had gone dry after other areas used the stored water.