President Joe Biden on Tuesday will establish a set of new two national monuments in fire-plagued California days before he's set to exit the White House, according to U.S. officials.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday established two massive new national monuments in California and highlighted his environmental initiatives as some of the defining achievements of a presidency that will end in less than a week.

Watch live coverage as President Joe Biden delivers remarks celebrating the administration’s conservation legacy and signs proclamations to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in California.

WASHINGTON — After years of debate, the Biden administration has notified Congress that it will remove Cuba from the U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism, a label given the island nation in the last days of the previous Trump presidency.

Ted Cruz and Rick Scott reacted angrily to news that the president plans to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday it will remove Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list – a move taken in the twilight of the administration that is likely to reversed by the incoming team.

In these final actions of his presidency, Biden is asserting his domestic and foreign-policy principles before Trump takes charge.

By Andrea Shalal, Simon Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Outgoing President Joe Biden sought to burnish his foreign policy record on Monday and said U.S. adversaries are weaker than when he took office four years ago despite global crises that remain unresolved.

Thousands more borrowers are receiving student-loan forgiveness just one week before President Joe Biden leaves the White House. On Monday, Biden's administration announced $4.2 billion more in debt cancellation for over 152,

President Joe Biden said on Monday his administration would cancel student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, targeting those who attended schools that defrauded students, those with permanent disabilities and public service workers.

Despite failing to deliver his promise for broad student loan forgiveness, President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — more than any other president in U.