President Biden and his administration were largely absent from the onerous negotiations on government funding that gripped Capitol Hill this week. Instead, President-elect Trump and his allies were the ones wrestling with lawmakers over a continuing resolution as a government shutdown appeared increasingly inevitable.

The Biden administration is officially withdrawing its sweeping proposals to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans, effectively closing the door on mass loan forgiveness in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency.

The Education Department said it "intends to commit its limited operational resources to helping at-risk borrowers return to repayment successfully."

President Joe Biden’s diverse cohort of judges includes more women, people of color and LGBTQ individuals than those tapped by any other U.S. president.

The Senate confirmed two more judges to the federal bench on Friday, giving President Biden a total of 235 since he took office.