President Joe Biden has notified Congress of his intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

The Biden administration will remove Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list as part of a deal for the release of political prisoners in exchange for an easing of restrictions.

WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden notified Congress of his plans to remove Cuba from the United States' list of state sponsors of terror, in a goodwill gesture the outgoing administration says is meant to help facilitate the release of political prisoners.

The Justice Department special counsel whose six-year case into Hunter Biden was short-circuited last month by the unconditional pardon President Joe Biden granted to his son, criticized the outgoing president in his final report Monday.

The report of the special counsel behind the prosecutions against Hunter Biden, David Weiss, was released Monday.

The U.S. special counsel who prosecuted Democratic President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden called the president's criticisms of the cases "gratuitous and wrong" in a final report on his probe published on Monday.

Biden signed proclamations designating a monument in Southern California's and another in far northern California.

U.S. President Joe Biden designated two California sites -- a swathe of desert significant to native tribes and a dormant volcano -- as national monuments on Tuesday, advancing his record of conserving more U.

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