Wednesday night, President Joe Biden offered an eloquent explanation of what makes America so great that it doesn’t need much making it great again. Told in vivid brush strokes of how the Statue of Liberty was built one steel beam at a time, Biden made a strong case for all that America has achieved and all that we must preserve at a time when American values are threatened by the new guy who must not be named.

President-elect Trump is expected to launch his second term with a slew of executive orders — 100 in 100 days.

The big picture: As Monday's Inauguration Day approaches, Trump has made clear he is ready to roll with orders on Day 1 of his presidency — and he has expressed every intention of using executive power to address the border and immigration.

State of play: Trump issued more than 220 executive orders during his first term — the most in a single term since former President Carter.

California wildfire victims are eligible for a one-time $770 payment so they can "quickly purchase" things they might need, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday.

The federal assistance, offered through a Federal Emergency Management Agency program, is designed to cover the cost of essential items like water, formula, gasoline and prescription drugs.

President Joe Biden announced Monday that federal aid is flowing to Los Angeles as California battles its worst wildfires in state history, with containment levels varying from 14% in Pacific Palisades to 100% in Ventura.

Biden and senior officials met Monday night to discuss the ongoing federal response to the Los Angeles County wildfires as Biden’s White House tenure draws to a close.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a major case that could set a precedent for the legality of age verification laws for accessing online pornography.

TikTok says it will continue trying to get judges to stop a new law which would ban the app in the US from mid-January. 

It's after politicians decided there was too much risk of users data going to China's government.

The video app is due to be banned in the US from January after a US court rejected an attempt by the social media company to change the decision. 

Politicians from both major US political parties supported a law that bans TikTok unless the company that owns it agrees to sell to a non-Chinese company.

A new bill pending in Congress would mandate open primaries across the country, giving roughly 23.5 million registered independents a chance to nominate candidates for federal office.

The “Let America Vote Act,” sponsored by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and cosigned by Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine; Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y.; and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., would impact 22 states where primary elections remained closed to registered party members.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has celebrated a "major victory" against Google after a court found that it maintained an illegal monopoly of online search engines.

"This decision is a major victory in our efforts to ensure all companies, no matter how powerful or influential, are held accountable when they harm others," James said in a statement.

Iowa’s six-week abortion ban is set to take effect on Monday morning, changing the map of abortion access in the Midwest and giving Republicans in the state a long-sought policy victory.

Since the Iowa Supreme Court ruled 4-to-3 last month that the ban could be enforced, it had mostly been a matter of when, not if, the law would take effect. Last week, a state district judge said an injunction blocking enforcement of the ban would be dissolved at 8 a.m. local time on Monday. Until then, abortion had been legal in Iowa up until about 22 weeks of pregnancy.