The outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents had different messages for the Christmas holiday, with Democrat Joe Biden urging Americans to reflect and unite and Republican Donald Trump offering a holiday greeting and a flurry of politically focused social media posts.

Among the new laws signed by President Biden are Paris Hilton's bill to protect institutionalized teenagers and a bill to address hazing on college campuses.

At first, he joked about Canada being an additional US state. Since, he has threatened to take back control of the Panama Canal. He also reiterated a desire from his first term to own the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland, which is not for sale.

President-elect Donald Trump has said in public and online comments that the U.S. should control Greenland and the Panama Canal. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports on how Trump approached Denmark to buy the territory in 2019 but was rejected.

The billionaire businessman has racked up some wins, and a few losses, since becoming a major MAGA power player.

In the end, both Musk and Trump failed to kill the bill. Musk did slightly better, getting some of his specific funding proposals, but he failed at the big-picture goal of decimating the budget. Trump,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump claimed Musk can't be president amid speculation about the tech entrepreneur's influence in Republican politics.

Routh's arrest came two months after Trump was shot and wounded in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service acknowledged failings leading up to that shooting but has said security worked as it should have to thwart the potential Florida attack.

The federal trial date for Ryan Wesley Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, has been set for Sept. 8, 2025 by Judge Aileen Cannon in Fort Pierce.

Trump took aim Tuesday at Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of nearly all federal death row prisoners, adding to the backlash in an unprecedented move that has brought both criticism and praise.