The decision removes the possibility that areas off the Atlantic, Pacific and the east Gulf Coast will being surveyed for oil and gas drilling. During the earlier years of the previous Trump administration,

President Joe Biden's move to protect offshore areas is largely symbolic, but the economic factors that may limit oil output gains are very real.

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday railed against President Joe Biden and mused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," among a flurry of topics in a freewheeling news conference at Mar-a-Lago less than two weeks before he takes office.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden traveled Monday to Louisiana following the recent New Year's Day terror attack that left 14 dead and 35 injured in New Orleans.

President Joe Biden met with grieving families, attended a prayer service and stopped at a makeshift memorial in New Orleans on Monday in honor of the victims of last week's deadly New Year’s attack in the city's historic French Quarter.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden paid their respects to the 14 victims who died during the Bourbon Street terrorist attack last week, with the president giving remarks at the end.