President Biden is reportedly making a last-minute plea to Congress for $24 billion in aid for war-torn Ukraine to bolster its military support and replenish US stocks that had dwindled under past

American officials are acknowledging that the U.S. won’t be able to spend all of the money authorized to transfer arms to Kyiv by Jan. 20.

Trump officials were not directly involved in the negotiations, according to a senior Biden administration official

The lighthearted ceremony, where aides and Cabinet members are forced to laugh at the president’s scripted dad jokes, comes as a concerted push for Biden to grant real-life clemency ramps up, with just 55 days before he leaves office.