President Joe Biden used his farewell speech Wednesday to call out what he referred to as a nascent oligarchy in the United States. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Google Analytics appears to show that a lot of Americans had no idea what he was talking about.

Biden's farewell speech warning that oligarchs pose a threat to democracy has echoed a growing problem in the world, economic and historical experts say.

According to the investigation, obtained by CBS News, "curiosity" drove a Navy corpsman to see if he could access President Biden's medical records on a government computer.

A TikTok ban Sunday would implicate tech giants like Google, Apple and Oracle, who risk enormous fines if they keep the app operational.

After the president warned about various threats to democracy, Seth Meyers said: “I agree, but why are you giving us a to-do list on your way out?”

The consumer watchdog agency is closing out President Joe Biden's term with guns blazing, issuing new rules and regulations at a furious pace. However, many of them could be reversed by the incoming Trump administration.

Former US president Joe Biden and former US vice president Kamala Harris listen as US President Donald Trump (L) delivers remarks after being sworn in as the president of the United States in an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, January 20, 2025. —Reuters/Shawn Thew

In anticipation of the coming U.S. TikTok ban, which will go through on Sunday unless paused by the Supreme Court, users have been fleeing to other video platforms, including the Chinese app RedNote. The AT Protocol is a newer, open protocol designed for decentralized social media applications.

Prince Harry embarks on a new courtroom battle against British tabloids in his case against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers, which he claims used phone hacking and unlawful information gathering techniques. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.

Some U.S. lawmakers are advocating for an extension on the deadline for TikTok's Beijing parent company to sell U.S. assets before a ban takes effect.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days.