Joe Biden has used his first speech since leaving office to criticise the Trump administration's welfare policies. The ex-US president told a conference in Chicago that the government had "taken a hatchet" to Social Security,

The president’s annual exam Friday showed normal vital signs and neurological functioning; it also noted scarring on his ear from the assassination attempt at a rally last summer.

Trump attended a medical appointment at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday—the first physical of his second presidential term. Trump consented to Dr. Sean Barbabella, the President's White House physician, releasing the results of his cognitive test and physical examination and tests.