Biden farewell speech live updates: What time and how to watch the president’s final address from Oval Office
President Joe Biden will deliver his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. ET. The president leaves office with a low approval rating — though higher than his predecessor and successor did.
Stay tuned for live coverage and analysis of his remarks.
Meanwhile, Pam Bondi and Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s nominees for the next US attorney general and secretary of state respectively, led a group of his cabinet picks who attended Senate confirmation hearings on Wednesday.
Bondi was evasive about Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election. She confirmed that Biden was president but said little more than that. She also clashed with Democrats over the fate of January 6 rioters and whether she would refuse hypothetical orders from the incoming president.
Senator Rubio, once a bitter rival to the president-elect for the Republican presidential nomination, outlined his America-first vision of foreign policy during his opening remarks. twice being interrupted twice by protesters.
Chris Wright (secretary of energy), John Ratcliffe (director of the CIA), Sean Duffy (secretary of transportation), and Russell Vought (director of the Office of Management and Budget) also appeared before their relevant committees.
