The Biden administration on Friday extended temporary deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants residing in the United States as communities brace for the incoming Trump administration.

The Department of Homeland Security says about 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 200,000 El Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections.

Aircraft fighting the Los Angeles wildfires were temporarily grounded Tuesday night into Wednesday morning due to high winds, but were allowed to fly on Wednesday during President Joe Biden’s visit to the city,

President Joe Biden on Wednesday met his first great-grandchild — and then pledged full aid to California firefighters battling a series of disastrous wildfires just miles to the west. The back-to-back trips to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a Santa Monica fire hall were unscheduled detours on one of final trips of Biden’s presidency.

At least five people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.