WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's outgoing administration is finalizing rules on Tuesday that will effectively bar nearly all Chinese cars and trucks from the U.S. market, as part of a crackdown on vehicle software and hardware from China.

In a conversation about its Chinese competitors with the host of the Fully Charged Podcast, Robert Llewellyn, he admitted that his daily driver was a car made by one of Ford's Chinese competitors: an EV by consumer electronics giant Xiaomi called the SU7.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a final rule Tuesday that would ban the sale or import of connected vehicles from China and Russia due to

The challenge for President Joe Biden from nearly the outset was skepticism among independents.

At his last foreign policy address on Jan. 13, President Joe Biden claimed he was leaving the next administration a stronger hand to play in diplomacy.

Thousands more borrowers are receiving student-loan forgiveness just one week before President Joe Biden leaves the White House. On Monday, Biden's administration announced $4.2 billion more in debt cancellation for over 152,

President Joe Biden said on Monday his administration would cancel student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, targeting those who attended schools that defrauded students, those with permanent disabilities and public service workers.

Despite failing to deliver his promise for broad student loan forgiveness, President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — more than any other president in U.