"This is a report that went off the rails. It's shabby work product," the president's personal attorney Bob Bauer said about special counsel Robert Hur's recent report.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks "assumed the functions and duties" just before 5:00 pm (2200 GMT), Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement, adding that Austin was still receiving treatment and that the White House and Congress had been informed.
The White House sharply criticized Former President Donald Trump for saying the U.S. wouldn't come to a NATO member's aid in case of a Russian invasion.
President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a bilateral meeting Friday to discuss the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Picking up a widely-expected victory in the Silver State, Trump won all 26 of the state's delegates after being the only major candidate to compete Thursday.
Several Republican lawmakers called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove President Joe Biden from office after Special Counsel Robert Hur's report cited the president's memory issues.
"My memory has not gotten worse," the president told reporters in a televised address to the nation hours after special counsel Robert Hur released the report.
The White House said Wednesday that Vladimir Putin should not be given another mouthpiece to justify his war in Ukraine, after right-wing US talk show host Tucker Carlson interviewed the Russian president.
Donald Trump, who refused to participate in any of the Republican presidential primary debates this election season, said that he would like to debate rival Joe Biden during a Monday interview.
The Biden administration released a statement Monday and said the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas would be "unprecedented and unconstitutional."
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said the bill, backed by House of Representatives Republicans, is "another cynical political maneuver."
The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador said she has "had multiple issues" but won't let them stop her.
President Joe Biden traveled to Nevada for a 2-day trip as the battleground state gears up for the Democratic primary on Tuesday.
In recent months, tensions have arose between the RNC and Trump, who was quick to disassociate himself from the organization during a Sunday interview.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan officially postponed the trial, which was scheduled to start March 4 in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
Former President Trump attributes the military base assault to President Biden's perceived weakness and surrender in a statement on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Former US president Donald Trump campaigned on the economy during his failed reelection bid in 2020 and it remains a major theme in his push to retake the White House again in 2024.
Donald Trump is steamrolling his way to the Republican presidential nomination with unprecedented speed, but the primaries have also underlined vulnerabilities when it comes to taking back the White House.
Washington's vital military assistance for Ukraine's fight against Russian invasion has dried up.
Iowa's first-in-the-nation Republican nominating contest for the US presidential election could hardly have been scripted better for Donald Trump, whose historic performance leaves his rivals fighting for scraps.
The former president has led polling for more than a year, but the contest offered the clearest insight yet into his ability to convert that advantage into a stunning White House return.
Republicans prepared Wednesday to launch efforts to impeach Joe Biden's immigration chief and target the US president's son for prosecution, in a major escalation of election-year hostilities with the White House.
