We start the news with the release of the special counsel's report into Hunter Biden.

David Weiss said that the criminal charges against the president's son were, quote,

the culmination of thorough impartial investigations, not partisan politics.

But he added that President Biden's pardon of his son in early December means he cannot say if Hunter Biden should have faced more charges.

The report comes at the end of a year's long investigation into Hunter Biden that included

charges related to gun and tax crimes. Turning now to President Biden's legacy on the world stage,

the outgoing commander-in-chief defended his foreign policy record during an address

at the State Department this afternoon. Biden highlighted his administration's efforts in the Middle

East and Ukraine, and he defended the chaotic 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan,

which has been a common target for his critics.

In my view, it was time to end the war and bring our troops home, and we did.

I commend the courage of all those who served in Afghanistan.

We grieve all 2,461 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice

in the longest war in American history.

And I grieve those brave service members of the lives were lost during the withdrawal.

Biden also said that the U.S. and its global alliances are stronger than they were four years ago,

and that he's leaving the next administration a very strong hand to play in world affairs.

The Biden administration is proposing new export limits on computer chips that are used in artificial intelligence.

The framework would put restrictions on the number of chips that go to roughly 120 countries,

but nearly 20 nations would be exempt, including allies like Japan and Britain.

The regulations also keep in place existing bans on U.S. adversaries such as China and

Russia.

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