The Biden administration is racing to complete a study that could complicate President-Elect Donald Trump’s plan to immediately approve new liquefied natural gas export terminals, according to people familiar with the matter.

Biden paused new LNG exports at the beginning of the year, ceding to pressure from environmental activists who have been critical of the ballooning industry in the US. The DoE said it would use the pause to study the economic and environmental analyses the agency uses to justify exports.

The White House plans to rush billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine before President Joe Biden leaves office in January, sources said on Wednesday, hoping to shore up the government in Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump's Jan.

The Biden administration is making contingency plans for a possible spike in immigration ahead of a Trump presidency, according to two U.S. officials.