Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a long-awaited agreement with President Joe Biden’s administration to begin the formal process of bringing the president-elect’s nominees into federal government agencies.

The president-elect had previously refused to sign the agreement and is still sidestepping many of the steps typically required for presidential transitions.

Medicare and Medicaid would be required to cover weight loss drug prescriptions for millions of obese Americans under plans announced by the Biden administration Tuesday.

The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would require the US government to cover weight-loss drugs, potentially expanding access for millions of Americans with obesity and creating a huge new medical bill for President-elect Donald Trump.

U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver remarks in the White House's Rose Garden on Tuesday, the White House said, before leaving Washington for his Thanksgiving break in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The announcement came on the heels of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon.