(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden turned 82 years old on Wednesday, an age milestone never before reached by a sitting commander in chief. The president had no public events on his Wednesday calendar, having returned from a South America trip late Tuesday night.

The Senate won’t hold votes on four of President Joe Biden’s appellate court nominees as part of a deal with Republicans to allow for speedier consideration of other judicial nominations

Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Tuesday, Trump urged Republicans to “hold the line” against President Joe Biden’s judicial picks in the final weeks