Newly sworn-in President Donald Trump on Monday rescinded the Biden administration's last-minute decision to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba 's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order issued by President Joe Biden just last week. Biden had announced plans to lift the designation as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to free political prisoners in Cuba.

Hours after taking oath as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump reversed the Biden administration’s decision to remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.

President Donald Trump on Monday revoked Biden-era executive actions that withdrew Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terror, applied sanctions on Jewish settlers in the West Bank and sought to reduce the risks of artificial intelligence.

President Trump repealed the Biden administration’s decision it made just six days ago to take Cuba off the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, part of a deal with the Catholic Church that led Havana to agree to free 553 political prisoners.

O n January 14, 2025 the Biden administration removed Cuba from the State Department's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. That leaves only three countries on the list: Iran, Nor