The Biden administration is expected to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. That's according to U.S. officials familiar with matter.

President Joe Biden is to remove the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as part of a prisoner release deal, the White House has said. President-elect Donald Trump reinstated the designation in the final days of his first presidency in 2021,

President-elect Donald Trump designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism shortly before he left office in January 2021.

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday it will remove Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list – a move taken in the twilight of the administration that is likely to reversed by the incoming team.

South Florida Republican lawmakers took to social media Tuesday afternoon to criticize the Biden administration's decision to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.