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U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch fireworks from the White House after his inauguration as president of the United States on Wednesday.
From day one, Biden moves to undo Trump’s legacy
Jan. 21 - WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden unleashed a full-scale assault on his predecessor’s legacy Wednesday, acting hours after taking the oath of office to sweep aside former President Donald Trump’s pandemic response, reverse his environmental agenda, tear down his anti-immigration policies, bolster the sluggish economic recovery and restore federal efforts aimed at promoting diversity.
Moving with an urgency not seen from any other modern president, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations from the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon. Among the steps the president took were orders to rejoin the Paris climate accord and end Trump’s travel ban on predominantly Muslim and African countries.
Individually, the actions are targeted at what the president views as specific, egregious abuses by Trump during four tumultuous years. Collectively, Biden’s assertive use of executive authority was intended to be a hefty and visible down payment on one of his primary goals: to, as his top advisers described it, “reverse the gravest damages” done to the country by Trump. continue to read
From day one, Biden moves to undo Trump’s legacy
Jan. 21 - WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden unleashed a full-scale assault on his predecessor’s legacy Wednesday, acting hours after taking the oath of office to sweep aside former President Donald Trump’s pandemic response, reverse his environmental agenda, tear down his anti-immigration policies, bolster the sluggish economic recovery and restore federal efforts aimed at promoting diversity.
Moving with an urgency not seen from any other modern president, Biden signed 17 executive orders, memorandums and proclamations from the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon. Among the steps the president took were orders to rejoin the Paris climate accord and end Trump’s travel ban on predominantly Muslim and African countries.
Individually, the actions are targeted at what the president views as specific, egregious abuses by Trump during four tumultuous years. Collectively, Biden’s assertive use of executive authority was intended to be a hefty and visible down payment on one of his primary goals: to, as his top advisers described it, “reverse the gravest damages” done to the country by Trump. continue to read
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JANUARY 20, 2021 | PART OF PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
President Biden 2021 Inaugural Ceremony
Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States during a ceremony on Capitol Hill.
President Biden 2021 Inaugural Ceremony
Kamala Harris as vice president of the United States during a ceremony on Capitol Hill.
Joseph R Biden was yesterday sworn in as the 46th President of the USA
Joe Biden promises US will lead by example as he takes power from Donald Trump
THE long nightmare is over, rendered back to darkness in the bright Washington sunlight that shone on the silver hair of a man who perhaps, just perhaps, really does embody hope over fear, and who might just be capable of making the United States of America a beacon of light and democracy again.
Jan. 21 - With dignity and decorum that his predecessor never revealed, Joseph R Biden was yesterday sworn in as the 46th President of the USA and immediately issued a ringing call for unity in the deeply divided country he clearly loves and the pandemic that made his own inauguration a cut-down version.
With his sincere passion and his basic decency on display, he gave a remarkable speech that in just 21 minutes blew away the legacy of Donald J Trump – he never once named him – with the new president emphasising the need for truth and calling for an end to America’s “uncivil war” while he committed to defeating the coronavirus pandemic as “one nation”.
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Joe Biden promises US will lead by example as he takes power from Donald Trump
THE long nightmare is over, rendered back to darkness in the bright Washington sunlight that shone on the silver hair of a man who perhaps, just perhaps, really does embody hope over fear, and who might just be capable of making the United States of America a beacon of light and democracy again.
Jan. 21 - With dignity and decorum that his predecessor never revealed, Joseph R Biden was yesterday sworn in as the 46th President of the USA and immediately issued a ringing call for unity in the deeply divided country he clearly loves and the pandemic that made his own inauguration a cut-down version.
With his sincere passion and his basic decency on display, he gave a remarkable speech that in just 21 minutes blew away the legacy of Donald J Trump – he never once named him – with the new president emphasising the need for truth and calling for an end to America’s “uncivil war” while he committed to defeating the coronavirus pandemic as “one nation”.
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JANUARY 20, 2021
President Trump Final White House Departure
President Trump and first lady Melania depart the White House for the final time ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. He tells reporters it was “the honor of a lifetime” and thanks them.
President Trump Final White House Departure
President Trump and first lady Melania depart the White House for the final time ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. He tells reporters it was “the honor of a lifetime” and thanks them.
Trump’s Senate Trial Still on Hold as Democrats Take Control
Jan. 21 - (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial remains in limbo as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds off on triggering a proceeding that could slow down the Senate’s new Democratic majority and delay confirmation of key Biden administration officials.
Democrats regained control of the Senate after a six-year gap on Wednesday, with the swearing in of two new senators elected Jan. 5 from Georgia, who represented the tipping point. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took the gavel from Republican Mitch McConnell -- but it’s not up to Schumer when the trial begins.
That decision rests with Pelosi, who hasn’t tipped her hand on when the House will formally transmit the single article of impeachment to the Senate, and multiple House officials said it wasn’t clear how long she would wait. The House last week impeached Trump on a charge of inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Sending the article to the Senate would require an almost immediate start for the trial, inevitably drawing attention away from President Joe Biden’s first days in office and slowing confirmation of his cabinet picks as most other Senate action gets shut down unless the Senate agrees to Biden’s request to dual-track the trial and other business.
“We are preparing for trial,” said Representative David Cicilline. The Rhode Island Democrat is one of the House’s nine impeachment mangers who will prosecute the case against Trump. Yet he gave no hint of when the proceeding would get underway, saying it was Pelosi’s call.
So far, only one of Biden’s nominees has been confirmed, Avril Haines as director of national intelligence. Votes on the others are likely to stretch into next week -- leaving him sitting atop a U.S. government filled with acting chiefs at every other cabinet agency. continue to read
Jan. 21 - (Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial remains in limbo as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds off on triggering a proceeding that could slow down the Senate’s new Democratic majority and delay confirmation of key Biden administration officials.
Democrats regained control of the Senate after a six-year gap on Wednesday, with the swearing in of two new senators elected Jan. 5 from Georgia, who represented the tipping point. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took the gavel from Republican Mitch McConnell -- but it’s not up to Schumer when the trial begins.
That decision rests with Pelosi, who hasn’t tipped her hand on when the House will formally transmit the single article of impeachment to the Senate, and multiple House officials said it wasn’t clear how long she would wait. The House last week impeached Trump on a charge of inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Sending the article to the Senate would require an almost immediate start for the trial, inevitably drawing attention away from President Joe Biden’s first days in office and slowing confirmation of his cabinet picks as most other Senate action gets shut down unless the Senate agrees to Biden’s request to dual-track the trial and other business.
“We are preparing for trial,” said Representative David Cicilline. The Rhode Island Democrat is one of the House’s nine impeachment mangers who will prosecute the case against Trump. Yet he gave no hint of when the proceeding would get underway, saying it was Pelosi’s call.
So far, only one of Biden’s nominees has been confirmed, Avril Haines as director of national intelligence. Votes on the others are likely to stretch into next week -- leaving him sitting atop a U.S. government filled with acting chiefs at every other cabinet agency. continue to read
