Around 150 to 200 National Guard troops deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security for President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.
Reddy - an Indian-American from Telangana who wrote the speech that outlined Biden’s goals for his administration, focusing on healing from the current state of division in national politics - has been praised for his “calming” and “inspiring” words.
Haines, a former CIA deputy director, will become a core member of Biden’s security team, overseeing the agencies that make up the nation’s intelligence community. She was confirmed 84-10.
Joe Biden has said his predecessor Donald Trump has left him a very generous letter in the Oval Office before departing the White House.
Kamala Harris is the first female US vice president. She moves into the vice presidency just four years after she first came to Washington as a senator from California.
Joe Biden took charge as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday.
Harris, 56, made history on Wednesday when she was sworn in as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president. The former senator was sworn in just before Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th US President.
The Trump administration had steadily ramped up pressure on China since last year but had increasingly so over the past several months.
He said Washington joining the global vaccine initiative will boost efforts to ensure equitable access to vaccines for all countries.
The 15 executive actions, and two directives, amount to an attempt to rewind the last four years of federal policies with striking speed. Only two recent presidents signed executive actions on their first day in office — and each signed just one.
Donald Trump left the White House for the final time on Wednesday. Trump, along with his wife, Melania, walked to the White House lawn and boarded the Marine One helicopter that took off for Joint Base Andrews in suburban Maryland.
Trump refused to participate in any of the symbolic passing-of-the-torch traditions surrounding the peaceful transition of power, including inviting the Joe and Jill Biden to the White House for a get-to-know-you visit.
Outgoing presidents leave a letter for the incoming presidents, usually containing congratulatory words and messages of support as well as best wishes for their tenure.
Joe Biden, known as a peoples' person, a reformer, an unifier and a healer, rose remarkably from humble beginnings to become the oldest American president in US history on Wednesday, reaching the pinnacle of his political career spanning nearly five decades.
After a fiercely contested presidential election, the United States of America is set to welcome Joe Biden as their 46th President.
Trump emerged from the building Wednesday morning and strode across the South Lawn to board Marine One. He said, “It’s been a great honor, the honor of a lifetime.”
Biden will sign executive orders, memoranda, directives and letters to take initial steps to address COVID-19 pandemic, providing economic relief, tackling climate change and advancing racial equity, officials said.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took oath as the 46th President and Vice President of the United States of America. Donald Trump didn't attend the inauguration event.
To be sure, the latest list was heavily populated by more conventional candidates whose cases had been championed by criminal justice activists.
Trump will be the first president in modern history to boycott his successor’s inauguration as he continues to stew about his loss and privately maintains the election that President-elect Joe Biden fairly won was stolen from him.
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