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WASHINGTON – In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said Saturday.The opening salvo would herald a 10-day blitz of executive actions as Biden seeks to act swiftly to redirect the country in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency without waiting for Congress.On Wednesday, following his inauguration, Biden will end Trump's restriction on immigration to the U.S.

from some Muslim-majority countries, move to rejoin the Paris climate accord and mandate mask-wearing on federal property and during interstate travel.

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Teen whom Biden befriended as fellow stutterer has book deal

NEW YORK – Brayden Harrington, the teenager whom President-elect Joe Biden befriended as a fellow stutterer — and will be part of a primetime inaugural special — has a book coming out this summer. Brayden Harrington's picture story “Brayden Speaks Up” will be released Aug.

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Janet Yellen, Biden's Treasury secretary pick, pushes for quick passage of $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan

WASHINGTON (AP) - Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden's choice as Treasury secretary, said Tuesday that the incoming administration would focus on winning quick passage of its $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan, rejecting Republican arguments that the measure is too big given the size of U.S. budget deficits."More must be done," Yellen told the Senate Finance Committee during her confirmation hearing.

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Tiffany Trump announces engagement on her father's final day in White House

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's youngest daughter, Tiffany, is engaged to be married.The 27-year-old recent Georgetown law school graduate announced her good news on Instagram on Tuesday, her father's final full day in office. She shared a photograph of herself and fiance Michael Boulos posing on the West Wing colonnade at the White House."It has been an honor to celebrate many milestones, historic occasions and create memories with my family here at the White House, none more special than my engagement to my amazing fiance Michael!" Tiffany Trump wrote.

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Biden making history as the country’s second Catholic president

US Vice President Joe Biden (C) is flanked by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (R) as he arrives to attend a special audience celebrates by Pope Francis with participants at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact in the WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - President-Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will strike another historic milestone when he’s sworn in as the nation’s second Catholic president on Wednesday.READ MORE: A look back at significant inaugurations throughout U.S. historyThe last time a Catholic president sat in the White House was 1961 when John F.

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Biden leaving Delaware hometown for final time ahead of Inauguration Day 2021

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden and soon-to-be first lady Jill Biden will depart their hometown of Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday for the final time before Inauguration Day, when he will be sworn-in as the country’s next president.The Bidens are planning to attend a "send-off event" in Wilmington in the afternoon where Biden will give remarks, according to a schedule from his transition team. Further details about the event were not provided. Ahead of the inaugural ceremonies on Wednesday, one of the first things on Biden’s agenda in Washington, D.C.

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How Joe Biden’s plans to block Keystone XL pipeline will affect Alberta

Premier Jason Kenney said Alberta has a strong legal basis for seeking damages if the Keystone XL pipeline expansion is killed – something Joe Biden reportedly plans to do on his first day as president. Tom Vernon explains.

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Tiffany Trump announces engagement on dad's final full day

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's youngest daughter, Tiffany, is engaged to be married. The 27-year-old recent Georgetown law school graduate announced her good news on Instagram on Tuesday, her father's final full day in office.

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Biden's test: How to lead US out of virus 'dark winter'

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden predicted he would take office amid a “dark winter,” and the outlook is only getting bleaker.No matter his first acts in the White House, the raging coronavirus pandemic could take another 100,000 American lives in his first month as president after crossing the grim marker of 400,000 deaths this week.

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Trump's trial, Biden's Cabinet picks await Senate post-siege

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's last full day in office Tuesday is also senators’ first day back since the deadly Capitol siege, an unparalleled time of transition as the Senate presses ahead to his impeachment trial and starts confirmation hearings on President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet.Three new Democratic senators-elect are set to be sworn into office Wednesday shortly after Biden's inauguration at the Capitol, which is under extreme security since the bloody pro-Trump riot.

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Survey: Major European allies optimistic about Biden admin

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2 National Guard members removed from Biden inauguration security after ties found to militia group

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: National Guard troops ascend the stairs from the Capitol Visitors Center onto the East front as security is tight around the Capitol as the country prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice Presi WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden's presidential inauguration.

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The Latest: Biden to attend Mass with congressional leaders

WASHINGTON – The Latest on Joe Biden's presidential inauguration (all times local):9:35 a.m.Joe Biden will strike a unity theme before his inauguration as president on Wednesday by worshipping with Congress’ top Republican and Democratic leaders.The Democratic president-elect has talked throughout the campaign and the post-election period about his goal of uniting a sharply divided country.Biden’s incoming chief of staff, Ron Klain, on Tuesday retweeted a post that said Biden had quietly extended invitations to Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and to Republicans Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy to accompany him to a Mass at St.

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Biden plans to roll back a lengthy list of Trump policies. Here’s what may happen

Joe Biden plans to sign dozens of executive orders and send sweeping bills to Congress in his first days in office, aiming to roll back some of Donald Trump’s signature policies on immigration and climate change while taking action to ramp up the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis.Here is a list of what to expect, according to interviews with several of Biden’s advisers, a review of campaign promises and a recent memo by the president-elect’s incoming chief of staff Ron Klain.

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Biden picks Pa.'s Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary

PHILADELPHIA - President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Levine was appointed to her current post by Democratic Gov.

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Biden, Harris to honor COVID-19 victims at Lincoln Memorial on eve of Inauguration Day 2021

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will kick off inaugural events in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday with a lighting ceremony to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans who have died during the coronavirus pandemic. The somber event will take place Tuesday evening at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, soon after Biden arrives at the nation’s capital.

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Biden's national security Cabinet nominees face Senate confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won’t be the case for long.While the nominees to head the State Department, the Pentagon, Homeland Security and the intelligence community are unlikely to be confirmed by the time Biden takes the oath of office at noon Wednesday, some could be in place within days.The Senate typically confirms some nominees, particularly the secretaries of defense, on Inauguration Day, though raw feelings about President Donald Trump four years ago led to Democratic-caused delays, except for James Mattis at the Pentagon.

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President-elect Joe Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Levine was appointed to her current post by Democratic Gov.

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The Latest: Biden nominee says intel won't be politicized

WASHINGTON – The Latest on Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees for his administration (all times local):6 a.m.President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for national intelligence director is planning to tell Senate lawmakers that intelligence and national security issues will not be politicized under her watch.Avril Haines faces a confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate intelligence committee.Haines will also tell lawmakers that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence must not shy away from “speaking truth to power” even if inconvenient or difficult.

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Kamala Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks after US President-elect Joe Biden nominated their science team on January 16, 2021, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - Biden is nominating Francis Collins to continue as Director of the Natio WASHINGTON - Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office.

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Biden's national security Cabinet nominees face Senate tests

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration-eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won’t be the case for long.While the nominees to head the State Department, the Pentagon, Homeland Security and the intelligence community are unlikely to be confirmed by the time Biden takes the oath of office at noon Wednesday, some could be in place within days.The Senate typically confirms some nominees, particularly the secretaries of defense, on Inauguration Day, though raw feelings about President Donald Trump four years ago led to Democratic-caused delays, except for James Mattis at the Pentagon.

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Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for roughly 11 million immigrants on Day One

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration's harsh immigration policies.The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities after four years of President Donald Trump's restrictive policies and mass deportations.

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Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration's harsh immigration policies.The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a major campaign promise important to Latino voters and other immigrant communities after four years of President Donald Trump's restrictive policies and mass deportations.

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Biden team says Trump lift of ban on travel from Brazil, UK, Ireland amid COVID-19 surge in US won’t stand

WASHINGTON - In his final days in office, President Donald Trump issued a new proclamation on Monday lifting coronavirus-related bans on travel from Brazil, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and much of Europe as the U.S.

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Howard University, University of Delaware marching bands to perform at Biden-Harris inauguration

FILE - Howard University's marching band on the field during halftime of their 93rd annual Homecoming game against North Carolina. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)"It is our esteemed honor to be involved in the historic inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris," said Howard University President Wayne A.

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'We Are One': Biden-Harris inaugural event will celebrate Black resiliency in America

DETROIT - The resiliency, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event Tuesday that will celebrate the nation’s diversity on the eve of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is slated to speak at the event, "We Are One," which will also honor the historic nature of her being the first Black and South Asian woman to become vice president of the United States.An event celebrating the contributions of Black Americans is fitting. Black voters nationwide helped deliver Biden’s presidency.

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Trouble at home may change Biden's hand in Iran nuke talks

A lot of the characters are the same for President-elect Joe Biden but the scene is far starker as he reassembles a team of veteran negotiators to get back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.President Donald Trump worked to blow up the multinational deal to contain Iran’s nuclear program during his four years in office, gutting the diplomatic achievement of predecessor Barack Obama in favor of what Trump called a maximum pressure campaign against Iran. Down to Trump's last days in office, accusations, threats and still more sanctions by Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Iran's decision to spur uranium enrichment and seize a South Korean tanker, are helping to keep alive worries that regional conflict will erupt.

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Auction to push button imploding former Trump casino in Atlantic City called off

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A fundraising auction that would have granted someone the opportunity to press the button that will bring down one of President Donald Trump's former Atlantic City casinos has been scrapped.The demolition of the former Trump Plaza casino recently became a fundraiser to benefit the Boy's & Girls Club of Atlantic City. Mayor Marty Small had hoped the fundraiser would raise more than $1 million.Bodnars Auction announced the cancellation on their website and explained it was canceled after they received a cease and desist from IEP AC Plaza LLC, had previously said they were not on board with the auction, citing safety issues.

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Biden, Harris take break from inaugural prep to mark MLK day

PHILADELPHIA – Two days out from the inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were joining Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects on Monday as a militarized and jittery Washington prepared for a swearing-in that will play out under extraordinary security.Biden and his wife Jill joined an assembly line in the parking lot of Philabundance, an organization that distributes food to people in need, and helped fill about 150 boxes with fresh fruit and non-perishables.As Biden and Harris took breaks from their inaugural prep to honor the civil rights hero, outgoing President Donald Trump remained out of public view at the White House for the sixth straight day.

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Biden spends MLK Day of Service assembling food boxes at Philabundance

President-Elect Joe Biden assembles food boxes at Philabundance for MLK Day of Service, in South Philadelphia. SOUTH PHILADELPHIA - President-Elect Joe Biden spent the morning of Martin Luther King Day, Jr.

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Kamala Harris resigns Senate seat ahead of Inauguration Day

WASHINGTON - Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resigned her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are sworn-in.Harris, who was just the second Black woman senator representing California, confirmed the news on Twitter."Thank you California—it has been an honor serving as your senator for the past four years. Our country has faced many challenges, but I remain certain that our best days are ahead.

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Biden inauguration rehearsal evacuated after fire in homeless camp near Capitol

WASHINGTON – Participants in a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration were evacuated from the West Front of the Capitol on Monday on orders of security officials after a fire in a homeless encampment, officials said.Those who had gathered for a walk-through, including a military band, were directed to head indoors and moved in the directed of a secure location inside the Capitol complex.People involved in the rehearsal said security officials yelled, “This is not a drill.”Four law enforcement officials told The Associated Press there had been a blaze several blocks over and the rehearsal was evacuated in an abundance of caution. The Capitol complex and surrounding areas have been locked down after a riot there Jan.

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PHOTOS: Inauguration Day 2021

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is set to be a historic one with the COVID-19 pandemic and threats to the Capitol playing a vital role in the preparation. Inauguration Day 2021 will look very different than previous years with many events going virtual and security concerns closing the National Mall and surrounding areas. Take a look below! (This story will be continuously updated through Inauguration Day.)Nearly 200,000 U.S. flags will cover part of the National mall to represent the American people who are unable to travel to D.C.

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Biden picks Chopra, Gensler for financial oversight roles

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Rohit Chopra as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tapping a progressive ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to helm the agency whose creation she championed.Chopra, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, helped launch the agency after the 2008 financial crisis and served as deputy director, where he sounded the alarm about skyrocketing levels of student loan debt.

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Republican Party in this Florida county will not acknowledge Biden win

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – The Bay County Republican Party said it won’t recognize President-elect Joe Biden as legitimate unless President Donald Trump concedes and acknowledges that the 2020 election was fair.The Florida Panhandle organization's executive committee voted last month, deciding that its officials should not cooperate with Biden's administration.The organization said in a statement that the future of the Republican Party lies in Florida and that its members have an obligation to protect its conservative values, according to the Pensacola News Journal.“Since the Panhandle has long been the conservative backbone of the state, we have an obligation not only to our community, but to our republic, to proudly defend the values that Made

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Biden will appeal to national unity in inaugural address

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies, his incoming chief of staff said Sunday.Biden intends a series of executive actions in his first hours after his inauguration, an opening salvo in what is shaping up as a 10-day blitz of steps to reorient the country without waiting for Congress, aide Ron Klain said.Klain told CNN's "State of the Union" that Biden, in his inaugural address to the nation, will deliver "a message of moving this country forward. A message of unity.

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FBI worries of insider attack at Biden's inauguration, vets Guard troops

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 12: U.S. National Guard troops stand guard at the U.S.

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Trump preparing to issue over 100 pardons, commutations on Tuesday: source

Donald Trump at this point is opting not to issue a pardon for himself as he prepares an expansive list of more than 100 pardons and commutations for release on Tuesday, a source familiar with the effort said.White House advisers have said Trump has privately debated with advisers whether to take the extraordinary step of issuing a pardon for himself but some administration officials have cautioned Trump against a self-pardon because it would make him look guilty.Many scholars have said a self-pardon would be unconstitutional because it violates the basic principle that nobody should be the judge in his or her own case.

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What Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided Senate

WASHINGTON – So what does a 50-50 Senate get President-elect Joe Biden?Washington has barely had time to process the implications of Democratic control after two Georgia runoff elections that are delivering the Senate to Democrats. Hours after the races were decided, a mob of zealots ransacked the U.S.

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Moon urges Biden to learn from Trump's N. Korea diplomacy

SEOUL – South Korea's president on Monday urged the incoming Biden administration to build upon the achievements and learn from the failures of President Donald Trump's diplomatic engagement with North Korea.A dovish liberal and the son of northern war refugees, Moon Jae-in had lobbied hard to help set up Trump’s three summits with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but their diplomacy stalemated over disagreements over easing crippling U.S.-led sanctions for the North’s disarmament.Biden has accused Trump of chasing the spectacle of summits rather than meaningful curbs on the North’s nuclear capabilities. North Korea has a history of staging weapons tests and other provocations to test new U.S.

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More threats of violence in Washington, D.C. ahead of Biden’s inauguration

Tens of thousands of troops are in Washington, D.C. ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. As Jennifer Johnson reports, the U.S. Capitol resembles a war zone as the city prepares for more violent protests.

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Biden plans to block Keystone XL pipeline with day 1 order, documents show

Joe Biden plans to block the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in the White House.The documents, seen by The Canadian Press, include a to-do list dated Wednesday that includes rescinding the construction permit signed by predecessor Donald Trump. Biden’s Keystone XL decision could be ‘tough’ moment for Canada, U.S.

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Pro-Trump protesters, some armed, gather outside statehouses ahead of Biden inauguration

Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday. Biden’s inauguration will be unlike any other thanks to coronavirus, violent threats A few people demonstrated in some capital cities, with crowds of only a dozen or two, while streets in many other places remained empty.

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Actions by GOP attorneys general could damage credibility

By supporting efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election, most of the nation's Republican state attorneys general may have undermined their offices' long-held special status in federal courts.In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed legal papers attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud in four states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden. The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S.

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Biden vows rapid steps to battle virus after inauguration

MARIETTA, Ga. – Here’s what’s happening Sunday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY— President-elect Joe Biden plans immediate moves aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic within days after he's sworn in Wednesday, his incoming chief of staff Ron Klain wrote in a memo to senior staff. They include extending the pause on student loan payments and actions meant to prevent evictions and foreclosures for those struggling during the pandemic.

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Biden intends quick executive actions to propel his agenda

WASHINGTON – On the first day of his presidency, Joe Biden plans to roll back some of President Donald Trump's most controversial policies and take steps to address the coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff says.The opening salvo on Wednesday, after his inauguration, would herald a 10-day blitz of executive actions as Biden acts quickly to redirect the country without waiting for Congress.After taking the oath of office, Bill will end Trump's restriction on immigration to the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, move to rejoin the Paris climate accord and mandate mask-wearing on federal property and during interstate travel.

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Gen. Milley key to military continuity as Biden takes office

WASHINGTON – In taking charge of a Pentagon battered by leadership churn, the Biden administration will look to one holdover as a source of military continuity: Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.President-elect Joe Biden will inherit Milley as his senior military adviser, and although Biden could replace Milley, he likely won't.A Princeton-educated history buff with the gift of gab, Milley has been a staunch defender of the military’s apolitical tradition even as President Donald Trump packed the Pentagon with political loyalists.

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Biden aims to legalize millions of immigrants as a priority

President-Elect Joe Biden delivers remarks before the holiday at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on Dec. 22, 2020.

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