President-elect Joe Biden announced Friday that he has chosen a pioneer in mapping the human genome — the so-called “book of life” — to be his chief science adviser and is elevating the top science job to a Cabinet position.Biden nominated Eric Lander, founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, who was the lead author of the first paper announcing the details of the human genome, as director of Office of Science and Technology Policy and adviser on science.

He is the first life scientist to have that job. His predecessor is a meteorologist.Saying “science will always be at the forefront of my administration,” Biden said he is boosting the science advisor post to Cabinet level, a first in White House history.

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Clyburn: Bush called him a 'savior' for boosting Biden

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Biden starts term with COVID actions on masks, support for WHO

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Biden to review Trump's downsizing of national monuments

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Joe Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’

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Joe Biden becomes 46th U.S. president as Florida reports 11,615 new coronavirus cases

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Full transcript: Read President Joe Biden’s inaugural address

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Biden to make 3rd round of stimulus a top priority

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Inauguration Day 2021: Biden placed hand on same family Bible used during his VP, Senate swearing-in

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took their oaths of office on Wednesday using Bibles that are laden with personal meaning, writing new chapters in a long-running American tradition — and one that appears nowhere in the law.The Constitution does not require the use of a specific text for swearing-in ceremonies and specifies only the wording of the president’s oath.

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President Biden makes first tweet from @POTUS: Here's what it said

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Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States

Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans.With his hand on an heirloom Bible that has been in his family for more than a century, Biden took the presidential oath of office administered by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts just after noon (1700 GMT), vowing to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”“Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew, and America has risen to the challenge,” Biden said as he began his inaugural address.

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‘There is no time to waste:’ Biden-Harris team turn to Twitter to share first messages as president, VP

ORLANDO, Fla. – In what’s been a contentious time for U.S. politics, one player was always there providing insight on how current events could play out: Twitter.It was no different Wednesday as President Joe Biden used the POTUS account to help him kick off his term as the 46th commander in chief.As he left the U.S.

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Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming

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Joe Biden to hit reset on nation's fight against COVID-19 on his first day

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Walt Disney World closes Hall of Presidents, prepares for Biden replica

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Inauguration Day: Live updates as Joe Biden is sworn in as U.S. president

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Stage set for Joe Biden’s inauguration as 46th U.S. president

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Trump leaves letter for Biden before departing White House

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Gov. Wolf to attend President-elect Biden's inauguration on Wednesday

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WATCH LIVE: Joe Biden presidential inauguration

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Theresa May rebukes Boris Johnson as UK welcomes Biden era

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America braces for Inauguration Day like no other as Biden set to emphasize call to unity

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Inauguration Day 2021: Biden, Harris set for historic swearing-in

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Biden's first act: orders on pandemic, climate, immigration

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On Day One, Biden to undo Trump policies on climate, virus

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EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House

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Asian markets gain on hopes Biden will act on economy, virus

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Trump touts administration’s accomplishments, wishes Biden ‘luck’ in farewell address

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U.S. Capitol rioters hoping for last-minute Trump pardons ahead of Biden’s inauguration

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DC on lockdown and on edge before Biden's inauguration

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Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals

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Vice President Mike Pence will not attend Trump's sendoff event, will attend Biden's inauguration

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‘Dark times’: Biden, Harris mark country’s coronavirus grief ahead of inauguration day

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Honor COVID-19 Victims on Eve of Inauguration

Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris attended a memorial service honoring the 400,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19 at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday.The ceremony, hosted by the Presidential Inaugural Committee, featured 400 lights turned on around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. «To heal, we must remember. It's hard, sometimes, to remember.

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President Elect Joe Biden Honors Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19 With Lighting Ceremony in Washington DC

Joe Biden holds hands with wife Dr. Jill Biden as they attend the lighting event along the National Mall on Tuesday evening (January 19) in Washington, D.C.

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'American leadership still matters': Biden's national security nominees pledge new approach in hearings

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EXPLAINER: Election claims, and why it's clear Biden won

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Biden inauguration to feature memorial for COVID victims

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden is planning a lighting ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor those killed by the coronavirus the day before he is sworn into office on Jan. 20.The Presidential Inaugural Committee said Thursday that it would hold the event the evening of Jan.

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President-elect Joe Biden will not lift virus travel restrictions, instead will ‘strengthen’

, get a negative COVID test to get on a plane.“In a sweeping effort to combat the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that all air passengers entering the country will be required to produce a negative COVID-19 test prior to admittance,” the airport said.

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

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

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Stocks climb as Yellen, Biden’s pick for Treasury Secretary, backs stimulus plan

Wall Street‘s main indexes rose on Tuesday as U.S.

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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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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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