In his first official acts as president, Joe Biden is signing executives orders on a broad range of issues, from the coronavirus pandemic to climate change and immigration, to fulfill campaign promises.Highlights of actions Biden is taking Wednesday:THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICMASK REQUIREMENT: Biden is requiring the use of masks and social distancing in all federal buildings, on federal lands and by federal employees and contractors.

Consistently masking up is a practice that science has shown to be effective in preventing the spread of the coronavirus, particularly when social distancing is difficult to maintain.He is challenging all Americans to wear a mask for the first 100 days of his administration.

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Biden to reinstate US Covid travel bans

US President Joe Biden will reimpose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Ireland, Britain, Brazil, and much of Europe, a White House official said, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.

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AP source: Biden to drop Trump's military transgender ban

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office, a person briefed on the decision tells The Associated Press.Biden has been widely expected to overturn the Trump policy in his early days in office. The White House could announce the move as early as Monday, according to the person briefed on the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the order.The move to reverse the policy has the support of Biden's newly confirmed defense secretary, retired Army Gen.

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White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief

WASHINGTON – Top aides to President Joe Biden on Sunday began talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win bipartisan backing for the initial legislative effort of his presidency.Lawmakers on the right question the wisdom of racking up bigger deficits while those on the left are urging Biden not to spend too much time on bipartisanship when the pandemic is killing thousands of Americans each day and costing more jobs amid tightening restrictions in many communities.At least a dozen senators met for an hour and 15 minutes in a virtual call with White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese and other senior

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Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on economic crisis in the State Dining Room of the White House January 22, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Canada didn’t start Keystone XL dispute — the president did, Kenney says in rebuke of Biden

Keystone XL pipeline, going so far as to accuse him of showing “disrespect for America’s closest friend and ally.”In an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney criticized newly inaugurated president Joe Biden’s decision to block the US$8-billion cross-border energy project on his first day in office. Trudeau expresses ‘disappointment’ over Keystone XL in 1st phone call with Biden “Look, we didn’t start this dispute,” Kenney said.

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US President Joe Biden 'to bring back UK travel ban' to stop Covid variant spreading

The US is set to hit the UK with a travel ban following the discovery of the mutant Kent Covid strain, according to reports.

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After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden

PARIS – After increasingly strained U.S.-France relations under Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Sunday to work closely together to fight the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.Their first conversation since Biden’s inauguration aimed at mending frayed ties between the historic allies. Biden “stressed his commitment to bolstering the transatlantic relationship” via NATO and the EU.

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Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S.

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Point Roberts pins COVID-19 border exemption hopes on President Biden

Point Roberts are hoping an executive order from U.S. President Joe Biden could lead to eased COVID-19 border restrictions.Point Roberts lies just south of Delta, B.C., and is separated from the rest of Washington state by water and the Canadian border.According to Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce president Brian Calder, 75 per cent of the property in Point Roberts is owned by Canadians, and visitors from north of the border drive 90 per cent of its economic activity.

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Biden attends Mass at DC church where he worshipped as VP

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden attended Mass for the first time since taking office, worshipping Sunday at the church he frequented when he was vice president.Biden, the nation’s second Catholic president, picked Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, a few miles from the White House. It's where the nation’s only other Catholic president, John F.

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'We can't wait:' Biden to push U.S. Congress for $1.9 trillion in COVID relief

Washington: One of President Joe Biden's top economic aides on Sunday will press Democratic and Republican senators for a fresh $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief to help struggling Americans and avert a larger economic crisis.Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, said he would speak to the senators to make the case for a large rescue plan."We can't wait," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "Just because Washington has been gridlocked before doesn't mean it needs to continue to be gridlocked."The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 417,000 Americans, thrown millions out of work and is infecting more than 175,000 Americans per day, posing an immediate crisis to the Biden administration.

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Why Biden's immigration plan may be risky for Democrats

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is confronting the political risk that comes with grand ambition.As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul last week that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally.

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Fauci says Trump administration’s approach to COVID-19 ‘very likely’ cost lives

WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ leading expert on infectious diseases, said a lack of facts and transparency surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in the Trump administration "very likely" cost lives. On Friday, during an interview with CNN’s John Berman, Fauci was asked if the lack of "candor" and "facts in some cases over the last year cost lives." Fauci responded, "You know, it very likely did."Fauci, who was sidelined by Trump, is now the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden in an ambitious effort to conquer the virus.

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Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal

WASHINGTON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal.The push for a new deal came in a broad-ranging call between the two leaders that touched on the global response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the Biden administration announcing this week that the U.S.

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Over 150 National Guard at Biden’s inauguration in Washington test positive for COVID-19

National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., to provide security for President Joe Biden‘s inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a U.S. official said on Friday.The U.S.

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Biden’s first call to foreign leader is with Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the phone Friday, marking Biden’s first call with a foreign leader since becoming commander-in-chief.

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Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill

WASHINGTON – It's taken only days for Democrats gauging how far President Joe Biden's bold immigration proposal can go in Congress to acknowledge that if anything emerges, it will likely be significantly more modest.As they brace to tackle a politically flammable issue that's resisted major congressional action since the 1980s, Democrats are using words like “aspirational” to describe Biden's plan and “herculean” to express the effort they'll need to prevail. A similar message came from the White House Friday when press secretary Jen Psaki said the new administration hopes Biden's plan will be “the base" of immigration discussions in Congress.

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Trudeau expresses ‘disappointment’ over Keystone XL in 1st phone call with Biden

Justin Trudeau, in his first chat with U.S. President Joe Biden since Wednesday’s inauguration, expressed disappointment over the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.The two leaders spoke over the phone for around 30 minutes on Friday.

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Over 150 National Guard troops in Washington for Biden inauguration test positive for Covid-19

National Guard deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security for President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a US official told news agency Reuters on Friday.The US government imposed unprecedented security measures in the city following the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, including fences topped with razor wire and checkpoints manned by the National Guard.Thousands of national guard troops from across the country arrived in Washington in response to escalating security threats and fears of further rioting.Guard forces were scattered around the city this week, helping to secure the Capitol, as well as monuments, Metro entrances and the perimeter of

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Biden calls Canada's Trudeau, Mexico's López Obrador

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden made his first calls to foreign leaders as America's commander in chief on Friday, dialing up Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a strained moment for the U.S. relationship with its North American neighbors.Biden's call to Trudeau came after the Canadian prime minister this week publicly expressed disappointment over Biden’s decision — one of his first acts as president — to issue an executive order halting construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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Joe Biden warns 'we need to act' as he fast-tracks Covid stimulus cheques and food aid

Joe Biden has ordered pandemic stimulus cheques to be fast-tracked as the new US President tackles the coronavirus crisis with urgency.

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Coronavirus expected to kill over 6,00,000 people in US: Joe Biden

WASHINGTON : The coronavirus pandemic is expected to kill more than 600,000 people in the United States, President Joe Biden said on Friday."A lot of America is hurting. The virus is surging.

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Biden's early approach to virus: Underpromise, overdeliver

WASHINGTON – It's a proven political strategy: Underpromise and overdeliver. President Joe Biden, in his first three days in office, has painted a bleak picture of the country's immediate future, warning Americans that it will take months, not weeks, to reorient a nation facing a historic convergence of crises.The dire language is meant as a call to action, but it's also a deliberate effort to temper expectations.

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Biden revokes Trump ban on diversity training that explores systemic racism, privilege

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Jill Biden thanks Guard members with chocolate chip cookies

WASHINGTON – New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver a basket of chocolate chip cookies to National Guard members, thanking them “for keeping me and my family safe” during President Joe Biden's inauguration.

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Biden's pause on oil cause for big concern in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – President Joe Biden’s 60-day moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases and drilling permits is prompting widespread concerns in New Mexico, where spending on education and other public programs hinges on the industry’s success. Top Republicans in the state as well as local leaders in communities that border the Permian Basin — one of the most productive regions in the U.S.

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Biden orders review of domestic terrorism threat in US

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a mob of insurgents loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.The disclosure Friday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki is a stark acknowledgment of the national security threat that officials see as posed by American extremists motivated to violence by radical ideology.

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Biden signs executive orders on $15 minimum wage for federal workers, food aid increases

BALTIMORE (AP) - President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden signed would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage."The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Biden speaks ahead of signing executive orders on economy

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Biden orders review of domestic extremism threat in US

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a violent mob loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.The disclosure Friday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki is a stark acknowledgment of the national security threat that officials see as posed by American extremists motivated to violence by extremist ideology.

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Biden removes Trump’s Diet Coke button as part of Oval Office overhaul

Joe Biden immediately made some changes after moving into the Oval Office on Wednesday, including removing one of ex-president Donald Trump‘s unique creature comforts: the Diet Coke button.The wood-encased, brick-sized button sat on the Resolute desk throughout Trump’s presidency, and would immediately summon a butler with a cold can of Diet Coke at a moment’s notice. Donald Trump reportedly floated notion of his own ‘Patriot Party’ The button was emblematic of the former president’s well-documented love for fast food.

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Biden to target economy in next wave of executive orders

BALTIMORE (AP) - President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden is to sign would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage."The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan

BALTIMORE – President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden is to sign would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage.“The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Georgia congresswoman files Articles of Impeachment against Biden

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Newly-elected Georgia Rep.

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Biden’s focus: ‘America returns’ rather than ‘America first’

On his first full day in office, U.S. President Joe Biden restored America’s funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), and then rejoined the Paris Agreement.

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Pichai lauds Biden's actions on Covid, immigration policy, offers Google support

We applaud @POTUS's quick action on COVID relief, the Paris Climate Accord, and immigration reform.

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Masks, testing, distancing: Coronavirus measures now the rule in Biden’s White House

coronavirus public health guidlines.It’s a striking contrast to Donald Trump’s White House, which was the epicenter of no less than three separate outbreaks of COVID-19, their true scale not fully known because aides refused to discuss cases publicly.

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Trudeau faces pressure to change Biden’s mind on Keystone XL

Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline are hoping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can convince U.S. President Joe Biden to resurrect the controversial project.

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Full on Fauci: Doctor says Biden administration is ‘liberating’

Anthony Fauci is back.In truth, the nation’s leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former U.S.

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Biden aims to beef up COVID-19 vaccine distribution, testing

As U.S. President Joe Biden begins his new job, he says he intends on ramping up America’s fight against COVID-19. Jackson Proskow reports on what Biden is asking and mandating.

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‘Bernie Sanders with mittens’ is the first meme of the Biden era

Bernie Sanders was warding off the cold on Wednesday, when he wore a remarkably practical winter coat, mittens and a mask to U.S. President Joe Biden‘s inauguration.The Vermont senator became the first mega-viral meme of the Biden era Wednesday afternoon after he was photographed with his legs and mittens crossed while sitting on a folding chair at the event.

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Senate OKs waiver allowing Biden's secretary of defense pick, Gen. Lloyd Austin, to serve in role

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-controlled Congress easily passed legislation Thursday required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden’s secretary of defense, brushing aside concerns that his retirement occurred inside the seven-year window that safeguards civilian leadership of the military.It would be the first measure to be signed into law by brand-new President Joe Biden.The Senate sent the measure exempting Austin from the seven-year rule to Biden after a 69-27 Senate tally that came moments after a comparably lopsided 326-78 House vote.

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Biden says 'help is on the way' with national COVID-19 strategy

"Help is on the way," said President Joe Biden today as he unveiled his 200-page national COVID-19 strategy and signed 10 executive actions aimed at tackling the pandemic, including ensuring the safe opening of schools, new guidance for foreign travel, and ensuring the National Guard in all 50 states is involved in the pandemic response.

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Fauci cites ‘liberating feeling’ in pandemic update during 2nd Biden White House press briefing

WASHINGTON - After President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders Thursday aimed at getting the worsening coronavirus pandemic under control, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who was scheduled to hold her second daily press conference, relinquished the podium in the White House press briefing room to Dr.

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Student loan payment pause extended through Sept. 30 by Biden executive orders

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education will extend the pause on federal student loan payments and interest rates will remain at 0% after an executive order by President Joe Biden."Too many Americans are struggling to pay for basic necessities and to provide for their families.

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Coronavirus: Biden introduces COVID-19 testing requirement for air travellers entering the U.S.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that his administration has made it mandatory for travellers entering the United States by air to be tested for COVID-19 before boarding a flight into the country, and that travellers would need to quarantine upon arrival.

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Coronavirus: Biden says progress from his COVID-19 plan ‘will take time to measure’

Speaking on Thursday, his first full day in office after being sworn-in as president, Joe Biden outlined the details of his administration’s plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, saying progress “will take time to measure.” He said the administration would be transparent about any setbacks it experiences on the path to recovery.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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