WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden will visit the State Department on Thursday, where he is expected to address staff at the agency and discuss his promise to restore a broader approach to U.S.

foreign policy during his administration.Joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden will speak with department staff and meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was confirmed for the position last week by the Senate.White House press secretary Jen Psaki, formerly the State Department’s top spokesperson, said Biden’s visit "is largely focused on his desire to thank the men and women who are Foreign Service officers, civil servants, who are the heart and soul of that institution and, frankly, our government."Psaki added that Biden would "talk.

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Biden White House seeks to turn page on Trump

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Republican-controlled Senate in Mississippi votes to ban transgender athletes on female teams

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Florida health officials report 7,000 new cases of COVID-19

Travelers eager to board and plane and take to the sky may soon be required to take a COVID-19 test prior to takeoff.

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Biden seeks to close Guantanamo Bay prison following 'robust' review

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Months after Biden win, Arizona officials still face threats

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Biden will try to close Guantanamo after 'robust' review

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CDC to release long-awaited guidelines on reopening schools during pandemic

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Biden: Governors and mayors need $350 billion to fight COVID

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Enrollment for the Affordable Care Act reopens Monday. Here’s what you need to know

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Biden views Valentine's Day decorations on WH lawn

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Biden to press for $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan with governors, mayors

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Biden wants to quadruple refugee admissions set by Trump

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Biden says federal government has purchased enough COVID-19 vaccines for all Americans

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the federal government has purchased an additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and said by the summer, nearly every American will be able to get vaccinated. "We have now purchased enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all Americans, and now we’re working to get those vaccines into the arms of millions of people," Biden said. Biden added that in the first three weeks that he has been in office, his administration increased the supply of weekly vaccine shipments to states by almost 30%. "When I became president three weeks ago, America had no plan to vaccinate most of the country," Biden said.

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Biden tours Maryland lab that developed COVID-19 vaccine

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Biden decree ends 'emergency' that Trump used to build wall

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Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide

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Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

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Biden orders sanctions against Myanmar after military coup

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Senate schedules confirmation hearing for Merrick Garland

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Coronavirus: Biden says decision to hold 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games ‘must be based on science’

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82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions

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US school leaders might extend remote learning into fall 2021

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Senate confirms Biden pick Denis McDonough as VA secretary

FILE - President-elect Joe Biden (R) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (L) look on as former Obama White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Departm (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON - The Senate has overwhelmingly voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee the Department of Veterans Affairs.The Senate confirmed Denis McDonough as VA secretary by a vote of 87-7 on Monday.

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Senate confirms former Obama chief of staff to oversee VA

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Stimulus checks: Democrats propose $1,400 payments as part of Biden's COVID-19 relief plan

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US warns Yemen's Houthi rebels after terrorism delisting

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President Joe Biden chats with troops overseas watching the Super Bowl

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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden Thank Health Care Workers Ahead of Super Bowl LV

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Yellen: Biden's plan could restore full employment by 2022

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year.

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Biden: China should expect `extreme competition' from US

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Biden dogs to make appearance during Puppy Bowl

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s dogs will make an appearance during the Puppy Bowl this weekend.

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UN Yemen envoy makes first visit to Iran to push for peace

TEHRAN – The United Nations special envoy for Yemen arrived on his first visit to Iran Sunday for talks on the grinding war in the Arab world’s poorest country, Iranian state TV reported.

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Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty

CHICAGO – Joe Biden, the first sitting U.S. president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice to stop scheduling new executions, officials have told The Associated Press.

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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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