Former President Trump repeatedly used xenophobic termsFormer President Trump has repeatedly used xenophobic terms to refer to the virus that originated in China's Wuhan province.

Some critics say the former president's language has stoked the violence against Asian Americans.Racial motivation is hard to establish in many cases, but reported anti-Asian hate crimes more than doubled from 49 to 122 last year across 16 major US cities including New York and Los Angeles -- even as overall hate crime fell, according to a California State University study.The report looked at events categorized as criminal in nature and showing evidence of ethnic or racial bias, using preliminary local police data.It aligns with another study from the Stop AAPI.

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Biden to join road show promoting relief plan with Pa. visit

LAS VEGAS – President Joe Biden is joining top messengers already crisscrossing the country to highlight the benefits of his massive COVID-19 rescue plan, in his case by promoting aid for small businesses.

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Doctors’ opinions on masking more important than Trump’s: Biden

U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that he has been advised the opinions of local doctors and medical experts are more important than former president Donald Trump on the matter of masking, even to his most fervent supporters.

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In early foreign policy tests, Biden takes on world as it is

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden in his early days in office has vowed a dramatic reordering of U.S. foreign policy from his predecessor. Yet on some of the most difficult issues, he's shown a preference for using the scalpel over the sledgehammer as he implements his own agenda and tries to move away from Trumpism.

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First lady Jill Biden to visit Burlington County, NJ on Monday

BURLINGTON COUNTY, N.J. - First Lady Jill Biden is making a visit to Burlington County, New Jersey on Monday.The First Lady will tour a school in the afternoon. The nature of the visit is not yet known. Afterward, she's expected to deliver remarks with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.Her visit to the area comes just a day before President Joe Biden is expected to visit Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Last week, President Biden directed states to make all adults eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine no later than May 1.

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President Biden to name Sperling to oversee COVID-19 relief package

Gene Sperling, a veteran of the Clinton and Obama administrations, will lead the oversight for distributing funds from President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package, a White House official said Monday.

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Deb Haaland: Biden's pick for interior secretary faces final historic vote

WASHINGTON - The Senate is set to vote Monday on the likely confirmation of Deb Haaland, President Joe Biden’s pick as interior secretary. The historic move would make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency.Earlier this month, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Haaland's nomination, 11-9, sending it to the Senate floor.

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Biden, Harris and others to promote COVID-19 relief plan's benefits

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses are opening an ambitious, cross-country tour this week to highlight the benefits of his $1.9 trillion plan to defeat the coronavirus and boost the economy.The roadshow — dubbed the "Help is Here" tour by the White House — begins Monday with Harris heading to a COVID-19 vaccination site and a culinary academy in Las Vegas and first lady Jill Biden touring a New Jersey elementary school.The president will have more to say about the plan Monday at the White House, and he plans to visit a small business in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.

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Biden, Harris and others to promote relief plan's benefits

WASHINGTON – Let the sales push begin.

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Biden breaks his silence on Cuomo sexual harassment scandal, declines to call for his resignation

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Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is under investigation after multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

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Taoiseach to discuss Covid vaccinations with Biden

The Taoiseach has said he will discuss Covid-19 vaccinations with US President Joe Biden when the two leaders hold a virtual meeting on St Patrick's Day.

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For President Biden, there’s no place like a weekend home in Delaware

WILMINGTON, Del. - As he stood in the Rose Garden celebrating his first big legislative win, President Joe Biden gestured to the White House and said it’s a "magnificent building" to live in.Except on weekends.Of the eight weekends since Biden took office, he has spent three at his longtime home outside Wilmington, Delaware, including this weekend. Tentative plans for another weekend visit were scrubbed due to Senate action on Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.Biden also spent a weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland.Many presidents have complained at one point or another about feeling confined in the White House.

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Military aircraft seen flying over Delaware County ahead of President Biden's visit

DELAWARE COUNTY - Residents in Delaware County and neighboring areas reported seeing a military aircraft flying overhead on Saturday as the region prepares for a visit from President Joe Biden early next week. The West Goshen Police Department said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) designated Delaware County and roughly 12 surrounding nautical miles as "restricted airspace for a VIP until roughly 10 p.m. Saturday."President Biden, who is currently in his home city of Wilmington, will be in Delaware County on Tuesday.

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Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?

WASHINGTON – Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes: The vast inequality that divides the richest from the rest — a gap made worse by the viral pandemic.

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Governors applaud Biden’s vaccine timeline, but need supply

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Governors largely cheered President Joe Biden’s declaration that all adults should be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations by May 1, but the goal will require a shift for states that have been methodical in how they roll out the shots.

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Biden played 'sheriff' on '09 aid, now salesman on COVID law

WASHINGTON – In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were getting to the right places and quickly.

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Democrats find support for Biden in small-city America

MANKATO, Minn. – Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from her tiny town of Amboy to the nearest city of Mankato to study nursing, her politics migrated too.

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Biden boosts US vaccine stockpile as world waits

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a likely U.S. surplus of doses later this year while much of the rest of the world struggles with deep shortages.

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Wolf confident Pa. will meet Biden’s directive to make everyone eligible for a vaccine by May 1

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Police officers, firefighters and grocery workers will start getting the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine in about two weeks, as the current effort to immunize school workers wraps up, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday.Wolf also said he was confident that Pennsylvania will meet President Joe Biden's directive to make everyone eligible for a vaccine by May 1."We can meet that timeline," Wolf said, appearing by video with lawmakers on a vaccine task force.

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Biden says “fastidious oversight” needed to ensure “no waste or fraud” in $1.9T COVID-19 relief package

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Biden marks passage of $1.9T COVID-19 relief package with Rose Garden ceremony

WASHINGTON - A day after President Joe Biden signed into law his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package aimed at helping to defeat the virus and help the U.S.

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Biden was Sheriff Joe on '09 aid, now salesman on COVID law

WASHINGTON – In 2009, then-Vice President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe,” the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were getting to the right places and quickly.

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Nonprofits hail anti-poverty aspects of COVID relief measure

Nonprofit advocates have hailed Congress’ passage of a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief measure that has the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty at a scale not seen since the New Deal.

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'Quad' countries to launch joint venture to boost Covid vaccine production

New Delhi: The US, India, Australia and Japan on Friday announced the launch of their ambitious joint partnership venture to boost production of vaccines to combat covid-19, in a move seen as mounting a challenge to China, at the inaugural summit of Quad now upgraded to the leaders’s level.US President Joe Biden, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison and Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga shared a virtual stage to herald the start of a reinforced partnership aimed at global good.

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Asian shares mixed after stimulus lifts Dow, S&P to records

BANGKOK – Stocks were mixed in Asia on Friday after broad gains lifted several major indexes to all-time highs on Wall Street.

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Biden's $1.9T rescue signed, and now things get tougher

WASHINGTON – Tough as it was for Democrats, passing President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package into law was the easy part.

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Biden aims for quicker shots, 'independence from this virus'

WASHINGTON – One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1 and raised the possibility of beginning to "mark our independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July. He offered Americans fresh hope and appealed anew for their help.

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President Joe Biden Addresses Asian-American Hate Crimes, COVID Vaccines & More In Coronavirus Memorial Speech

President Joe Biden marked the one year of coronavirus with an inclusive speech on Thursday (March 11).

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Coronavirus: Biden says U.S. will come out of pandemic stronger

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday in his first primetime address stressed that the country would come out of the pandemic “stronger” because there was “nothing we can’t do when we do it together.” He said Americans had a “shared experience that binds us together as a nation” both by the pain and by the possibilities in front of them.

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Biden offers US hope for summer amid virus fight

US President Joe Biden has offered his Covid-weary nation a tantalising glimpse of an almost normal July 4th, outlining in a speech how the United States can defeat the coronavirus if people stay united on prevention measures and get vaccinated.

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All adult Americans to be eligible for Covid vaccination by 1 May: Joe Biden

President Joe Biden has claimed that all adults of the country will be eligible to get anti-Covid shots by 1 May.He was speaking on the first anniversary of the Covid-19 shutdowns in the US and said that his administration is on track to beat his promise to deliver 100 million Covid-19 vaccination shots into the arms of Americans by day 60 -- 40 days before his campaign promise.Also Read | Vaccine confidence in India is ticking more boxes now"When I came into office, you may recall I set a goal, and many of you said it was way over the top," he said.

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Biden aims to have U.S. ‘closer to normal’ by July 4

U.S. President Joe Biden has unveiled his timelines on when all American adults will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and when the country will get ‘closer to normal.’ Dawna Friesen has those details, and Jackson Proskow looks at the scars COVID-19 has left on the country over the past year.

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Coronavirus: Biden directing states to ensure all Americans will be eligible to get vaccine by May 1

U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Thursday he was directing all states and tribal governments to ensure all adult Americans are eligible to get the vaccine by May 1.

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Biden directs states to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccine by May 1

WASHINGTON - One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden used his first prime-time address to outline his plan Thursday night to make all adults vaccine-eligible by May 1 and get the country "closer to normal" by the Fourth of July. He offered Americans fresh hope and appealed anew for their help.Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden announced moves to speed vaccinations, including directing that states lift qualifications for vaccinations by May 1, and expand the number of places and categories of people who can give shots.

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Biden to address U.S. on coronavirus anniversary after signing $1.9T relief bill

Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health.

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President Biden Signs $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill

Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health.

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Biden's $1.9T rescue signed, agenda now a slog in Congress

WASHINGTON – Tough as it was for Democrats, passing President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package into law was the easy part.

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Biden to address nation 1 year after pandemic declaration

Tonight President Joe Biden is expected to address the nation, marking both his 50th day in office and the 1-year anniversary of the World Health Organization's declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic.

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Biden to address nation 1 year into COVID-19 pandemic

Tonight President Joe Biden is expected to address the nation, marking both his 50th day in office and the 1-year anniversary of the World Health Organization's declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic.

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Americans could receive $1,400 payments as soon as this weekend, White House says

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden officially signed the latest coronavirus relief bill, dubbed The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, into law on Thursday, securing another round of direct payments for those who qualify, among other plans to help restore an economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second

BALTIMORE – To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion every day for the rest of this year. That’s $43,000 every second of every day until midnight chimes on 2022.

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Democrats muscle ahead with Biden's health secretary pick

WASHINGTON – The Senate voted on Thursday to advance President Joe Biden’s nominee for health secretary as Democrats muscled past Republican opposition using a new procedure put in place to avoid gridlock in the evenly divided Senate.

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Biden aides hold talks with Israel on Iran, regional issues

Top U.S. and Israeli national security officials met Thursday by secure video conference for their first round of talks on Iran and other regional issues as the Biden administration looks to avoid antagonizing Jerusalem while attempting to resurrect the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal.

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WATCH LIVE: President Biden’ set to sign $1.9T relief bill

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is set to sign into law Thursday the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health.

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Biden aims to usher US into 'next phase' of pandemic in primetime speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden will use his first prime-time address since taking office to steer the nation toward a hungered-for sentiment — hope — in the "next phase" of the fight against the pandemic that has killed more than 529,000 Americans.Previewing his remarks, Biden said he would "talk about what we’ve been through as a nation this past year, but more importantly, I’m going to talk about what comes next."Biden's challenge Thursday night will be to honor the sacrifices made by Americans over the last year while encouraging them to remain vigilant despite "virus fatigue" and growing impatience to resume normal activities given the tantalizing promise of vaccines.

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President Biden immediately begins selling virus aid plan to public

WASHINGTON – The White House began highlighting the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill immediately after it gained final congressional approval on Wednesday, wasting no time in selling the public on President Joe Biden’s first legislative victory.

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Biden to announce next phase of fight against Covid in his 1st prime-time speech

Joe Biden will lay out the next phase of his administration's arduous fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic during his maiden prime-time address to the nation on Thursday night since assuming office in January.In his speech, which will also mark the first anniversary of the World Health Organisation's declaration of the pandemic, Biden is likely to talk about the sacrifices made by the American people and the millions of people whose lives have been changed by the pandemic.The US is the worst-hit nation with over 29,154,600 confirmed cases and more than 529,000 deaths.He will speak about how COVID-19 has been the greatest operational challenge the country has faced and the work his team has done to rapidly increase the number of

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Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill wins final approval in House

COVID-19 relief bill that gives President Joe Biden his first major victory in office.The measure provides $400 billion for $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, $350 billion in aid to state and local governments, an expansion of the child tax credit and increased funding for vaccine distribution. Forecasters expect it to supercharge the US economic recovery."Help is here," Biden wrote in a tweet after the vote.

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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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