President Biden begins setting agenda through executive orders
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San Francisco State University Political Science Professor Rebecca Eissler talked to Mornings on 2 on Saturday about the implications.

Stimulus checks and your 2020 taxes: All of your questions, answered

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Biden orders review of domestic terrorism threat in US

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.

First lady Jill Biden thanks National Guard members with chocolate chip cookies

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Biden's Treasury secretary nominee Janet Yellen clears Senate committee

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Biden signs executive orders focused on battling COVID-19

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‘A more perfect union’: Bush, Clinton, Obama echo Biden’s calls for unity on Inauguration Day 2021

Speaking during the televised broadcast “Celebrating America” after the historic inauguration of President Joe Biden’s and Vice President Kamala Harris, three former presidents shared advice for the incoming administration and echoed Biden’s calls for unity among all Americans.

With photo of late son Beau behind him, President Joe Biden begins work at White House

With Beau's photo behind him, Biden began his term signing 17 executive orders on Wednesday — and it is likely that Beau's legacy will continue to be an influence on the president's decisions over the next four years.

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

After an executive order by President Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Education will extend the pause on student loan payments and collections until Sept. 30, 2021.

President Biden proposes 5-year extension of Russian nuclear arms treaty

The Biden administration is proposing to Russia a five-year extension of the New START treaty limiting the number of U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said Thursday.

Biden signs 10 executive orders on pandemic, warns things will ‘get worse before they get better’

On his second day as commander in chief, President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders aimed at getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control, but issued a stark warning to Americans: “Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better.”

Biden to keep FBI Director Christopher Wray

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Biden immigration bill changes 'alien' to 'noncitizen' as part of overhaul

Immigration activists and lawmakers have long battled over language related to immigration. Many now refer not to illegal immigrants but "undocumented" immigrants.

Under Biden, world leaders hope for renewed US cooperation

World leaders welcomed into their ranks the new U.S. President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, an approach his predecessor Donald Trump ridiculed.

Oval Office decor gets makeover for new Biden administration

The Biden administration has removed the military flags that had been on display in the Oval Office during Donald Trump's term. Most presidents have only displayed two flags behind the Resolute Desk: the American flag and the presidential seal.

Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education', disbands 1776 Commission

President Joe Biden revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote “patriotic education” in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda.

Biden sends 15 executive orders and 2 actions on Day One

Professor Henry Brady, dean of UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, said that Biden's 36 years of experience in the Senate and eight years as vice president will let him hit the ground running.