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Outgoing President Donald Trump was the first president since Andrew Johnson in the 1860s not to share the presidential digs with a dog or a cat
Joe Biden will continue the tradition of having pets inside the White House. The arrival of the Bidens and their dogs Major and Champ at the White House this week will mark the return of a longstanding tradition - four-legged furry friends have always been a part of the 18-acre estate that is home to the US president.
Outgoing President Donald Trump was the first president since Andrew Johnson in the 1860s not to share the presidential digs with a dog or a cat - or even a raccoon, like the one kept by Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s.
Americans share what top priorities they think Biden/Harris should tackle first
Americans are sharing what top priorities they think President-elect Joe Biden and VicePresident-elect Kamala Harris and their administration should tackle first.
Ahead of the inauguration Wednesday, a new poll by The Associated Press found containing the coronavirus outbreak and repairing the economic damage from the pandemic were the top priorities.
According to that poll done back in December, 53 percent of Americans said COVID-19 needs to be the top priority for the Biden/Harris administration.
So far, it seems like president-elect Joe Biden is already striving to make that his priority. Last week, he unveiled a proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and vowed to provide 100 million vaccination shots in his first 100 days.
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President-elect Joe Biden is entering the White House with a weighty demand from fellow Democrats: grant your Justice Department power to investigate and prosecute your predecessor. Biden, who will be inaugurated despite every conceivable attempt by President Donald Trump to prevent that from happening as the 46th president on Wednesday, has resolutely promised to separate his administration’s political affairs from the DOJ he’ll soon inherit,.