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Biden takes office as 46th US president What you need to know Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US president at the Capitol in Washington Biden signs 15 executive orders, including actions to rejoin the Paris climate accord Kamala Harris, 56, makes history as she was sworn in to be the first woman to be vice-president, and also the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent
All By AI HEPING in New York US President Joe Biden speaks about his administration s plans to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a COVID-19 response event at the White House in Washington, US, Jan 21, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Posted on January 20th, 2021
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Washington, January 20 (BBC): Kamala Devi Harris, born to a Jamaican Economist and an Indian Tamil cancer researcher, will make history when she takes the oath of office on Wednesday, becoming the first woman and first black and South Asian American to serve as US vice-president. Harris’ Domestic Policy Advisor is Rohini Kosoglu, daughter of a medical doctor of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. This is the first Indo-Lankan-American combo in the history of the White House.
Here’s what awaits Ms Harris in her new job: What does a vice-president do? Historically speaking, not a lot. It has been described as the least understood, most ridiculed and most often ignored constitutional role in the federal government, and for a long time it stayed that way.
Chrissy Teigen Becomes First And Only Celebrity To Be Followed By New POTUS Twitter Account
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Chrissy Teigen has become the first celebrity to get a follow from Joe Biden s POTUS Twitter account
Teigen was surprised by Biden s move and shared the happy news on her official account
Donald Trump blocked Teigen in 2017 after she publicly mocked him
Twitter has officially transferred the POTUS account to Joe Biden, and it has already garnered more than 4.6 million followers in just a few hours. The account follows just 12 people, and one of them is Chrissy Teigen.
Teigen has become the first celebrity to be followed by the 46th president.
By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Team
A few minutes before noon, former VP Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and former Senator Kamala Harris were sworn in on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Biden and Harris are now the U.S.’ new President and Vice-President, respectively.
A little over two centuries after John Adams became the nation’s first vice president, Kamala Harris made history as she became the first African American woman, and the first woman of South Asian descent that has ever been sworn into such a high-profile position in the country and it was Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first female Justice of Latinx descent to serve on the Supreme Court, who administered the oath.