President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and their new administration got to work in a nation besieged by a raging pandemic, economic calamity and deep political divisions. Biden signed 17 executive orders shortly after his swearing-in, dealing with the pandemic, climate change, immigration and other pressing issues that reflected the dramatic divergence of his priorities from those of the vanquished Trump administration. Latest.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will impeach President Trump as she and other Democratic congressional leaders continued leaning on Cabinet members to invoke their Constitutional authority to oust him. Trump’s incitement of the mob that took over the Capitol building has made him a threat to democracy, Pelosi said. The House planned a Wednesday vote on impeaching Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” Latest updates: 2:39 p.m. D.C..
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will impeach President Trump as she and other Democratic congressional leaders continued leaning on Cabinet members to invoke their Constitutional authority to oust him. Trump’s incitement of the mob that took over the Capitol building has made him a threat to democracy, Pelosi said. The House planned a Wednesday vote on impeaching Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” Latest updates: 2:39 p.m. D.C..
Pandemic Influences New California Master Plan on Aging
In an understated announcement dramatically overshadowed by a violent insurrection in the nation s capital, California health officials on Wednesday introduced the state s first-ever roadmap on aging in an effort to accommodate its rapidly growing population of seniors.
In introducing the initiative, California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly underscored the COVID-19 pandemic s disproportionate impact on the state s senior population. Older Californians have been the group that has shouldered the burden almost the greatest in California, he said, noting that 75% of all deaths have been among residents over 65, while only accounting for about 10% of all cases.
California Orders Hospitals to Accept COVID-19 Patients From Hardest-Hit Counties
California health officials are ordering hospitals in counties less overwhelmed by the latest COVID-19 surge to accept patients from areas that have been hit the hardest.
“It is no longer do we just ask a facility if they can take a patient from X, Y, Z,” said Jim Morrissey, Alameda County’s medical health operational area coordinator. “[The directive] is you will receive patients if you have availability.”
Dr. Matt Willis, Marin County s public health officer, said the county had anticipated the need to assist other communities.
“We see the ever-increasing numbers of people coming into the hospital across the state, especially in Southern California, where now they are at zero percent capacity,” he said.