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The Beltway and nation are tense ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration at noon today, as the threat of violence and President Donald Trump’s pending impeachment trial loom over the historic transition of power. Here’s how Washington is kicking off the new political era.
In early May 2020, former Secretary of Education Betsy D. DeVos released a controversial Title IX rule that drummed up controversy, criticism, and confusion since it was first proposed in November 2018. DeVos â who stepped down just days ago â gave universities until Aug. 14, 2020 to update their policies to comply with federal law.
DeVosâs changes required universities to implement a grievance process in the investigation of formal Title IX complaints. In this process, both complainants and respondents will be allowed to question each other during a live hearing. The new guidance also restricts the kinds of sexual misconduct universities can investigate.
Harvard designed an âInterim Title IX Sexual Harassment Policyâ to conform with the new rule, in addition to creating an âInterim Other Sexual Misconduct Policyâ in August 2020 to âaddress misconduct that falls outside the jurisdiction of the Interim Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy.â
Joe Biden has taken the helm as the 46th president of the United States, summoning the tradition of American resilience to confront a historic confluence of crises.
At a Memorial to honour the American lives lost to the coronavirus, Kamala Harris and Jill Biden wore Pyer Moss and Jonathan Cohen respectively, new gen New York designers weaving purpose into their mission.
U.S. stocks finish at fresh highs as Biden begins presidency with vow of unity MarketWatch 1/20/2021
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All three major benchmark U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs Wednesday after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president.
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Earlier in the session, a parade of encouraging corporate earnings reports also helped stoke optimism about the path to economic recovery.
On Tuesday, stocks posted modest gains to start the holiday-shortened week. The Dow closed 116.26 points, or 0.4%, higher to end at 30,930.52, the S&P 500 index gained 30.66 points, or 0.8%, closing at 3,798.91, while the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 198.68 points, or 1.5%, to finish at 13,197.18.