With all of the pomp and circumstance surrounding President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, who would have thought that a certain Vermont senator’s mittens would be captivating people’s attention? Yet Sen. Bernie Sanders’ brown winter handwear was all over Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday. The mittens, which he also wore while campaigning for president last year, were made in.
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the corona
Associated Press
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) In a dig at the outgoing Trump administration, President-elect Joe Biden introduced his slate of scientific advisers today with the promise that they would summon “science and truth” to combat the coronavirus pandemic, climate crisis and other challenges.
“This is the most exciting announcement I’ve gotten to make,” Biden said after weeks of Cabinet and other nominations and appointments. “This is a team that is going to help restore your faith in America’s place in the frontier of science and discovery.”
Biden is elevating the position of science adviser to Cabinet level, a White House first, and said that Eric Lander, a pioneer in mapping the human genome who is in line to be director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, is “one of the most brilliant guys I know.”