Jan 20, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden and Jill listen during a COVID-19 memorial, with lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Joe Biden made a sober entrance to the nation’s capital Tuesday, ready to assume power as America reels from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring unemployment and grave concerns about more violence as he prepares to take the oath of office.
Biden, an avid fan of Amtrak, had planned to take a train into Washington ahead of Wednesday’s Inauguration Day, but scratched that plan in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to schools applying a more accurate history curriculum around slavery in the US, Biden's transition team announced Wednesday.
Joe Biden Inauguration: On Day One, Biden to undo Trump policies on climate and coronavirus
In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Donald Trump s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions that reverse his predecessor s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden on Wednesday will end construction on Trump s US-Mexico border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organisation and revoke the approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, aides said Tuesday.