President Joe Biden attended a church service in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood and stopped for bagels at a hot pink shop named "Call Your Mother" on his first Sunday in office.
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press January 25, 2021 9:52 am
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President Joe Biden waves as he departs after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. Biden plans to sign an executive order Monday, Jan. 25 that aims to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) $cvals
BALTIMORE (AP) President Joe Biden plans to sign on Monday an executive order that aims to boost government purchases from U.S. manufacturers, according to administration officials.
The United States has shed roughly 540,000 factory jobs since last February as the coronavirus pandemic hurled the world’s largest economy into recession. The goal of the order would be to use the $600 billion the federal government spends on procurement to boost domestic factories and hiring, said officials who insisted on anonymity to discuss the forthcoming announcement.
US President Joe Biden(C) leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington,DC on January 24, 2021. | AFP via Getty Images/Nicholas Kamm
President Joe Biden attended mass at a historic Jesuit Catholic congregation in Washington, D.C., the same church he attended when he was vice president years ago.
Biden went to mass on Sunday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, which was founded in the 18th century and is based in the Georgetown neighborhood of the nation’s capital. He attended with his son, Hunter, and two of his grandchildren, Finnegan and Maisy, reported the Associated Press.
Biden Makes First Restaurant Visit as President to Trendy D.C. Bagel Shop Call Your Mother
Hunter Biden asked the motorcade to stop in Georgetown for sesame bagels with cream cheese
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The presidential motorcade stopped at hit “Jew-ish” deli Call Your Mother’s Georgetown location yesterday, briefly blocking the front of the bright pink building so the most powerful man in the free world could enjoy a sesame bagel with cream cheese. The takeout order, which members of President Joe Biden’s entourage grabbed on the trip back from a Sunday service at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, marked the president’s first public visit to a D.C. restaurant since his inauguration four days earlier.