The quiet Sunday brought little relief to a city on edge from the deadly attack on the Capitol. Each day leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden comes with fear of additional violence and ever more security.
Joe Biden plans blitz of executive actions Lined up: Orders to overturn travel ban on Muslims, rejoin Paris accord
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr, inheriting a collection of crises unlike any in generations, plans to open his administration with dozens of executive directives on top of expansive legislative proposals in a 10-day blitz meant to signal a turning point for a nation reeling from disease, economic turmoil, racial strife and now the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol.
Biden’s team has developed a raft of decrees that he can issue on his own authority after the inauguration on Wednesday to begin reversing some of President Trump’s most hotly disputed policies. Advisers hope the flurry of action, without waiting for Congress, will establish a sense of momentum for the new President even as the Senate puts his predecessor on trial.
With no ‘armed march’ by extremists, D.C. residents navigate a fortress and fear Samantha Schmidt, Emily Davies, Michael E. Miller, Jessica Contrera
Experience the security shutdown in D.C. ahead of Biden s inauguration
Replay Video UP NEXT The troops were in formation. The residents were told to stay home. The heart of Washington was a fortress of fences, concrete barriers and security checkpoints. But on Sunday, the planned and promoted “armed march” on the nation’s capital never materialized. There were no gathered crowds, large or small, and authorities reported just one arrest of an armed man carrying a handgun and ammunition near barricades surrounding the Capitol building just after midnight.
With the change of leadership in the United States set to take the center stage this week, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has nothing but kind words to President-elect Joseph “Joe” Biden whom he described as the “most caring US president.”
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr