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USA Today is covering the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris live. Refresh often for updates. After three campaigns for president, the day Biden finally became president ended with a bang.  President Joe Biden ended his inauguration day watching a massive firework show above the National Mall with his family from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House. Singer Katy Perry performed her song “Firework” as the first family looked on, the stunning display lighting up the Washington Monument.  Vice President Kamala Harris and the second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, watched from the Linc...

New Pentagon chief signals focus on COVID-19 on first day Lloyd Austin sworn in as Defense Secretary Friday Lisa Ferdinando/Office of the Secretary of Defen Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III greets Deputy Defense Secretary David L. Norquist and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, upon arrival at the Pentagon after being confirmed as secretary of defense, Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) By: Web Staff and last updated 2021-01-26 09:01:56-05 ARLINGTON, Va. - New Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has taken over at the Pent...

President Joe Biden has appointed Dev Jagadesan as the acting head of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, the White House announced. With all the senior political appointees in key positions leaving office after Donald Trump's term ended Jan. 20, Biden made interim appointments pending the Senate approval of his candidates. Most of them are career employees, rather than political appointees. An experienced deputy general counsel with a demonstrated history of working in the international trade and development industry, Jagadesan has spent the last two decades with the USID...

Lloyd Austin, first black US defence secretary, confirmed We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali January 23, 2021 — 11.34am Save Normal text size Advertisement Washington: The retired Army general Lloyd Austin made history by becoming America’s first black defence secretary, arriving at the Pentagon minutes after his Senate confirmation to a busy schedule that included a call with NATO’s secretary general. “See you around campus,” the 67-year-old Austin said on Friday as he greeted report...

His most immediate agenda includes an increasingly muscular China, an aggressive Russia, the protracted conflict in Afghanistan and a vague and looming threat of Iran.