President Joe Biden is signing an executive order revoking a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military.
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Biden plans to sign order for government to buy more U.S. goods
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.
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For new Pentagon chief, challenge of rooting out racism is personal
Lloyd Austin, a retired four-star Army general, won Senate confirmation Friday as the first black secretary of defense.
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Yellen’s nomination as treasury secretary advances
The Senate Finance Committee approves her nomination by President Biden, and a floor vote could happen as soon as Monday.
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World leaders cheer U.S. return to climate fight under Biden
Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned.
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Biden signs 10 orders aimed at fighting coronavirus, tells nation ‘Help is on the way’
The new president is putting into play his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks.
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At inaugural, Bush called Clyburn a ‘savior’ for boosting Biden
The House majority whip says the former Republican president told him that Biden was the only Democratic candidate he felt could have defeated President Trump.
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Bill Nemitz: The day America blessed itself
Nothing captured Inauguration Day more poignantly than the sight of a soldier in prayer.