WASHINGTON - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf will be among the limited guests in attendance at President-elect Joe Biden's Inauguration on Wednesday afternoon.The governor made the trip to D.C.

after aiding capital security efforts with around 2,300 Pennsylvania National Guards members. Wolf admitted the beefed-up security is abnormal, but necessary for ensuring a peaceful transition of power. "This is not the way democracies are supposed to work, but this is what we're doing to make sure that we do what we've always had: a peaceful transition of power," Wolf said. MORE: Delaware Valley governors order National Guard to D.C.

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Biden plans to sign order for govt to buy more US goods

BALTIMORE – 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.

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Biden to reinstate US Covid travel bans

US President Joe Biden will reimpose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Ireland, Britain, Brazil, and much of Europe, a White House official said, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.

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AP source: Biden to drop Trump's military transgender ban

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office, a person briefed on the decision tells The Associated Press.Biden has been widely expected to overturn the Trump policy in his early days in office. The White House could announce the move as early as Monday, according to the person briefed on the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the order.The move to reverse the policy has the support of Biden's newly confirmed defense secretary, retired Army Gen.

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White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief

WASHINGTON – Top aides to President Joe Biden on Sunday began talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package as Biden faces increasing headwinds in his effort to win bipartisan backing for the initial legislative effort of his presidency.Lawmakers on the right question the wisdom of racking up bigger deficits while those on the left are urging Biden not to spend too much time on bipartisanship when the pandemic is killing thousands of Americans each day and costing more jobs amid tightening restrictions in many communities.At least a dozen senators met for an hour and 15 minutes in a virtual call with White House National Economic Council director Brian Deese and other senior

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Bill Gates receives Covid-19 vaccine

Bill Gates tweeted.Also Read | Revenge of the lambs at the GabbatoirThe US started its immunisation programme on 14 December with shots of precious frozen vials of vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech.

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Bernie Sanders turns Inauguration Day meme into sweater for charity

Former presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel rules

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on economic crisis in the State Dining Room of the White House January 22, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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Canada didn’t start Keystone XL dispute — the president did, Kenney says in rebuke of Biden

Keystone XL pipeline, going so far as to accuse him of showing “disrespect for America’s closest friend and ally.”In an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney criticized newly inaugurated president Joe Biden’s decision to block the US$8-billion cross-border energy project on his first day in office. Trudeau expresses ‘disappointment’ over Keystone XL in 1st phone call with Biden “Look, we didn’t start this dispute,” Kenney said.

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US President Joe Biden 'to bring back UK travel ban' to stop Covid variant spreading

The US is set to hit the UK with a travel ban following the discovery of the mutant Kent Covid strain, according to reports.

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After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden

PARIS – After increasingly strained U.S.-France relations under Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Sunday to work closely together to fight the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.Their first conversation since Biden’s inauguration aimed at mending frayed ties between the historic allies. Biden “stressed his commitment to bolstering the transatlantic relationship” via NATO and the EU.

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Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S.

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A close friend and ally doesn’t just rip up approval like that’: Kenney on cancelled Keystone XL

On ‘The West Block’ Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney says U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to axe the Keystone XL pipeline is a show of ‘disrespect’ to Canada.

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Point Roberts pins COVID-19 border exemption hopes on President Biden

Point Roberts are hoping an executive order from U.S. President Joe Biden could lead to eased COVID-19 border restrictions.Point Roberts lies just south of Delta, B.C., and is separated from the rest of Washington state by water and the Canadian border.According to Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce president Brian Calder, 75 per cent of the property in Point Roberts is owned by Canadians, and visitors from north of the border drive 90 per cent of its economic activity.

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Biden attends Mass at DC church where he worshipped as VP

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden attended Mass for the first time since taking office, worshipping Sunday at the church he frequented when he was vice president.Biden, the nation’s second Catholic president, picked Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood, a few miles from the White House. It's where the nation’s only other Catholic president, John F.

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'We can't wait:' Biden to push U.S. Congress for $1.9 trillion in COVID relief

Washington: One of President Joe Biden's top economic aides on Sunday will press Democratic and Republican senators for a fresh $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief to help struggling Americans and avert a larger economic crisis.Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, said he would speak to the senators to make the case for a large rescue plan."We can't wait," White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "Just because Washington has been gridlocked before doesn't mean it needs to continue to be gridlocked."The COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 417,000 Americans, thrown millions out of work and is infecting more than 175,000 Americans per day, posing an immediate crisis to the Biden administration.

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Why Biden's immigration plan may be risky for Democrats

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is confronting the political risk that comes with grand ambition.As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul last week that would provide a path to U.S. citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally.

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Fauci says Trump administration’s approach to COVID-19 ‘very likely’ cost lives

WASHINGTON - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the United States’ leading expert on infectious diseases, said a lack of facts and transparency surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in the Trump administration "very likely" cost lives. On Friday, during an interview with CNN’s John Berman, Fauci was asked if the lack of "candor" and "facts in some cases over the last year cost lives." Fauci responded, "You know, it very likely did."Fauci, who was sidelined by Trump, is now the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden in an ambitious effort to conquer the virus.

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Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal

WASHINGTON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made clear to President Joe Biden on Saturday that he's eager to forge a new U.S.-U.K. trade deal.The push for a new deal came in a broad-ranging call between the two leaders that touched on the global response to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the Biden administration announcing this week that the U.S.

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Over 150 National Guard at Biden’s inauguration in Washington test positive for COVID-19

National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., to provide security for President Joe Biden‘s inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a U.S. official said on Friday.The U.S.

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Supporters' words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial

WASHINGTON – The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection.

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Biden’s first call to foreign leader is with Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the phone Friday, marking Biden’s first call with a foreign leader since becoming commander-in-chief.

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2nd impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump to begin week of Feb. 8, Schumer says

WASHINGTON - Opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump over the Capitol riot will begin the week of Feb.

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Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill

WASHINGTON – It's taken only days for Democrats gauging how far President Joe Biden's bold immigration proposal can go in Congress to acknowledge that if anything emerges, it will likely be significantly more modest.As they brace to tackle a politically flammable issue that's resisted major congressional action since the 1980s, Democrats are using words like “aspirational” to describe Biden's plan and “herculean” to express the effort they'll need to prevail. A similar message came from the White House Friday when press secretary Jen Psaki said the new administration hopes Biden's plan will be “the base" of immigration discussions in Congress.

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Trudeau expresses ‘disappointment’ over Keystone XL in 1st phone call with Biden

Justin Trudeau, in his first chat with U.S. President Joe Biden since Wednesday’s inauguration, expressed disappointment over the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.The two leaders spoke over the phone for around 30 minutes on Friday.

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Over 150 National Guard troops in Washington for Biden inauguration test positive for Covid-19

National Guard deployed to Washington, DC, to provide security for President Joe Biden's inauguration have tested positive for the coronavirus, a US official told news agency Reuters on Friday.The US government imposed unprecedented security measures in the city following the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, including fences topped with razor wire and checkpoints manned by the National Guard.Thousands of national guard troops from across the country arrived in Washington in response to escalating security threats and fears of further rioting.Guard forces were scattered around the city this week, helping to secure the Capitol, as well as monuments, Metro entrances and the perimeter of

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Biden calls Canada's Trudeau, Mexico's López Obrador

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden made his first calls to foreign leaders as America's commander in chief on Friday, dialing up Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a strained moment for the U.S. relationship with its North American neighbors.Biden's call to Trudeau came after the Canadian prime minister this week publicly expressed disappointment over Biden’s decision — one of his first acts as president — to issue an executive order halting construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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Joe Biden warns 'we need to act' as he fast-tracks Covid stimulus cheques and food aid

Joe Biden has ordered pandemic stimulus cheques to be fast-tracked as the new US President tackles the coronavirus crisis with urgency.

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Coronavirus expected to kill over 6,00,000 people in US: Joe Biden

WASHINGTON : The coronavirus pandemic is expected to kill more than 600,000 people in the United States, President Joe Biden said on Friday."A lot of America is hurting. The virus is surging.

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Biden's early approach to virus: Underpromise, overdeliver

WASHINGTON – It's a proven political strategy: Underpromise and overdeliver. President Joe Biden, in his first three days in office, has painted a bleak picture of the country's immediate future, warning Americans that it will take months, not weeks, to reorient a nation facing a historic convergence of crises.The dire language is meant as a call to action, but it's also a deliberate effort to temper expectations.

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Biden revokes Trump ban on diversity training that explores systemic racism, privilege

The U.S. Department of Labor building is pictured in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

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Jill Biden thanks Guard members with chocolate chip cookies

WASHINGTON – New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver a basket of chocolate chip cookies to National Guard members, thanking them “for keeping me and my family safe” during President Joe Biden's inauguration.

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Biden's pause on oil cause for big concern in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – President Joe Biden’s 60-day moratorium on new oil and natural gas leases and drilling permits is prompting widespread concerns in New Mexico, where spending on education and other public programs hinges on the industry’s success. Top Republicans in the state as well as local leaders in communities that border the Permian Basin — one of the most productive regions in the U.S.

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Biden orders review of domestic terrorism threat in US

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a mob of insurgents loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.The disclosure Friday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki is a stark acknowledgment of the national security threat that officials see as posed by American extremists motivated to violence by radical ideology.

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Biden signs executive orders on $15 minimum wage for federal workers, food aid increases

BALTIMORE (AP) - President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden signed would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage."The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Biden speaks ahead of signing executive orders on economy

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Biden orders review of domestic extremism threat in US

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a violent mob loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.The disclosure Friday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki is a stark acknowledgment of the national security threat that officials see as posed by American extremists motivated to violence by extremist ideology.

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Biden removes Trump’s Diet Coke button as part of Oval Office overhaul

Joe Biden immediately made some changes after moving into the Oval Office on Wednesday, including removing one of ex-president Donald Trump‘s unique creature comforts: the Diet Coke button.The wood-encased, brick-sized button sat on the Resolute desk throughout Trump’s presidency, and would immediately summon a butler with a cold can of Diet Coke at a moment’s notice. Donald Trump reportedly floated notion of his own ‘Patriot Party’ The button was emblematic of the former president’s well-documented love for fast food.

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Gov. Wolf names replacements for departing health secretary

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Yellen nomination as Treasury secretary clears committee

WASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th Treasury secretary on Friday, and supporters said they hoped to get the full Senate to approve it later in the day, making her the first woman to hold the job.The Finance Committee approved her nomination on a 26-0 vote. The administration is urging a quick confirmation vote, saying it's critical to get the top member of Biden’s economic team in place as the Democratic president seeks to win approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan.Sen.

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Biden to target economy in next wave of executive orders

BALTIMORE (AP) - President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden is to sign would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage."The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Walmart expands vaccinations in boost to US Covid-19 program

Walmart Inc is preparing to offer Covid-19 vaccinations in seven more states, as well as in Chicago and Puerto Rico, this week and next, a company spokeswoman told Reuters, expanding beyond the two states where its pharmacists are offering inoculations.The move from the world's largest retailer comes as US President Joe Biden races to accelerate a frustratingly slow vaccination campaign that has stranded about half of the 38 million shots in freezers.This week and next, Walmart will start providing inoculations in Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Texas as well as in Chicago, and Puerto Rico, the spokeswoman said.Walmart is already vaccinating healthcare workers in New Mexico and its home state of

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Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan

BALTIMORE – President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.The two executive orders that Biden is to sign would increase food aid, protect job seekers on unemployment and clear a path for federal workers and contractors to get a $15 hourly minimum wage.“The American people cannot afford to wait," said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council. "So many are hanging by a thread.

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Russia welcomes US proposal to extend nuclear treaty

MOSCOW – The Kremlin on Friday welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden’s proposal to extend the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, which is set to expire in less than two weeks.Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia stands for extending the pact and is waiting to see the details of the U.S.

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Georgia congresswoman files Articles of Impeachment against Biden

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Newly-elected Georgia Rep.

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Biden’s focus: ‘America returns’ rather than ‘America first’

On his first full day in office, U.S. President Joe Biden restored America’s funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), and then rejoined the Paris Agreement.

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Pichai lauds Biden's actions on Covid, immigration policy, offers Google support

We applaud @POTUS's quick action on COVID relief, the Paris Climate Accord, and immigration reform.

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Masks, testing, distancing: Coronavirus measures now the rule in Biden’s White House

coronavirus public health guidlines.It’s a striking contrast to Donald Trump’s White House, which was the epicenter of no less than three separate outbreaks of COVID-19, their true scale not fully known because aides refused to discuss cases publicly.

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Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Gov. Wolf to attend President-elect Biden's inauguration on Wednesday

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