What Biden Is Doing On His 1st Day As President : Inauguration Day: Live Updates : NPR - 0 views
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Just hours after being sworn into office on Inauguration Day, President Biden has signed three of 17 planned executive actions to try to hit the ground running on his top priorities — and to roll back some of former President Donald Trump's initiatives in those areas.
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Biden wants to build momentum on his plans to address the COVID-19 crisis, the economy, racial justice and climate change. Among many measures, he plans to revoke Trump's travel ban affecting Muslim-majority nations and extend the moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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"The president-elect has promised to root out systemic racism from our institutions," said Susan Rice, Biden's domestic policy adviser, ahead of Biden's inauguration. "This initiative is a first step in that historic work. Delivering on racial justice will require that the administration takes a comprehensive approach to embed equity in every aspect of our policymaking."
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