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Published
January 25, 2021

Treasury Department restarts effort to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

Trump administration Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not move forward with the decision by the Obama administration to put the 19th century abolitionist leader on the $20 bill.
Published
January 25, 2021

Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military

President Joe Biden is signing an executive order revoking a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military.
Published
January 25, 2021

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.
Published
January 22, 2021

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.
Published
January 22, 2021

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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Published
January 22, 2021

Biden’s plan for FEMA-run mass vaccination sites takes shape

Maine is planning large-scale vaccination sites, and Gov. Janet Mills will review the Biden administration's proposal as part of that process.
Published
January 21, 2021

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.
Published
January 21, 2021

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.
Published
January 20, 2021

Biden became president at noon despite taking oath early

The 20th Amendment says the 'terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.'
Published
January 20, 2021

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.