A NEW ERA
Biden Sworn In as 46th President of the United States
Hits Ground Running With Torrent of Executive Orders
Biden rejoins Paris Climate Agreement (nytimes.com)Federal mask mandate among Biden's first executive orders (westernmassnews.com)Biden orders halt to border wall construction (azcentral.com)Biden kills Keystone XL permit, again (politico.com)Biden disbands and rescinds The Donald's nakedly racist 1776 commission by executive order (cnn.com)Biden extends student loan payment freeze (cbsnews.com)Biden's executive orders are first step past you-know-who (feeds.dailykosmedia.com)Here are the 17 executive orders Trump signed today (cnn.com)
Joseph Biden has taken the oath of office and is now President of the United States. He planned to hit the ground running – and he did.
• President Biden immediately issued 17 executive orders that include immediate actions on COVID, climate change, immigration, orders that went a long way to undoing Trumpist policy.
• On Wednesday evening, the President signed the most wide-ranging and sweeping executive order on LGBTQ+ rights in American history.
• The executive orders included actions that immediately kill the Trump border wall.
• President Biden extended the student loan payment freeze.
• President Biden ordered several departments in the Executive Branch to extend bans on evictions and foreclosures.
• President Biden will propose legislation that would offer legal status to millions of immigrants.