Biden also directed his National Security Council to build out its capability to counter domestic violent extremism threats.
Author: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
Biden to sign 10 more orders and directives aimed at COVID-19 on first full day in White House
The president will invoke the Defense Production Act to boost the supply of testing and vaccination supplies, among a range of other directives.
‘To heal, we must remember’: Biden leads national mourning of 400,000 Americans killed by COVID-19
“It’s hard sometimes to remember. But that’s how we heal,” Biden said from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
Trump leaves White House with his lowest-ever approval rating after Capitol riot, impeachment
Nearly two-thirds, 68%, of the respondents in a new poll from the Pew Research Center said Trump should not remain a major national political figure.
GOP lawmakers miscast Congress’ counting of Biden’s electoral win as a fact-finding mission. It isn’t
Republican efforts to object to Electoral College results would ignore state sovereignty and exert enormous federal power, experts say.
Congress’ count of Electoral College votes could be most contentious in 144 years. Here are past dramatic moments
Lawmakers rejecting results. A vice president presiding over his own election loss. It will happen this year, and it’s happened before.
Washington Monument closed down after Interior Secretary tests positive for COVID-19
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt led a tour of the monument this week before testing positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville suggests he might challenge Electoral College count; other GOP senators mum
The dischord comes weeks before a joint session of Congress convenes Jan. 6 to count votes cast by the Electoral College.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt tests positive for COVID-19, goes into quarantine
Bernhardt, 51, is “following all CDC guidelines and consulting with medical professionals as appropriate,” his department said in a statement.
‘It really is over now’: The 24 hours that likely thwarted Trump’s effort to overturn the election
With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognizing Joe Biden’s election win, the dam has broken for President Donald Trump.