WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday , undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
US President Joe Biden signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, after his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States on Jan 20, 2021. The actions reflected the new president's top policy priority — getting a handle on a debilitating pandemic. In his inaugural address, Biden paused for what he called his first act as president — a moment of a silent prayer for the victims of the nation’s worst public health crisis in more than a century.“For we have much to do in this winter of peril and significant possibilities — much to repair, much to restore, much to heal, much to build and much to gain,” he said in the speech.
Aides said he also revoked the just-issued report of Trump’s “1776 Commission” that promotes “patriotic education". That is part of a broader immigration plan that would provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the US without legal status. Biden's first day in the White House was a celebration of Washington traditions. He attended church with both Democratic and Republican leaders of Congress.
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