Divisive policies and actions from Trump-era that Biden could decide to alter
President Joe Biden assumed the office intent on healing a deeply fractured country and reversing former President Donald Trump’s divisive…
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Biden rescinds 1776 commission via executive order
President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal…
Continue ReadingDHS pauses some deportations for 100 days
The Department of Homeland Security is pausing deportations for 100 days, the department announced late Wednesday, with some exceptions. The…
Continue ReadingAmanda Gorman calls on Americans to ‘leave behind a country better than the one we were left’ in powerful inauguration poem
Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first-ever youth poet laureate, challenged Americans Wednesday to unify and “leave behind a country better…
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Biden’s inaugural speech got it exactly right
Words matter, and on Wednesday Joe Biden faced the first challenge of what will surely be a challenging presidency. His inaugural address arrived in…
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New Bend City Council reflects on past year, begins setting 2021 goals
The Bend City Council met Wednesday and discussed how the past year has affected their 2021…
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These are the kids in the First and Second Families
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris weren’t the only ones in their families to receive new titles on Wednesday after the…
Continue ReadingBiden: ‘Democracy has prevailed’
President Joe Biden ended his first day in office with a note of hope and optimism, closing his inaugural activities with an appearance at the…
Continue Reading GOP senators warn McConnell could face backlash if he votes to convict Trump
A faction of Senate Republicans has a warning for Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: Stick with former President Donald Trump during his impeachment…
Continue Reading Security unlikely to return to pre-riot form in a post-inauguration Washington
As crews in Washington, DC, started dismantling some security fencing within hours of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, it remained clear…
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Biden starts fast on immigration by halting border wall and travel ban while embracing DACA
President Joe Biden kicked off his term by signing out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration…
Continue ReadingTrump lays last-minute land mines for Biden on immigration: ‘Anything to make it difficult’
Days from the end of Donald Trump’s term, his administration rushed to push through possible legal land mines to make President Joe…
Continue Reading Last-minute Trump appointee at NSA put on administrative leave due to inspector general probe
National Security Agency General Counsel Michael Ellis, who was installed by former President Donald Trump during his final days in office, was put…
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Biden targets Trump’s legacy with first-day executive actions
President Joe Biden is finalizing 17 executive moves just hours after his inauguration Wednesday, moving faster and more aggressively to dismantle…
Continue ReadingSenate confirms Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, the first Biden Cabinet nominee confirmed
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national intelligence,…
Continue ReadingBiden names acting agency heads as key Cabinet nominees remain unconfirmed
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place…
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Biden rescinding the 1776 Commission doesn’t end the fight over history
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed a stack of executive orders, doing everything from rescinding the Muslim travel ban to…
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Now America can inspire the world again
The January 6 storming of the US Capitol shocked millions of people outside America to the core. When watching the sickening pictures of the…
Continue ReadingRead the letters outgoing Presidents left for their successors in the Oval Office
Being President of the United States can be lonely and daunting, and only a few people alive know what it’s like first hand. One of the modern…
Continue ReadingBiden arrives at the White House and begins dismantling Trump’s legacy
Hours after he was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden signed 17 executive actions to begin overhauling the…
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