Biden signs 15 executive orders

Joe Biden started dismantling his predecessor’s legacy, signing a series of 15 executive orders including boosting the federal response to the coronavirus which has already claimed over 400, 000 lives in the US, the mandate to wear masks, and practice social distancing on all federal government property,  re-join the  Paris climate change, immigration  – end a travel ban on some majority-Muslim countries, re-engage with the WHO,  revoking controversial Keystone XL Pipeline, Race and gender equality.

With Democrats in control in the House of Representatives and Senate, Biden has a window for accomplishments, although it will require surmounting Republican procedural obstacles and keeping his party in line.

Earlier Biden took the oath of office with Chief Justice John Roberts on stage in front of the US Capitol. Mr. Biden and first Lady Jill Biden, together with Ms. Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff walked down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House greeting friends and supporters. The inauguration ceremony included musical performances by Lady Gaga who sang the national anthem, Jennifer Lopez, and Gareth Brooks. Amanda Gorman, America’s first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate recited her work The Hill We Climb.