Jan 22 WATCH: Lloyd Austin wins Senate confirmation as first Black Pentagon chief By Robert Burns, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Lloyd J. Austin, a West Point graduate who rose to the Army's elite ranks and marched through racial barriers in a 41-year career, won Senate confirmation Friday to become the nation's first Black secretary of defense. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 8:54 New White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Biden’s first 100 days By PBS NewsHour On the first full day for the new Biden administration, there's no shortage of crises or challenges. Jen Psaki is the new White House press secretary. She joins Judy woodruff to discuss President Biden's plans to address the pandemic and… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 2:50 News Wrap: Two suicide bombings kill at least 32 people in Iraq In our news wrap Thursday, at least 32 people were killed in a pair of suicide bombings in central Baghdad, new Labor Department numbers continue to highlight the pandemic’s economic toll, President Biden proposes a five-year extension of a longstanding… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 9:22 Stacey Abrams on Biden’s leadership, Georgia’s election and challenging voter suppression President Biden will try to pass major legislation in the months ahead while navigating the narrowest of margins in the Senate after Democrats captured two seats in Georgia. Stacey Abrams, who in 2018 lost a close gubernatorial race in the… Continue watching
Jan 21 Biden halts border wall building after Trump’s final surge By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press President Joe Biden has ordered a “pause” on all border wall construction within a week, one of 17 executive orders he issued on his first day in office. Continue reading
Jan 21 Biden suspends oil, gas leases on public lands for 60 days By Matthew Brown, Associated Press The move follows campaign pledges by President Joe Biden to halt new drilling on U.S. lands and end the leasing of publicly owned energy reserves as part of his plan to address climate change. Continue reading
Jan 21 World leaders cheer U.S. return to climate fight under Biden By Frank Jordans, Associated Press World leaders have breathed an audible sigh of relief that the United States under President Joe Biden is rejoining the global effort to curb climate change, a cause that his predecessor had shunned. Continue reading
Jan 21 U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports Biden’s COVID-19 plan By Associated Press Biden’s predecessor had put pressure on states to quickly reopen. The U.S. is facing its most deadly wave of the pandemic, with joblessness on the rise again. Continue reading
Jan 21 Biden to sign virus measures, requires mask use to travel By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Joe Biden is putting into play his national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks. Continue reading
Jan 21 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki gives news briefing with Dr. Anthony Fauci By Associated Press Fauci said the new administration would “be completely open and honest” in dealing with the pandemic and, in an implicit rebuke to the Trump administration, said everything now would be “based on science and evidence.”… Continue reading