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WATCH: Biden, Harris offer solace to grieving Asian Americans

By Jonathan Lemire, Jeff Amy, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

For Asian Americans, 2020 was a year of political success and newfound influence. But it was also a time of vulnerability to racist assaults.

WATCH: Biden visits CDC, declares 'science is back'

By Associated Press

Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chorus practice, the CDC said…

WATCH: Merrick Garland takes oath as U.S. Attorney General

By Associated Press

Garland will have to decide how to handle a special counsel investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, which shadowed Trump’s presidency for more than two years, and remains ongoing.

WATCH: Harris delivers virtual remarks to National League of Cities conference

By Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to deliver virtual remarks to the National League of Cities conference on Monday.

WATCH: Biden, Harris commemorate 50 million COVID-19 vaccine shots

By Darlene Superville, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

As part of the ceremony, four front-line workers — a pair of emergency medical technicians, a school counselor and a grocery store worker — received vaccine doses on live television.

WATCH: Harris swears in Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

By News Desk and Associated Press

Senators voted 78-20 to confirm Thomas-Greenfield to the post, which will be a Cabinet-level position. Some Republicans said they feared she was soft on China and would not stand up for U.S. principles at the U.N.

WATCH: Biden says governors and mayors need $350 billion to fight COVID-19

By Josh Boak, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Biden wants to send $350 billion to state and local governments and tribal governments. While Republicans in Congress have largely objected to this initiative, Biden's push has some GOP support among governors and mayors.

Harris' historic election celebrated in cracked glass portrait

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris' barrier-breaking career has been memorialized in a portrait that depicts her face emerging from the cracks in a massive sheet of glass.

WATCH: Biden and Harris take virtual tour of vaccination site in Glendale, Arizona

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden virtually toured the State Farm Stadium vaccination site in Glendale, Arizona Monday, thanking front line workers distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.

WATCH: Harris, Yellen meet with Black Chambers of Commerce members in virtual roundtable

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says America has some "tough months ahead" in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and for that reason it is critical that Congress pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package.