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President Joe Biden holds a booklet as he speaks about the coronavirus in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday.

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No Mask, No Fly: Biden Signs Order Requiring Face Coverings On Planes

9:18pm January 21, 2021

by David Schaper

The executive order signed by President Biden Thursday also includes interstate travel on trains, buses and cruise ships, in a sharp reversal of the Trump administration's lax mask culture.

U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci informed the WHO on Thursday that the U.S. will not be leaving the organization. Fauci is seen here last month, receiving the Moderna coronavirus vaccine in Washington.

U.S. Will Remain In WHO, Fauci Announces, As Biden Reverses Trump Move

10:13am January 21, 2021

by Bill Chappell

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus responded, "Thank you my brother Tony" and thanks also to the U.S. for renewing its support.

Airbnb said it is canceling reservations — and blocking new ones — in the D.C. area during the week that President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated.

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Airbnb Is Canceling All Reservations In Metro D.C. During Inauguration Week

1:04pm January 13, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

The company also said it has banned "numerous individuals" that it found to be associated with hate groups or involved in criminal activity at the Capitol.

Migrants from Haiti, Africa, and Central America wait to see if their number will be called to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019.

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Immigrant Advocates Vow To Keep Up The Pressure As Biden Asks For Patience

2:51pm December 23, 2020

by Joel Rose

President-elect Joe Biden says he will roll back many of President Donald Trump's actions on immigration — but it will take longer than immigrant advocates might have hoped.

A proposed rule could cause headaches and extra work for the successor of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, seen with President Trump in November.

Trump HHS Proposal Criticized As Burden For Biden Administration

11:28am December 09, 2020

by Phil Galewitz

The rule would require health officials to review about 2,400 regulations on everything from Medicare benefits to prescription drugs approvals. Those not analyzed within two years would become void.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Xavier Becerra, shown here in a 2018 file photo, as his nominee for health and human services secretary.

Biden Names Health Secretary, COVID Czar, Other Key Members To Health Team

9:50am December 07, 2020

by Tamara Keith

President-elect Joe Biden has said that addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people he is putting in charge of that big task.

Avril Haines has been nominated as the first woman to be the director of national intelligence, a position that oversees all 17 intelligence agencies. Here, Haines speaks after President-elect Joe Biden introduced her last week in Wilmington, Del.

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The Winding Journey Of Avril Haines, Biden's Pick To Lead U.S. Intelligence

8:10pm November 30, 2020

by Greg Myre

Avril Haines, the first woman nominated to the top intelligence post, took a strange path to this job. She studied judo in Japan, physics in college, and rebuilt a plane that she later crash-landed.

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President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced his nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts. In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Lester Holt he said key agencies from the Trump administration are reaching out to faci

Biden Says It Would Be 'Difficult' To Lose Sanders Or Warren From Senate For Admin.

9:02pm November 24, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The president-elect says he is open to including his progressive former rivals in his new administration, but that he also needs strong leadership in the Senate.

Michigan AG Investigating Threats Made Against Wayne County Election Officials

3:10pm November 24, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Dana Nessel's office did not outline specific threats against Wayne County Board of Canvassers. The probe was announced a day after Michigan certified that President-elect Joe Biden won the state.