The Executive Order could lead to an emergency standard for businesses — a set of a regulations they would have to comply with, like mask-wearing, that advocates say is necessary to combat the pandemic.
Category: Politics
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Biden vowed to unite the country. Can he do that?
President Biden campaigned on a promise to fix what’s broken, to repair divisions, to pull the country out of sickness, and to restore norms and institutions that were pillars of the Washington in which he built his career. But can he do that?
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The media can be glad for the Biden White House’s return to normalcy. But let’s not be lulled.
We run the risk of being seduced by an administration whose values we share. So don’t forget the lessons of the past four years.
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Live updates: Biden to view inaugural prayer service, deliver remarks on new cornavirus strategy
On his first full day in office, the president plans to focus on the top priority of his new administration: dealing with many aspects of the public health crisis.
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A Bible, a ‘unity’ mask, a photo: Biden’s first hours
In the first hours of a job he pursued for decades, the president shifts dizzyingly between informality and grandeur.
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America is experiencing an ex-president boom
Rarely have there been as many presidents hanging around.
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3 significant shifts that Vice President Harris cements
Harris’s presence in the most powerful rooms in Washington will be significant for reasons beyond symbolism.
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Biden’s targeting of racist extremism is being portrayed as an attack on the right itself
Conflating criticism of racism with criticism of Republicans is often politically useful.
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An incomplete Supreme Court witnessed Biden’s oath. There’s history there.
Only six of the nine showed up for the ceremony. Justices Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer and Samuel Alito skipped it.
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The last day of Donald
“Macho Man” fades out.
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Washington-area Republicans Bob Good, Andy Harris skip inauguration
They are among more than a dozen lawmakers to miss Biden’s swearing-in, for varying reasons
