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News Articles: Biden transition

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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  • National

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

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.

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • David Schaper
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.

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  • Global Health

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

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

January 21, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
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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  • Business

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

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.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
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, in September 2019.

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  • National

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

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

December 24, 2020
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Gina McCarthy, seen here in January, was head of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration.

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  • Politics

Biden To Name Gina McCarthy, Former EPA Chief, As Domestic Climate Coordinator

McCarthy has an ambitious assignment: coordinating efforts across the entire federal government aimed at drastically — and quickly — lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

December 16, 2020
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  • Scott Detrow,
  • Tamara Keith,
  • and 1 more
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.

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  • Health

Trump HHS Proposal Criticized As Burden For Biden Administration

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.

December 09, 2020
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By:
  • Phil Galewitz
President-elect Joe Biden has picked Xavier Becerra, shown here in a 2018 file photo, as his nominee for health and human services secretary.

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  • Politics

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

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.

December 07, 2020
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
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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  • National Security

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

Avril Haines, the first women 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.

November 30, 2020
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  • Greg Myre
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 facilitate the transition of power.

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  • Politics

Biden: It Would Be 'Difficult' To Lose Sanders, Warren From Senate For Cabinet

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.

November 25, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday her office is investigating threats against members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers. Nessel seen above in March during a news conference in Lansing, Mich.

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  • Elections

Michigan AG Investigating Threats Made Against Wayne County Election Officials

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.

November 24, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker

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