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On Inauguration Day, Transfer Of Power Includes Handover Of Twitter Accounts

By • Jan 20, 2021

After President Biden and Vice President Harris were sworn into office Wednesday, they inherited two other important titles: @POTUS and @VP.

That's because the transfer of power included the transition of official administration Twitter accounts.

'Not Broken But Simply Unfinished': Poet Amanda Gorman Calls For A Better America

By Camila Domonoske • Jan 20, 2021

When Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet from Los Angeles, took to the stage on Wednesday, it was immediately clear why the new president had chosen her as his inaugural poet.

Gorman echoed, in dynamic and propulsive verse, the same themes that Biden has returned to again and again and that he wove throughout his inaugural address: unity, healing, grief and hope, the painful history of American experience and the redemptive power of American ideals.

Biden Order Blocks Keystone XL Pipeline

By • Jan 20, 2021

As part of his ambitious plan to address climate change, President Biden is revoking a key cross-border presidential permit needed to finish the controversial Keystone XL pipeline

This likely means the end of the $8 billion pipeline, a years-long project that would have carried oil sands crude from Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast. The pipeline has come to signify the debate over whether fossil fuels should be left in the ground in order to rein in greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the worst damage from climate change.

Biden's Plan To Undo Trump's Last-Minute Deregulatory Spree & Enact A Climate Agenda

By • Jan 20, 2021

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Biden Adviser Sees Local Answers To Boosting Mask Use, Speeding Up Vaccinations

By • Jan 20, 2021

The night before their inauguration, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stood near the Lincoln Memorial and marked more than 400,000 people killed by the coronavirus. On Wednesday, the Biden administration takes responsibility for fighting the pandemic.

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