President Biden has delivered his inaugural address at the Capitol, calling for an end to the politics as total war but warning that "we have far to go" to heal the country.
What's next: Biden signs executive orders and swears in day one presidential appointees in a virtual ceremony.
Upcoming events:
- 8:48pm: Celebrate America, with remarks by Biden and Harris
- 9:55pm: Biden and Jill Biden appear on the Blue Room Balcony of the White House
Catch up quick
- Sen. Chuck Schumer is now the majority leader after 3 new senators are sworn in
- Biden embarks on a consequential presidency
- Watch the inaugural address: Biden vows to be "a president for all Americans"
- Inauguration Day in photos
- Trump delivers farewell remarks, departs Washington as president for last time
Biden's day one orders:
- Begin the process to rejoin the Paris Accords on climate change
- Order the U.S. to rejoin the World Health Organization
- Require masks to be worn on all federal property
- Ask the CDC to "immediately" extend eviction restrictions
- Revoke the Keystone XL pipeline permit
- Reverse the Muslim travel ban
- Move to strengthen DACA protections with pathway to citizenship
- Ask the Department of Education to extend student loan relief
- Temporarily halt oil and gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Overturn Trump order excluding undocumented immigrants from census
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