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Online ‘Lego’ gamer infiltrated the White House press corps — politico — 9 April 2021
US resumes funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees — apnews — 8 April 2021
Biden's plan to overhaul tax code would close offshore tax loopholes — nbcnews — 8 April 2021
Mad Money's Jim Cramer: Biden provides certainty that Wall Street desires (video) — cnbc — 8 April 2021
Apparently, Conservatives On Twitter Have A Problem With Jill Biden’s Tights — refinery29 — 6 April 2021
Beautiful Things review: Hunter Biden as prodigal son and the Trumpists' target — theguardian — 4 April 2021
Biden convenes first meeting with Cabinet, the most diverse ever — aljazeera — 1 April 2021
Joe Biden wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure and jobs. These 4 charts show where the money would go. — usatoday — 1 April 2021
Biden promises 'once-in-a-generation' investment during pitch for $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan — cnn — 31 March 2021
Biden's dog Major bites again at White House — bbc — 31 March 2021
Biden's DOE just canceled $1.3 billion of student debt for 41,000 borrowers with disabilities — and ended a rule requiring 230,000 to submit paperwork to qualify — businessinsider — 28 March 2021
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fires almost every member of Homeland Security Advisory Council — abcnews — 27 March 2021
AP fact check: Biden skews figures on border and taxes — ap/pbs — 26 March 2021
Fox News Dominates Cable News Ratings For Biden News Conference — forbes — 26 March 2021
Puerto Rico Receives More Than $900 Million in Education Funds That Were Held Back by Trump Administration — entrepreneur — 24 March 2021
Dr. Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender person confirmed by Senate to federal post — nbcnews — 24 March 2021
First Dogs Return To White House After Major Biden Causes Minor Injury — npr — 24 March 2021
So After All That There Is No Border Surge? — esquire — 23 March 2021
Fact check: Madison Cawthorn falsely claimed there are 'zero dollars' spent on homeless veterans. It's actually more than $2 billion this year — cnn — 23 March 2021
Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy as surgeon general — axios — 23 March 2021
Biden first president in three decades to have first-pick Cabinet secretaries confirmed — cnn — 23 March 2021
Biden Cabinet near complete but hundreds of jobs still open — apnews — 23 March 2021
Marine ecologist Lubchenco to lead climate in White House science office — reuters — 19 March 2021
President Biden cancels $1 billion in student loan debt — fortune — 18 March 2021
Fact check: Biden wrong on three statistics he cited in ABC interview — cnn — 18 March 2021
U.S. intelligence: Putin authorized influence operations to hurt Biden's candidacy — axios — 16 March 2021
Fired by Trump White House, brother of impeachment witness Vindman now says Army set to promote him — nbcnews — 16 March 2021
The first Indigenous cabinet secretary in U.S. history — heathercoxrichardson/substack — 15 March 2021
Biden to end Trump-era agreement between ICE and agency housing migrant children — axios — 12 March 2021
Biden’s COVID Bill Fixes Obamacare’s Biggest Flaw — slate — 11 March 2021
Biden Sanctions Myanmar Coup Leader’s Children, Their Businesses — bloomberg — 11 March 2021
AP FACT CHECK: Biden admin wrong on vaccine pace, elderly — apnews — 10 March 2021
Trump policy that weakened wild bird protections is revoked — ap/wtop — 8 March 2021
White House fires Trump employment official after she refuses to step down — washingtonpost — 6 March 2021
U.S. Lower House passes sweeping election and anti-corruption bill — axios — 4 March 2021
False Claims Cited in Bogus Theory that Biden Isn’t President — factcheck — 2 March 2021
Biden Rescinds Trump Decision to Turn Sacred Arizona Land Into a Copper Mine — gizmodo — 1 March 2021
The Covid Relief Bill Heads to the Senate...Without That Minimum Wage Increase — jezebel — 27 February 2021
USDA Data: Nearly All Pandemic Bailout Funds Went to White Farmers — tntribune — 27 February 2021
NASA's "Perseverance" team led by women and minority scientists — cbsnews — 27 February 2021
Black woman to take command of oldest federal law enforcement agency for the first time in 230 years — usatoday — 27 February 2021
U.S. unwinds Trump policy making asylum-seekers wait in Mexico — pbs — 19 February 2021
White House aide resigns after threatening reporter — apnews — 14 February 2021
U.S. tariffs on Europe wine, cheese imports to remain for now — axios — 13 February 2021
Biden press aide suspended for one week for threatening reporter — axios — 12 February 2021
Biden rescinds national emergency proclamation Trump used to fund border wall — axios — 11 February 2021
Saudi Arabia's release of Loujain al-Hathloul an overture to Biden — theguardian — 11 February 2021
US demands Turkey release philanthropist Osman Kavala — dw — 11 February 2021
DOJ to ask Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign — cnn — 9 February 2021
Biden Can’t Fire Postmaster General Louis DeJoy — slate — 8 February 2021
Senate confirms former Obama chief of staff 87-7 to oversee VA — source — 8 February 2021
The U.K. Observer view on Joe Biden's first foreign policy speech: a breath of fresh air — theguardian — 7 February 2021
Biden administration moves to terminate Trump-era Central American migration agreements — cnn — 6 February 2021
GOP lawmakers call for Pelosi to be fined over new screenings but Capitol Police have not reported offence — thehill — 5 February 2021
Kamala Harris uses casting vote to pass Covid relief budget resolution — theguardian — 5 February 2021
Democrats' $50,000 student loan forgiveness plan would make 36 million borrowers debt-free — cnbc — 4 February 2021
Biden withdraws Judy Shelton's Fed nomination and two dozen others — thehill — 4 February 2021
Fact check: Breaking down Capitol accusations made against and made by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — cnn — 5 February 2021
Biden's Pentagon chief purges defense boards; Trump loyalists out — apnews — 2 February 2021
Biden reverses Trump last-minute attempt to freeze $27.4 billion in programs — thehill — 31 January 2021
Biden has signed 42 executive actions since taking office. Here's what each does — cnn — 29 January 2021
U.S. Names Iran Envoy, a former Middle East adviser to Democratic presidents and a conflict resolution analyst — nytimes — 29 January 2021
Biden Revokes Trump Abortion Policy, Takes Steps To Shore Up Affordable Care Act — npr — 28 January 2021
Millions in vaccine research funds went instead for unrelated office expenses, HHS inspector general says — cnn — 28 January 2021
Denouncing 'Handouts to Big Oil,' Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels — commondreams — 27 January 2021
Biden administration replaces top immigration court official — politico — 27 January 2021
President Biden's First White House Sign Language Interpreter Has Ties to the Far Right — time — 27 January 2021
Fact-checking 7 statistical claims from Biden's (quite factual) economic speech — cnn — 26 January 2021
Harriet Tubman on the $20? Treasury Department to move forward with effort delayed by Trump — cbsnews — 26 January 2021
Biden fires doctor who lied about Trump's Covid condition — boingboing — 25 January 2021
Voice of America overseer hired two law firms to $4 million no-bid contracts — source — 25 January 2021
Woman who lived at Chicago church for over 3 years goes home after Biden administration suspends deportations — chicagotribune — 23 January 2021
Afghan war: Biden administration to review Trump's Taliban deal — bbc — 23 January 2021
Biden warns US Covid-19 toll could surpass 600,000, urges Congress rescue plan approval — france24 — 23 January 2021
Biden calls Canada's Trudeau, Mexico's López Obrador in first outreach to foreign leaders — source — 23 January 2021
Trudeau conveys Keystone pipeline 'disappointment' to Biden — source — 23 January 2021
The truth about the fired White House chief usher — Trump did it — source — 23 January 2021
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as first Black defense secretary — source — 22 January 2021
US President Biden Freezes Controversial Crypto Wallet Proposal — cryptocoin — 21 January 2021
The lighter side of 20 January 2021
Inauguration Day falls on a rare palindrome date: That won't happen again for 1,000 years — usatoday — 20 January 2021
The Teacher Who Made Bernie Sanders' Mittens on Watching Them Go Viral — slate — 21 January 2021
Ella Emhoff, Kamala Harris' Stepdaughter, Showed Everyone Else Up at the Inauguration: Emhoff is a Parsons textile design student and all-around fashion cool girl. — marieclaire — 20 January 2021
Jennifer Lopez Slips 'Let’s Get Loud' Into Her Biden Inauguration Performance — vulture — 20 January 2021
Bernie Sanders' mittens and other inauguration moments you may have missed — bbc — 20 January 2021
The new White House website includes a hidden message — mashable — 20 January 2021
Oh, hey, the White House website now treats people with basic human dignity — mashable — 20 January 2021
Twitter debuts historic White House account @SecondGentleman — fastcompany — 20 January 2021
Melania Trump’s Outfit Change And Refusal To Pose For Photos After Exiting Air Force One For The Last Time Show She Has No F*#ks Left To Give — uproxx — 20 January 2021
3 Jewish fashion statements from the inauguration (that were easy to miss) — jpost — 20 January 2021
Fashion news: Inauguration fashion: Purple, pearls, American designers — apnews — 20 January 2021
Fashion news: Dr. Jill Biden Wore Sparkles To The Inauguration & I’m Screaming — stylecaster — 20 January 2021
More fashion news: Ashley Biden Stuns in a Tailored Coat Dress & Lace-Up Boots at 2021 Inauguration — footwearnews — 20 January 2021
An incomplete Supreme Court witnessed Biden’s oath. There’s history there. — washingtonpost — 20 January 2021
... and, of course, there's the serious stuff, too...
The FCC is about to undergo a huge shift that could drastically affect the internet — popsci — 22 January 2021
Biden seeks extension of START nuclear treaty with Russia — dw — 22 January 2021
US Senate's Schumer reviewing Republican push to delay Trump impeachment trial — france24 — 22 January 2021
Off-duty police were part of Capitol mob. Some police unions feel they can't back them. — nbcnews — 22 January 2021
Want to understand the GOP’s problem? Look at its newly elected extremists. — washingtonpost — 22 January 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene Files Impeachment Articles Against Biden, Fundraises Off Effort — newsweek — 21 January 2021
Controversial head of Voice of America resigns hours after President Biden takes office — washingtonpost — 20 January 2021
Taiwan Invited To US Inauguration For First Time Since 1979 — barrons — 20 January 2021
As Joe Biden is inaugurated, a uniformed person kneels silently at the grave of his son Beau — usatoday — 20 January 2021
GOP research firm aims to hobble Biden nominees — axios — 20 January 2021
Biden's first POTUS Twitter Tweet — twitter — 20 January 2021
Biden sets to work on reversing Trump policies with executive orders — bbc — 20 January 2021
Biden orders a 'pause' on border wall construction, bringing crews to halt — washingtonpost — 20 January 2021
President Biden Swore In Hundreds Of Appointees On A Zoom Call With A Big Warning: being disrespectful to their colleagues will get you fired on the spot — buzzfeednews — 20 January 2021
Work on Keystone XL pipeline suspended ahead of Biden action — apnews — 20 January 2021
The Trump Administration’s Much-Deplored '1776 Project' Has Already Been Deleted From The White House Website — uproxx — 20 January 2021
The White House website reinstates Spanish version that Trump removed — thenextweb — 20 January 2021
Surgeon general to step down as Biden requested — politico — 20 January 2021
Biden Quickly Moves To Force Out Peter Robb, Trump’s Labor Board Attorney — huffpost — 20 January 2021
Last-minute Trump appointee at NSA put on administrative leave due to inspector general probe — cnn — 20 January 2021
Biden outlines 'Day One' agenda of executive actions — source — 17 January 2021
Biden taps Warren ally Chopra to lead Consumer Bureau — politico — 17 January 2021
Joe Biden picks Hillary Clinton adviser Laura Rosenberger as White House China director — scmp — 15 January 2021
Biden’s Stimulus Proposal: No Student Loan Forgiveness — forbes — 14 January 2021
After Day Of Chaos, Congress Certifies Joe Biden As The Election Winner — huffpost — 7 January 2021
Ground News: "This news story is a Blindspot for people on the Right."
Trump CONCEDES After Congress Affirms Biden’s Win, ‘There Will Be an Orderly Transition on January 20th’ — source — 7 January 2021
Biden officially secures enough electors to become president — apnews — 5 December 2020
Pennsylvania Certifies Biden As Winner Of Presidential Vote — huffpost — 24 November 2020
Biden picks John Kerry as climate czar, Janet Yellen as treasury secretary — nbcnews — 23 November 2020
"Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's pick for Homeland Security, would be the first Latino and the first immigrant to serve in the role."