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Biden Readies Major Stimulus Push Of Executive Actions In First 100 Days
President-elect Joe Biden and his transition team are preparing for an early, all-out push to pass an ambitious new stimulus bill, while also drawing up plans for a flurry of executive ac- tions aimed at delivering on campaign promises and un- doing the Trump adminis- tration's efforts to undermine key government agencies.
Biden will be inaugurated in January with a pressing mandate to confront simulta- neous and interwoven public health, economic and racial crises. At the same time, his team will take over the work of spearheading one of the most complicated, politically fraught mass vaccination campaigns in American his- tory.
Biden's agenda for his first 100 days in office will, ac- cording to both those close to him and outside groups in contact with his top aides, center on two key avenues of action: the passage of a broad economic aid package and, where legislation is not nec- essary, a series of executive actions aimed at advancing his priorities. Containing the Covid-19 pandemic, launch- ing an economic recovery and tackling racial inequality are his most urgent priorities,
President-elect Joe Biden has hairline fractures in his foot that will require him to wear a walking boot for several weeks after he slipped while playing with his dog Major, his doctor said Sun- day.
Biden, 78, was playing with Major on Saturday when he slipped and hurt his ankle, according to his transi- tion team.
JOE BIDEN AND MAJOR
He was taken to Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists in Newark, Delaware, for an as- sessment by an orthopedic doctor shortly after 4 p.m. on Sunday.
In an earlier statement, Biden's primary care doctor, Kevin O'Connor, said an initial X-ray did not show any obvious fractures and that he had only sprained his right foot.
Trump Raises $170 Million As He Denies His Loss And Eyes The Future
President-elect Joe Biden speaks Wednesday, Nov. 25,
President Trump has raised about $170 million since Election Day as his cam- paign operation has continued to aggressively solicit dona- tions with hyped-up appeals that have funded his fruitless attempts to overturn the elec- tion and that have seeded his post-presidential political am- bitions, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The money, much of which was raised in the first week after the election, according to the person, has arrived as Trump has made false claims about fraud and sought to un- dermine public confidence in the legitimacy of President- elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s
victory.
Instead of slowing down
after the election, Trump’s campaign has ratcheted up its volume of email solicitations for cash, telling supporters that money was needed for an “Election Defense Fund.”
In reality, the fine print shows that the first 75 percent of every contribution cur- rently goes to a new political action committee that Trump set up in mid-No- vember, Save America, which can be used to fund his politi- cal activities going forward, including staff and travel. The other 25 percent of each dona- tion is directed to the Republi- can National Committee.
2020, in Delaware.
Wilmington,
transition officials say.
The scope of stimulus leg-
islation will likely turn on the results of the Senate run-offs in Georgia in early January, a little more than two weeks before Biden is inaugurated. If either Democrat fails to un- seat their GOP incumbent ri- vals, and the body remains under the thumb of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican, Biden's ambitions will be checked from the outset. The immigration legislation Biden said he plans to send to the Congress within his first 100 days would likely be dead on arrival.
President Trump’s cam- paign has told supporters that it needs donations for an “Election Defense Fund,” but much of the money could be used to seed his next political steps.
Joe Biden Has Hairline Fractures In His Foot After Slipping
Weeks Late, Biden And Harris Get Their Briefings
After weeks of waiting, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris received their first full presi- dential intelligence briefings Monday, their transition team announced.
Most presidents-elect begin to receive the briefings shortly after the election, but the White House did not ap- prove the move until last week, after the head of the General Services Administra- tion announced that she was allowing the formal transi- tion to begin.
Presidential briefings are conducted in person, with a different intelligence official assigned to each person au- thorized to be briefed. Each
KAMALA HARRIS
presentation is tailored to the person receiving the briefing. In the process of interacting
with Biden and Harris, of- ficials will begin to redirect their focus in response to their questions.
Wisconsin and Arizona certified their presidential election results Monday, making Biden’s victories in those hard-fought swing states official.
In Iowa, the state canvass- ing board certified the results of a House election in which Mariannette Miller- Meeks, a Republican, was declared the winner by ex- actly six votes after a recount. She was running for a seat in southeastern Iowa that is being vacated by a retiring Democrat.
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