Headlines for January 21, 2021
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5D4FA)
- Joe Biden Sworn In as 46th President of the United States, Ending Trump Era
- Kamala Harris Sworn In as Vice President, Setting Several Historic Firsts
- Biden Signs Executive Orders on Environment, Immigration, Civil Rights, Economy & Pandemic
- Biden Unveils Pandemic Strategy as U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Near Record High
- VP Harris Swears In Three Senators, Giving Democrats Narrow Control of Senate
- Senate Confirms Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence
- House to Vote on Waiver Paving Path for Retired General Lloyd Austin to Lead Pentagon
- President Biden Fires Union-Busting Lawyer Who Refused to Resign from Labor Board
- Donald Trump Leaves Office and Washington, D.C., Threatens "We Will Be Back"
- Far-Right Proud Boys Leader Joe Biggs Charged over Role in Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection
- U.K. Has World's Highest COVID-19 Death Rate as Health Workers Report "Exhaustion" and "Trauma"
- Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Dies of COVID-19; Deaths Mount in Amazonas, Brazil, as Oxygen Runs Out
- At Least 28 Killed, Scores Injured After Twin Suicide Bombs Go Off in Baghdad
- Biden Admin to Continue Imperialist Policies Toward Venezuela, Recognizing Guaido as President
- 43 Refugees Killed in Shipwreck Off Libyan Coast in First Major Mediterranean Disaster of 2021
- DOJ Drops Insider Trading Probe of Sen. Richard Burr
- Biden Exec. Order Bans "Golden Parachutes," Lobbying for Federal Workers
- Watchdogs Demand Transparency as Corporations Pour Millions into Biden-Harris Inauguration
- Reality Winner's Family Urges Biden to Order Her Release, Says She Was Sexually Assaulted by Prison Guard