US News: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered US intelligence agencies to submit a report on the origin of Covid-19 in the next three months. Biden dire
April 8, 2021 last updated 15:35 ET A shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility arrives in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Feb. 25, 2021 (AP photo by Diomande Ble Blonde).
America Will Be ‘Back’ if It Helps Vaccinate the World
Sometime this month, the U.S. Congress will likely approve the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, and with that will come the first real test of the new president’s favorite slogan: “America is back.”
The return of the United States that Joe Biden has so frequently promised has always contained a strong whiff of nostalgia. It is a message that has mostly been directed outwardly to the world, saying that after a period of relative decline, of withdrawal and of drift through much of this century, the U.S. is eager to reassume its long-accustomed mantle as undisputed leader of the world. .
Biden to outline his proposed COVID-19 stimulus package Thursday evening
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, to announce key administration posts. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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On Thursday evening, president-elect Joe Biden will lay out his plan to combat COVID-19 during the early days in his administration.
While answering questions following remarks last week, Biden teased the unveiling of an enormous stimulus package that could feature more direct payments to Americans. While he declined to go into specifics, Biden made mention of $2,000 checks as well as small business stimulus plans that would focus on women and minority-owned businesses.