That day he issued an executive order directing businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccination of their workers or weekly testing, affecting about 80 million Americans. The story of the first half of Biden's. The operation was the first known use of military force by the Biden administration. September 19, 2022. [219][220] However, on August 14, 2021, a federal judge in Texas ordered the Biden administration to reimplement the policy; the Supreme Court placed a pause on the ruling to give the administration time for arguments. truth. [342][343], In February 2022, Biden signed an executive order that seeks to unfreeze approximately $3.5 billion of Afghan assets in the U.S. for the purpose of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan. The intent is heightened investigations and audits by the Department of Justice as well as more detailed follow-up inquiries with government contractors, with an emphasis on combatting pay discrimination. [237] On January 25, 2021, Biden signed an executive order that lifted the ban on transgender military service members. Secretary-General Mathias Cormann of the OECD said: "This historic package will ensure that large multinational companies pay their fair share of tax everywhere. As such, it's time for us to take a step back along . [239], The Biden administration is seeking to put Harriet Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill. At age 78, Biden is the oldest U.S. president in history. The following is a timeline of the presidency of Joe Biden during the first quarter of 2021, beginning from his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021, to March 31, 2021. For the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported it stopped migrants at the U.S. border nearly 2.4 million times, a record surge driven by sharp increases in Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans making the trek. 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[358] In September 2021, Biden hosted the first in-person meeting of Quad at the White House. Nelson was confirmed unanimously by the Senate in April 2021. [35], On January 20, 2021, Biden was sworn in by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts as the 46th president of the United States, completing the oath of office at 11:49 AM EST, eleven minutes before the legal start of his term. WASHINGTON President Joe Biden took his oath of office more than three months ago, after a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and the second impeachment of his predecessor and during a. The first NASAMS is coming to Ukraine (17 October 2022), now that NASAMS training is nearly complete. [272], In April 2021, as part of his first annual budget request, Biden proposed a $24.8 billion budget for NASA in 2022, a $1.5 billion increase on what Congress allocated to 2021. [121][123] In her first press briefing, press secretary Psaki said the plan was likely to change. The minimum number of times that Biden has publicly lapsed into a nostalgic recollection of an intimate conversation he had with Xi during a visit to China when Biden was vice president. Hosted by Michael Barbaro. [432][433] The Biden administration was pressed on potential oil deals with Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Iran that would have them increase their oil production. 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[314], In July 2021, protesters gathered in front of the White House and demonstrators called on President Joe Biden to take action in Cuba. Amongst the hosts was Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed, the UAE's national security adviser Tahnoun bin Zayed and director of the Emirati intelligence service, Ali Mohammed Hammad Al Shamsi. President Joe Biden leaves his cart after a round of golf at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, on April 17, 2021. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the administration wants a "worker-centered trade policy. 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[211] According to an Associated Press report, Lpez Obrador noted that Biden pledged $4 billion to "help development in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala nations whose hardships have spawned tides of migration through Mexico toward the United States. [322], On May 20, 2022, the Biden administration added Cuba to a small list of countries that the US accuses of "not cooperating fully" in the battle against terrorism. Left: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images . [196], Known for his generally bipartisan tone, Biden avoided directly referring to his predecessor during his first year in office. [84][85] On his second day in office, Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to speed up the vaccination process and ensure the availability of glass vials, syringes, and other vaccine supplies at the federal level. [335][336] Biden made a public address following the attack, in which he honored the American service members who were killed, calling them "heroes" and saying they lost their lives "in the service of liberty", and stated that the US had evacuated more than 100,000 Americans, Afghans, and others. With the enactment of that legislation, lynching was made a federal hate crime for the first time in American history. I wouldn't shake his hand. As of March 2022, Iran and Venezuela were still barred by sanctions from selling much of their crude oil into the international market. [299], In December 2021, a coalition of Jewish organizations, including the American Jewish Committee and the Rabbinical Assembly, issued an open letter to Biden urging additional action in response to the Uyghur genocide. TIME magazine. "[383] The U.S. and NATO have rejected Putin's demands. [106] Many Republicans asserted Biden's order was an unconstitutional overreach of federal authority, and some Republican governors said they would sue to block it. [180], On June 1, 2021, Secretary of the InteriorDeb Haalandsuspended all oil and gas drilling leases inAlaska'sArctic National Wildlife Refuge, pending further review of their environmental impacts. [384][385], On February 24, 2022, Biden condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying Putin "chose this war" and calling him "the aggressor". Among others, it mentions significant achievements in the domains of Energy efficiency, Weatherization, Transit-oriented development, Walking, Cycling, Mixed-use development, cooperation with Indigenous peoples of the Americas. [184], In 2021, the Biden administration proposed a 20-year ban on oil and gas drilling around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a site in northwestern New Mexico that contain important Ancestral Puebloan sites. [466] During the administration of his predecessor Donald Trump, U.S. contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees had been defunded. Biden's weekend jaunts and vacations. This is a wartime undertaking. [430], In September 2021, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan met in Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Bin Salman to discuss the high oil prices. [140], As a part of the Build Back Better Plan, the Biden administration aimed for massive spending on the nation's infrastructure on the order of $2 trillion. [439] Saudi dissidents living in the US said that as Saudi activists who were wronged by Prince Mohammed, they feel betrayed by Biden. [473][474], The results drew praise from the Democratic Party,[475] and Biden celebrated the results as a strong day for democracy. The UAE was seen escaping its blunder-filled history of relations with the US, despite Biden's repetitive criticism against the Emirates' human rights violations and its attempts of infiltrating the US politics. [113] This move was criticized by health experts who worry that without rapid testing, COVID-positive people may unknowingly spread COVID-19 in workplaces under the recommended CDC guidelines.