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![President Joe Biden at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0121_president-joe-biden-desk-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s First Day Was a Good Sign — Let’s Keep Up the Pressure
Let's not assume our problems are all solved now that Biden's president. We must urge fast, bold action.
![President Joe Biden participates in a televised ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0121-joe-biden-lm-400x300.jpg)
Biden Bans White House Staff From Becoming Lobbyists for 2 Years After Leaving
Biden's order was accompanied by a promise to fire people “on the spot” if they talked down to or demeaned other staff.
![President Joe Biden walks the abbreviated parade route in front of the White House after his inauguration on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0121-joe-biden-wh-400x300.jpg)
Biden Team Blasts Trump’s COVID Response: “Worse Than We Could Have Imagined”
Biden is expected to sign several executive orders related to laying the groundwork for a comprehensive COVID strategy.
![Outgoing President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on stage after speaking to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One for his last time as President on January 20, 2021, in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0120-donald-trump-m-400x300.jpg)
QAnon Congresswoman Signals She’s Open to Joining a Trump-Created Third Party
“I will be watching,” Trump said in departing remarks on Wednesday, adding that he'd be back to politics “in some form.”
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It’s Time for the Left to Pressure Biden — and the Political Class as a Whole
“It's going to take the work of progressives, of social movements to really get it done,” said Waleed Shahid.
![Steve Bannon walks out of Trump Tower](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0120-steve-bannon-400x300.jpg)
Trump Pardons Steve Bannon
Trump has largely used his clemency power to assist his political allies -- when he has used it at all.
![President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0120-president-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Progressives Gear Up to Fight for More Than Just “Unity” From President Biden
Those in the center hailed a return to normalcy -- but normalcy, as many noted, is still very far away.
![Kamala Harris is sworn as Vice President by Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff looks on at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0120-vice-president-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
Kamala Harris Sworn in as First Woman Vice President by Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Harris will serve as the tie-breaking vote in an evenly divided United States Senate.
![President Joseph Robinette Biden smiles while seated in front of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/01/2021_0120_presiden-biden-400x300.jpg)
Facing Unprecedented Challenges, Joe Biden Becomes 46th US President
A bent and battered sort of democracy stands today.
![Donald Trump waves](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2021_0120-bye-don-400x300.jpg)
Trump Is Walking Out of the White House Into a Minefield of Legal Perils
Trump will likely face a barrage of criminal indictments and high-profile civil lawsuits in multiple states.