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US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, US January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Analysis

With a nation in crisis, pressure builds on Biden to deliver

Biden will preside over a deeply polarized electorate, with millions of voters still believing defeated Republican President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, and a divided Congress,...

A Mexican one-year-old baby, who is awaiting her turn to seek asylum in the US with her mother, is seen in front of the gates to the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico October 10, 2019/ Reuters

World+Biz

Biden immigration plan opposed by GOP, conservative groups

File Photo: Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks as he joined gun violence survivors and activists in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, February 20, 2020. Reuters/Mike Segar

Politics

Biden administration considers creating White House antitrust czar

FILE PHOTO: Democratic US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, US, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Climate Change

How Biden plans to fight climate change

Antony J. Blinken, of New York, speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US January 19, 2021. Alex EdelmanPool via REUTERS

Politics

Biden's top diplomat Blinken says he aims to revitalize alliances, US leadership

US President-elect Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff stand in front of the Washington Monument ahead of Biden's remarks in Washington, US January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Politics

Biden leads observance of America's 400,000 Covid-19 dead on eve of inauguration

Inaugural event to celebrate resiliency of Black Americans

Politics

Inaugural event to celebrate resiliency of Black Americans

File Photo: US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Politics

Biden pushes unity two days before taking over crisis-laden White House

US President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters following an online meeting with members of the National Governors Association (NGA) executive committee in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

Politics

Biden may cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit as soon as his first day in office

FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, US, December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May/File Photo

Politics

Trump plans to depart Washington the morning of Inauguration Day: Sources

US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving address at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Coronavirus chronicle

Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated

Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing about the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at FEMA headquarters, January 14, 2021, in Washington. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

Politics

Pence calls Harris to offer assistance ahead of US power transfer next week

File Photo: US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

Politics

Biden urges Senate to pursue 'other urgent business' along with impeachment