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The presidency of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 2021. Biden, a Democrat from Delaware who previously served as vice president for two terms under president Barack Obama, took office following his victory in the 2020 over Republican incumbent president Donald Trump. Upon his inauguration, he became the oldest president in American history, breaking the record set by his predecessor Trump. Biden entered office amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis, and increased political polarization.
On the first day of his presidency, Biden made an effort to revert President Trump's energy policy by restoring U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement and revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. He also halted funding for Trump's border wall, an expansion of the Mexican border wall. On his second day, he issued a series of executive orders to reduce the impact of COVID-19, including invoking the Defense Production Act of 1950, and set an early goal of achieving one hundred million COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States in his first 100 days.
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Early career |
- Early life
- U.S. Senate career
- Vice presidency
- Classified Information Procedures Act
- Counterterrorism Act
- Violence Against Women Act
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
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Presidency | Appointments |
- Cabinet
- Agriculture
- Commerce
- Defense
- Education
- Energy
- Executive Office appointments
- HHS
- Homeland Security
- HUD
- Interior
- Justice
- Labor
- State
- Transportation
- Treasury
- Veterans Affairs
- Judicial appointments
- Jackson
- Supreme Court candidates
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Legislation | 2021 | |
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2022 |
- Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
- CHIPS and Science Act
Consolidated Appropriations Act
- Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act
- Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act
- No TikTok on Government Devices Act
- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
- State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act
- Emmett Till Antilynching Act
- Inflation Reduction Act
- Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act
- PACT Act
- National Defense Authorization Act
- Postal Service Reform Act
- Respect for Marriage Act
- Speak Out Act
- Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act
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2023 | |
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2024 |
- Consolidated Appropriations Act
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Policies |
- Cannabis
- COVID-19
- Economic
- Electoral and ethical
- Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court
- Summit for Democracy
- Environmental
- 2021 Leaders Summit on Climate
- Executive Order 13990
- Foreign
- 2021 Russia–United States summit
- 2023 Chinese balloon incident
- AUKUS
- Camp David Principles
- Afghanistan withdrawal
- killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
- War in Ukraine
- War in Israel
- accusation of genocide complicity
- Immigration
- Social
- Space
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Timeline | |
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- Classified documents incident
- July 2024 press conference
- Efforts to impeach
- House Oversight Committee investigation
- inquiry
- Executive actions
- Opinion polling
- Presidential trips
- international
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024–2025
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Elections | U.S. Senate |
1972
1978
1984
1990
1996
2002
2008
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Vice presidential | |
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Presidential | |
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Family | |
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Writings |
- Promises to Keep
- Promise Me, Dad
- Tomorrow Will Be Different (foreword)
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Speeches | |
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Media depictions |
- Confirmation
- The Choice 2020
- "Intro to Political Science"
- My Son Hunter
- "One Last Ride"
- The Onion's "Diamond Joe"
- Our Cartoon President
- Saturday Night Live parodies
- Spitting Image
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