President Biden issues an executive order to revoke theKeystone XL Pipeline permit and overturn various other Trump administration environmental policies.[7]
President Biden directs theDepartment of Education to extend the pause on federal student loans through September 30, 2021.[12]
Press SecretaryJen Psaki holds the first press briefing of the Biden administration,[13] during which she mentions that the administration will hold briefings daily.[14][15]
Joe Biden isinaugurated as the46th president of the United StatesPresident Biden delivers his inaugural address
Thursday,January 21
President Biden signs ten executive orders related to the country'sCOVID-19 response andvaccination efforts.[16] These include activating theDefense Production Act in order to speed up vaccine distribution.[17]
President Biden delivers remarks regarding his administration's planned COVID-19 response.[19]
The House of Representatives votes 326–78 and the Senate votes 69–27 to pass H.R. 335, a waiver allowing Gen.Lloyd Austin to waive a law which forces retiredgenerals to wait seven years before assuming office assecretary of defense.[20]
Vice President Kamala Harris makes her first notable phone call as vice president with WHO Director-GeneralTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.[21]
President Biden signs H.R. 335 into law, thus allowingLloyd Austin to become Secretary of Defense.President Biden signs the executive orders for Economic Relief of the COVID-19 pandemic
Saturday,January 23
President Biden speaks with British prime ministerBoris Johnson.[32]
President Biden talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the phone
President Biden signs an executive order to repealDepartment of Defense Instruction 1300.28, which effectively banned transgender individuals from joining the U.S. military under the Trump administration.[34]
The House of Representatives brings theimpeachment charge against former presidentDonald Trump to the Senate, with thetrial scheduled to start February 9.[39]
President Biden signs an executive order to increase government buying from U.S. manufacturers. The order will likely take 45 days or more to get approved by the federal government.[40]
President Biden signs executive orders relating to racism (xenophobia against Asian Americans due to the COVID-19 pandemic; endingDepartment of Justice contracts with private prisons due to thegrowing number of incarcerated African Americans; discriminatory housing rules) and for the relationships ofIndian andAlaska Native Tribal Nations.[45][46] Prior to the signing, domestic policy adviserSusan Rice held her first White House press conference, discussing the executive actions.[47]
President Biden signs the executive orders related to racial equityPresident Biden speaks with NATO Secretary GeneralJens StoltenbergVice President Harris receives her second COVID-19 vaccination at the NIH
The White House focuses onclimate change, with President Biden signing an executive action to suspend new natural gas and oil development leases on federal lands and waters. Special Climate EnvoyJohn Kerry and White House National Climate AdvisorGina McCarthy participated in their first press conference, discussing the administration's climate policies.[53][54]
Vice President Harris swears in Antony Blinken as secretary of state.
Second GentlemanDouglas Emhoff had his first solo event, visiting anurban farm in Washington, D.C. He gave remarks about food insecurity being exacerbated during the pandemic.[58]
President Biden signs the executive orders related to health care
President Biden threatens sanctions onMyanmar in response to acoup.[61]
Acting Solicitor GeneralElizabeth Prelogar asked the Supreme Court to remove two cases related to Trump administration policy:Biden v. Sierra Club andPekoske v. Innovation Law Lab.[62]
President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with ten Republican senators in theOval Office to negotiate a deal on a coronavirus aid package.[63]
Vice President Harris speaks with Canadian prime ministerJustin Trudeau.[64]
President Biden meets with Republican senators to discuss COVID-19 relief measures
President Biden signs three immigration-related executive orders: creating a task force to reunite children separated from their families as a result of theTrump administration family separation policy; an order to review legal immigration programs, includingRemain in Mexico and theCentral American Minors Program; and a review of immigration policies for "integration and inclusion" including the naturalization process.[66]
White House COVID-19 coordinatorJeffrey Zients announced the administration would ship almost 1 million doses to 6,500 pharmacies across the country to increase vaccine availability.[67]
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the viewing of remains of slain U.S. Capitol police officerBrian Sicknick at the U.S. Capitol.[68]
President Biden signs executive orders related to immigrationPresident Biden and First Lady Jill Biden attend the memorial for Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick
Wednesday,
February 3
Vice President Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff attend the viewing of the remains of U.S. Capitol police officerBrian Sicknick at the U.S. Capitol.[69]
Vice President Harris swears in Pete Buttigieg as 19th secretary of transportation and Alejandro Mayorkas as 7th secretary of homeland security.[70][71]
President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with ten Democratic senators in theOval Office to negotiate a deal on a coronavirus aid package.[72]
President Biden speaks with South Korean presidentMoon Jae-in.[73]
President Biden speaks with Australian prime ministerScott Morrison.[74]
Vice President Harris swears in Alejandro MayorkasPresident Biden meets with Democratic senators to discuss COVID-19 relief measures
Thursday,
February 4
President Biden signs an executive order to increase refugee admissions and allow a safe haven for about 125,000 refugees.[75]
President Biden signs three memoranda; one on LGBTQ rights, one on renewing theNational Security Council (NSC), and one on revitalizing America's foreign worker policy.[76][77][78]
President Biden makes his first visit to theState Department headquarters as president, delivering remarks to employees.[79]
President Biden delivers remarks to State Department employees
Friday,
February 5
The Senate passes a budget resolution as a step to approve President Biden's $1.9trillionstimulus package but rejects the minimum wage package he proposed. Additionally, Vice PresidentKamala Harris casts her first tiebreaking vote as vice president.[80]
President Biden and Vice President Harris meet with Democratic House leaders in theOval Office to negotiate a deal on a coronavirus aid package.[81]
President Biden meets with Democratic House leaders to discuss COVID-19 relief measures
President Biden delivers remarks in the response to the Myanmar coup d'état
Thursday,February 11
President Biden visits theNational Institutes of Health and delivers an address to the staff, declaring that there will be enough vaccines for 300 million Americans by the end of July. He also announces that the United States has signed contracts with Pfizer and Moderna for 200 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses.[91]
President Biden delivers remarks to the staff at the National Institutes of Health
President Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and their granddaughters depart Washington to spendPresidents Day weekend atCamp David, in his first visit there as president.[93]
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden deliver aLunar New Year message from theRed Room
Saturday,February 13
White House Deputy Press SecretaryTJ Ducklo resigns from his position after being suspended the previous day over comments he made towards a female journalist. His departure marks the first resignation of the Biden administration.[94]
President Biden reacts to the Senate acquittal of former presidentDonald Trump by saying that "democracy is fragile".[95]
Tribal Nation leaders pressure President Biden and White House to speak on issues the tribal nations are facing such as poverty, poor healthcare and other basic issues they are facing.[103]
President Biden and Vice President Harris congratulateNASA for landing its roverPerseverance.[104]
President Biden participates in his firstG7 summit as president, hosted virtually by British prime ministerBoris Johnson.[105]
President Biden delivers remarks to theMunich Security Conference in which he affirmed the United States's commitment to theTransatlantic partnership and stated the "United States is determined to re-engage with Europe."[106]
President Biden pledges $2 billion for the COVAX program under WHO.[107]
President Biden declares a majordisaster inTexas arising from the severe frost conditions, clearing the way for more federal funds to be spent on relief efforts.[108]
President Biden holds a moment of silence outside the White House to commemorate the 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19.[110]
President Biden ends the use of a more difficult version ofthe English language and civics test required to acquireAmerican citizenship which was introduced by the Trump administration in December 2020, reverting the test back to the 2008 version.[111]
President Biden speaks and holds a moment of silence to commemorate American deaths from COVID-19
President Biden holds a virtual bilateral meeting and joint press conference with Canadian prime ministerJustin Trudeau, to discuss COVID-19, economic recovery, climate change, and refugees and migration.[114]
A virtual joint press conference between President Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Wednesday,February 24
President Biden reverses a ban on the issue of permanent residencygreen cards to immigrants implemented by former president Donald Trump.[116]
Vice President Harris swears in Linda Thomas-Greenfield as United States ambassador to the United Nations and Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture.[117][118]
Vice President Harris virtually swears in Tom Vilsack
President Biden holds a virtual bilateral meeting with Mexican presidentAndrés Manuel López Obrador, to discuss migration, COVID-19 and economic and security cooperation.[131]
President Biden says that the United States government expects to take delivery of enoughCOVID-19 vaccine for all Americans adult by the end of May 2021.[135]
Defense secretaryLloyd Austin warns foreign enemies and says that the administration will continue to protect American troops and interests following an attack on American troops in Iraq.[147]
President Biden signs an executive order promoting voting rights
President Biden signs two executive orders relating to gender equality; one on creating a Gender Policy Council and another on directing the Department of Education to reviewTitle IX changes made by previous administration.[148]
President Biden addresses the nation on television marking the first anniversary of theCOVID-19 pandemic. During the address, Biden announces that all American adults will be eligible to receive aCOVID-19 vaccination by May 1, 2021.[157]
President Biden signs the American Rescue planPresident Biden addresses the nation on the first anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic (transcript)
A quadrilateral meeting between President Biden with Prime Ministers of Australia, India, and JapanPresident Biden and Vice President Harris delivers remarks on the American Rescue Plan
A virtual bilateral meeting between President Biden and Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Thursday,March 18
Russian presidentVladimir Putin responds negatively to President Biden's claim that he is a "violent killer". Shortly before this, Biden had commented suggesting that he has no interest in repairing relations with Russia.[169]
21 states file lawsuits against President Biden seeking to undo his rescinding of theKeystone XL Pipeline permit.[170]
President Biden invites forty world leaders including Chinese leaderXi Jinping and Russian presidentVladimir Putin to a virtual climate summit held on April 22 and April 23.[184]
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