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President-elect Joe Biden attended a vigil for coronavirus victims the evening before his inauguration on Jan. 19. (Video: The Washington Post, Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Biden, Harris remember coronavirus victims with vigil at Lincoln Memorial

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris remembered the 400,000 people in the United States who have died of the coronavirus with a dusk vigil at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday. “To heal, we must remember. It’s hard sometimes to remember, but that’s how we heal. It’s important to do that as a nation. That’s why we’re here today,” Biden said in brief remarks on the eve of his inauguration.  
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Biden announced Tuesday that he will nominate Pennsylvania’s top health official, Rachel Levine, to be his assistant secretary of health. She would become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Confirmation hearings were held Tuesday for Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, Alejandro Mayorkas as homeland security secretary, Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Janet L. Yellen as treasury secretary and Lloyd J. Austin III as defense secretary.
In a farewell address released Tuesday afternoon, Trump touted his record as president and declared that “the movement we started is only just beginning.” He referred to the inauguration of a “new administration” but made no mention of Biden by name.
U.S. authorities have leveled the first conspiracy charge against an apparent leader of an extremist group in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, arresting an alleged Oath Keeper who is accused of plotting to disrupt the electoral vote confirmation of Biden’s victory.
Here’s what you need to know about Biden’s presidential inauguration.
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Biden announced Tuesday that he will nominate Pennsylvania’s top health official, Rachel Levine, to be his assistant secretary of health. She would become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Confirmation hearings were held Tuesday for Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, Alejandro Mayorkas as homeland security secretary, Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Janet L. Yellen as treasury secretary and Lloyd J. Austin III as defense secretary.
In a farewell address released Tuesday afternoon, Trump touted his record as president and declared that “the movement we started is only just beginning.” He referred to the inauguration of a “new administration” but made no mention of Biden by name.
U.S. authorities have leveled the first conspiracy charge against an apparent leader of an extremist group in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, arresting an alleged Oath Keeper who is accused of plotting to disrupt the electoral vote confirmation of Biden’s victory.
Here’s what you need to know about Biden’s presidential inauguration.
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