Good morning, I'm Arjun Singh from the Washington Post and this is the Daily 202 for Friday, February 5th.

In today's news, pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson submitted its single shot vaccine to the FDA,

and transportation agencies step up COVID-19 safety mandates with support from the federal government.

But first, the big idea.

President Biden is flexing his muscle as the nation's commander-in-chief with a series of moves this week

that have not only drawn a sharp contrast to his predecessor, but also aimed to reduce former President Donald Trump's influence on the federal government.

This week, Biden signed executive orders that could begin a process to undo aspects of Trump's immigration program,

including a review of the notorious public charge rule, which allow authorities to deny green cards to any immigrant who could utilize public benefits.

And on Thursday, Biden drew another stark contrast between him and Trump when he recommitted the United States to global alliances that had become a hallmark of American foreign policy since the end of World War II.

The Post and Gearing John Hudson and Missy Ryan report that in his first major foreign policy address,

the President promised to counter authoritarianism and pledged to end American support for offensive operations in Yemen.

In a rebuke of Trump's brand of foreign policy, Biden said, quote, America is back, diplomacy is back,

and vowed that the nation would rebound from the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last month.

Biden said the nation is, quote, stronger, more determined, and better equipped to unite the world in fighting to defend democracy because we have fought it for ourselves.

In his speech, Biden pledged to implement a foreign policy that will confront human rights abuses, tyranny, and intolerance in China, Russia, and Myanmar.

Speaking directly to American diplomats, he said, quote, I'll have your back.

In an effort to return America to a position of global leadership, Biden also announced a policy of support for LGBTQ plus rights worldwide.

Meanwhile, emboldened Democrats in the House and Senate are greasing the wheels for a massive coronavirus relief package to move through Congress with or without the support of their Republican colleagues.

And on Thursday, the House expelled controversial Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments in a bold gambit that Republican said created dangerous precedent for the House.

But Democrats were unmoved by cries from their Republican colleagues that they were unfairly using their influence to simply punish Republicans.

My colleague Mike DeBonus reports that speaking in the House, majority leaders standing higher display the blown up image of a Facebook post green posted in September, which shows Greene standing next to the images of three House Democrats within a salt rifle in hand.

When you take this vote, imagine your faces on this poster. Imagine it's a Democrat with an AR-15. Imagine what your response would be, he said.

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