Good morning. I'm Allison Michaels from the Washington Post and this is the

Daily 202 for Thursday January 21st. In today's news, Democrats officially take control of a 50-50 Senate.

And Q and non-believers grapple with doubt and spin new theories as the Trump era ends. But first, the big idea.

President Biden signed a blizzard of Executive Orders Wednesday on the coronavirus, immigration, and climate change.

This was the beginning of a 10-day cascade of directives reversing President Trump's policies

as Democrats pushed for even more sweeping and prompt legislative action.

My colleague Sungman Kim reports that the most pressing of his priorities are measures to

combat the ongoing deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Biden signed executive actions to require masks on all federal grounds and asked agencies

to extend moratoriums on evictions and on federal student loan payments.

He urged Americans to Don face coverings for 100 days

while reviving a global health unit in the National Security Council to oversee

pandemic preparedness and response. Biden also began to reverse several steps taken by former

President Trump by embracing the World Health Organization, revoking the permit

for the Keystone Excel pipeline, and rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement.

Biden, who enters the White House during a time of historic crisis, said Wednesday he wants to move

quickly to address the country's big urgent problems, with the spirit of unity and national purpose.

In his first appearance from the Oval Office, Biden said his administrative actions were, quote,

all starting points as he signed a sampling of executive orders.

The freshly inaugurated president's rush to roll back some of Trump's most controversial

policies reflected the years of pent up frustration among Democrats that they'd been largely

powerless to stop an administration that espoused policies they vehemently

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