A group of Republican senators on Wednesday called on newly sworn-in President Joe Biden to submit his plan to re-engage the United States in the Paris climate agreement to lawmakers for "review and consideration," moments after Biden signed an executive order to rejoin the accord.
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Biden delivers remarks during the "Celebrating America" TV special at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.
President Biden signed half a dozen executive orders to reverse several hardline immigration policies. The Department of Homeland Security suspended all new enrollments in a program that has pushed tens of thousands of migrants to wait in Mexico for asylum hearings in U.S. courts.
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Biden's first foreign leader call will be to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, Biden spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.