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Your support makes all the difference.Joe Biden and Boris Johnson discuss Covid-19 recovery in a Saturday phone call three days after the inauguration.
The UK prime minister tweeted on Saturday: “Great to speak to President Joe Biden this evening."
Earlier Mr Biden told the US Conference of Mayors that his administration was focussing on the pandemic and economic growth.
“We also have to act now, with urgency and unity as the United States of America…We can do this together. I promise we’ll do everything we can to help," said Mr Biden.
It comes as former Trump administration officials are quietly lobbying congressional Republicans to convict Mr Trump in his impeachment trial next month, according to CNN.
The former officials are just some of the dozens of influential GOP figures in Washington who want the party to sever ties with the former president.
White House provides details of Biden call with Mexico president
The White House has released a summary of Joe Biden’s call with Mexico president Manuel Lopez Obrador, commonly known as AMLO.
The US president spoke with his Mexican counterpart about immigration, including a reversal of the “draconian” immigration measures put in by the Trump administration, as well as the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump worked with DOJ lawyer to ‘oust acting attorney general and overturn Georgia election result’
Donald Trump worked with a Justice Department lawyer to oust the acting attorney general and force Georgia lawmakers to overturn his election loss in the state, says a report.
Mr Trump allegedly plotted with Jeffrey Clark, who led the DOJ’s civil division, to cast doubt on election results in the state and heap pressure on Georgia to help him, according to the New York Times.
The former president was considering firing Jeffrey Rosen after he refused to help Mr Trump reverse his defeat to Joe Biden, and replacing him with Mr Clark.
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Trump worked with DOJ lawyer to oust acting attorney general and overturn Georgia election result, report says
Ex-president made two men pitch him their ideas in scenes compared by officials to The Apprentice
Former Estonian president compares Trump Jr to ‘exceptionally small-brained fish’
A former president of Estonia has compared Donald Trump Jr to an “exceptionally small-brained fish” in response to a wild attempt to talk up his father on Twitter.
Following his father’s departure from office on Wednesday, Mr Trump Jr took to Twitter on Friday in an attempt to shore up his presidential legacy.
“Donald Trump is the first president in modern history[sic] did not start a new war,” he tweeted.
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Former Estonian president compares Trump Jr to ‘exceptionally small-brained fish’
Commenters quick to hit out at former president’s son’s boast
Biden calls Canada’s Trudeau, Mexico’s López Obrador
President Joe Biden s first calls to foreign leaders went to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a strained moment for the US relationship with its North American neighbours.
Mr Biden's call to Mr Trudeau on Friday came after the Canadian prime minister this week publicly expressed disappointment over Mr Biden’s decision to issue an executive order halting construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The long-disputed project was projected to carry some 800,000 barrels of oil a day from the tar sands of Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Biden calls Canada's Trudeau, Mexico's López Obrador
President Joe Biden has made his first calls to foreign leaders as America’s commander in chief
Dr Fauci says pressure from Trump had ‘chilling’ effect on White House coronavirus scientists
Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is opening up about his experiences as a scientist under the Donald Trump administration, calling the president's pressure campaigns "chilling."
Dr Fauci appeared on MSNBC's 'The Rachel Maddow Show’ and recalled scientists working with the White House who felt they could not tell the truth because Mr Trump and his officials wanted to project an image of the pandemic that suggested everything was under control and improving.
Graig Graziosi has more.
Dr Fauci says pressure from Trump had 'chilling' effect on White House coronavirus scientists
The doctor said he expects more transparency under the Joe Biden administration
Canada’s Trudeau ‘disappointed’ at Biden order to cancel Keystone pipeline
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau says he is ‘disappointed’ at Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline.
The president made revoking the permits for the controversial energy project by executive order one of his first action’s in the White House.
Graeme Massie has more.
Canada’s Trudeau ‘disappointed’ at Biden order to cancel Keystone pipeline
Revoking permits was one of new president’s first actions after inauguration
Biden tells US mayors country needs ‘urgent’ Covid action
The president told the US Conference of Mayors that his administration was focussing on the pandemic and economic growth.
“We also have to act now, with urgency and unity as the United States of America…We can do this together. I promise we’ll do everything we can to help," said Mr Biden.
Biden fires Trump-appointed heads of US government media
The Biden administration has fired the heads of three US-funded international broadcasters that were appointed by Donald Trump.
The acting chief of the US Agency for Global Media dismissed the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, reports say.
Biden fires Trump-appointed heads of US government media
Former USAGM boss was forced to resign within hours of president’s inauguration
Joe Biden and Boris Johnson discuss Covid-19 recovery in phone call
Boris Johnson has spoken to new US president Joe Biden in a phone call three days after the inauguration.
The prime minister tweeted on Saturday: “Great to speak to President Joe Biden this evening.
Pete Stubley has more.
Joe Biden and Boris Johnson discuss Covid-19 recovery in phone call
PM says he wants ‘green and sustainable’ route out of crisis
Boris Johnson posts about Biden phone call on Twitter
“Great to speak to President @JoeBiden this evening. I look forward to deepening the longstanding alliance between our two countries as we drive a green and sustainable recovery from COVID-19,” the UK prime minister tweeted.
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