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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump’s administration “dismantled” the US immigration system according to Joe Biden’s head of homeland security Alejandro Mayorkas in comments during the White House press briefing on Monday. He said that his team is working around the clock to “replace the cruelty of the past administration with an orderly, humane and safe immigration process”.
Joe Biden is currently meeting with his Mexican counterpart President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador, “AMLO”, for an initial virtual meeting at which immigration and fighting the Covid-19 pandemic are expected to be top of the agenda. Mr Biden told AMLO that he sees Mexico as an equal.
It was announced in the White House Covid briefing that the CDC is “deeply concerned” at the plateauing of the decline in Covid cases in the US as new variants spread and states begin to relax restrictions.
As the first Johnson & Johnson vaccines are sent out for delivery across the US, it emerged that former president Trump and first lady Melania Trump received their vaccinations before leaving the White House in January.
In his speech at CPAC on Sunday, Mr Trump urged all Americans to take the vaccine.
Mayorkas denies that there is not a ‘crisis' at the border
“We are challenged at the border. The men and women at the DHS are meeting that challenge. It is a stressful challenge.”
Question to press secretary regarding Saudi Arabia
Ms Psaki adds that the administration reserves the right to take further action but says that the US hasn’t typically sanctioned leaders of governments with which it has diplomatic relations.
‘You know, Joe Biden’s not even real’
QAnon adherents apparently believe that Joe Biden is actually a malfunctioning robot wearing human-like skin.
The strange beliefs were revealed during an interview on CNN.
A panel of former QAnon supporters spoke with CNN reporter Alisyn Camerota about their experiences within the conspiracy movement.
Several of the former conspiracy believers expressed sadness that their friends and family members were still involved in the cult-like belief system.
Graig Graziosi reports.
QAnon believers apparently think Biden is a robot with a malfunctioning mouth
Some believers think Trump will take power again on 4 March
Supreme Court rejects Sidney Powell election fraud petitions
The Supreme Court has rejected, without comment or explanation, more of the challenges to the 2020 election result just a day after Donald Trump repeated the lie that he won the election in a speech at CPAC.
Rejecting two petitions filed by Trump lawyer Sidney Powell in late December, the court simply said they were denied. The petitions related to results in Arizona and Wisconsin.
Mr Trump continues to say that the election was stolen from him.
Psaki asked about $15 minimum wage
The question refers to the earlier request from House Democrats to ignore the Senate parliamentarian and include the $15/hour minimum wage in the Covid relief package.
No.
Asked if President Biden would agree to share the Covid-19 vaccine supply with Mexico if President AMLO asks in today’s virtual meeting, Ms Psaki bluntly responds “no”.
“The president has made clear he is focused on ensuring that vaccines are accessible to every American. That is our focus,” she said.
There is the possibility of it later on though. “The administration’s focus is on ensuring that every American is vaccinated and once we accomplish that objective we’re happy to discuss further steps beyond that.”
Voices: People who know Trump personally think they know why Republicans really can’t let him go
Andrew Feinberg spoke with a number of people who know the former president about the hold he has over the Republican Party.
People who know Trump personally think they know why Republicans really can’t let him go | Andrew Feinberg
‘Because they didn’t take the off-ramp, they put themselves in a position to keep being victims of Donald’s blackmail’
Biden meeting with Democratic senators
The White House says President Biden will be meeting virtually at 1.45pm with Democratic senators.
The group comprises: Tom Carper (DE), Maggie Hassan (NH), John Hickenlooper (CO), Angus King (ME), Joe Manchin (WV), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jon Tester (MT), Mark Warner (VA), Dick Durbin (IL) (tentative)
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