Biden has already begun tackling the pandemic, with executive orders that mandate:
🌡 Using the Defense Production Act to increase production of N95 masks, rapid test kits, and more
😷 Mask wearing in airports and on certain modes of public transportation businessinsider.com/biden-pandemic…
President Trump had banned agencies or companies receiving federal funding from participating in trainings that discussed issues like "white privilege."
Biden’s executive orders also aimed to restore the US’s global reputation. The president revoked Trump’s travel ban from majority-Muslim countries. businessinsider.com/biden-rejoins-…
Biden also addressed climate change, rejoining the Paris climate agreement and stopped the US's withdrawal from the World Health Organization. 🌍
Congress previously approved an extension of the eviction moratorium through the end of January. Biden extended this moratorium through March on his first day of office and also called on Congress to support additional funding for renters. businessinsider.com/biden-extends-…
Several Capitol janitorial and labor employees — all of whom were Black or Latino — told Insider they no longer felt safe at their workplace, which is supposed to be one of the most secure in the country.
The overwhelmingly white rioters left behind shards of broken glass and ripped-apart furniture, blood, empty bottles, and even feces smeared on the walls.
There are now three monoliths of unknown origin around the world, with the third appearing in California on Wednesday. @thisisinsider has been keeping tabs on each structure, and explored the (small) possibility of alien involvement. 👀
The metal monolith recently documented in the Utah desert on November 18 vanished after sparking comparisons to "2001: A Space Odyssey." insider.com/strange-metal-…
A Utah state helicopter crew was counting sheep when it discovered the mysterious metal monolith in a red-rock desert area. Google Earth maps showed the structure appeared sometime between August 2015 and October 2016. insider.com/utah-helicopte…
TikTok released its Top 100 report, which tracks the top creators, memes, videos, communities, and everything else on the app in 2020. Here’s what it said 👇 insider.com/tiktok-top-10-…
Most journalists don't give politicians money, but for those who have in the 2020 election, they've donated almost exclusively to Democrats, an Insider analysis of federal records shows. businessinsider.com/journalists-re…
Insider found that between January 1, 2019, and August 31, 2020, working journalists had contributed at least $110,000 to federal-level political committees. businessinsider.com/journalists-re…
In 2016, Prince Harry met Meghan Markle after a mutual friend set them up on a date. He immediately knew she was different than other people he had met. insider.com/great-escape-c…
She had never been afraid of the spotlight.
When she was 11 years old, she started a campaign to get Procter and Gamble to change the slogan of an ivory soap commercial. insider.com/great-escape-c…