- Blinken passes Senate confirmation by 78 votes to 22
- Biden to sign more executive orders Tuesday afternoon
- Janet Yellen sworn in as first female US Treasury secretary
- House delivers article of impeachment against Trump to Senate
- Trump campaign distances itself from new ‘Patriot party’
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White House Jen Psaki, taking over the briefing, was asked whether the administration would impose a testing requirement on domestic travel to slow the spread of Covid-19. Psaki said that was not the recommendation at this stage but left open the possibility, saying the administration is constantly reviewing and updating federal recommendations on travel based on conversations with experts.
She was also asked about Biden’s comment on Monday that Trump’s trial “has to happen.” She said the remark was simply a reflection of what he saw as the Senate’s constitutional duty now that the article has been delivered from the House.
Asked about why Biden hasn’t acted to close gun loopholes, as he promised on the campaign trail, Rice said vowed that it was “just the beginning”.
WH Domestic Policy Advisor @AmbassadorRice fields a question about @POTUS’s campaign trail promise to close gun loopholes + institute universal background checks on Day One (which he did not do).
“This is just the beginning,” Rice says, noting the White House has done ” a lot.”
“Private prisons profiteer off of federal prisoners and are proven to be found to be by the Department of Justice Inspector General to be less safe for correctional officers and for prisoners,” Susan Rice says.
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