Joe Biden
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Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021. At 78, he is the oldest person to have assumed the office. He is the second Catholic president (after John F. Kennedy).
In his first two days as president, Biden signed 17 executive orders, more than most recent presidents did in their first 100 days. By his third day, orders had included rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, ending the state of national emergency at the border with Mexico, directing the government to rejoin the World Health Organization, face mask requirements on federal property and measures to combat hunger in the United States.
He issued an executive order that revoked permits for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, the pipeline which was heavily criticized by environmental and Native American activists and groups, resulting in Canadian energy company TC Energy to layoff 1,000 construction jobs.
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