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Joe Biden plans immediate executive actions as Donald Trump era ends
In his first hours as US president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of Donald Trump’s policy legacy, signing at least 15 executive actions that reverse his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Biden will end construction on Trump’s Mexico border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization (WHO), and revoke the approval of the Keystone XL oil…