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Stories by Jane Norman
Posted Jun 23, 2021, 5:30 pm
Jane Norman
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden on Wednesday tapped Arizona's Cindy McCain, the widow of former U.S. Sen. John McCain, as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of ambassador.... Read more»
Posted Jun 22, 2021, 7:18 pm
Jane Norman
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he will host a meeting next week of Western governors, Cabinet members and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials "to prepare for heat, drought and wildfires in the West."... Read more»
Posted Jun 17, 2021, 4:09 pm
Jane Norman
/Arizona Mirror
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, declaring a legal public holiday annually on June 19, the date of the end of slavery in the U.S.... Read more»
Posted May 20, 2021, 8:35 am
Jane Norman
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. House voted Wednesday 252-175 to give the go-ahead to the formation of an independent, bipartisan commission that would investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, despite objections from Republican leaders that the scope of the commission was not wide enough and other investigations are ongoing.... Read more»
Posted Mar 16, 2021, 2:56 pm
Jane Norman
/Arizona Mirror
U.S. Rep. Debra Haaland made history on Monday when she became the first Native American to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate to hold a position in a president's Cabinet.
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Posted Jan 20, 2021, 12:32 pm
Jane Norman
/Arizona Mirror
Joe Biden early Wednesday unveiled the list of executive orders, memos and directives he will make when he assumes the presidency later in the day, reversing a slew of Trump administration actions and laying out new policies of his own.... Read more»