Biden to rejoin Paris climate agreement, revoke Trump ‘Muslim ban’ in first executive orders

In his first hours in the Oval Office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign more than a dozen executive orders to address challenges like the Covid pandemic and the student debt crisis.

Biden’s orders will also work to reverse many of those issued by President Donald Trump, including the so-called Muslim travel ban and the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Senior members of Biden’s policy team said during a press briefing Tuesday evening that Biden will sign the executive orders immediately after his midday inauguration.

Atop the list of orders and directives viewed by CNBC was a “100 Days Masking Challenge” that will require masks and physical distancing in all federal buildings, on all federal lands and by federal employees and contractors.