President-elect Joe Biden, on his first day in office Wednesday after taking the Oath of Office, signed a sweeping executive order directing federal agencies across the board to implement the U.S.
Supreme Court’s historic ruling against anti-LGBTQ discrimination under federal law. Biden signed 17 executive orders Wednesday afternoon, including a reversal of Donald Trump’s ban on entry of people from several majority-Muslim countries, taking steps to address the COVID-19 pandemic, rejoining the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization, adding further protections against deportation for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S.