A HEFTY TO-DO LIST

A sampling of measures Biden is expected to announce on Wednesday ON WEDNESDAY, after the inauguration, mostly by executive action:

Rejoining Paris climate accord

Rejoining World Health Organization Restoring 100 public health and environmental rules that Obama created and Trump eliminated

Starting process to rejoin deal restraining Iran's nuclear programme

Ending travel restrictions from a variety

of Muslim-majority countries

Extending pandemic-era protection on evictions

Sending immigration legislation to Congress to offer a path to citizenship for 11 million people in the US illegally and to codify protections for people who came illegally as children