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5 Questions Ahead Of Biden's 1st News Conference As President

From the coronavirus pandemic to immigration, from gun violence to relations with China, there are a number of major items starting to fill the president's plate.
President Biden speaks Tuesday about a mass shooting in Boulder, Colo., where 10 people were killed at a grocery store. It's just one issue Biden may be asked about in his first news conference as president.

Two months into office, President Biden will give his first news conference as president on Thursday.

In recent days, Biden and other members of the first families have toured the country, touting his newly signed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

But amid that tour, details came out about his potentially massive infrastructure plan, the Biden administration faced continued questions about southern U.S. border crossings, and two mass shootings refocused the nation's attention on guns.

And there are other big items on Biden's increasingly full plate, from the coronavirus pandemic and the economy to fraught relations with China.

Here are five questions to set the table:


1. Bipartisanship

You promised voters you would not only restore some civility to politics but also restore bipartisanship and compromise? And what will you do differently this time to get them?

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