Biden’s first 100 days: Progress on COVID, economy

New US president faces tougher road dealing with migration, mass shootings and rising calls for racial justice.

During the 2020 United States presidential campaign, Joe Biden presented himself as a healer who would bring unity to a nation in crisis and a president who would be transformative. So far he is succeeding at the first part. On the two most immediate challenges – ending the pandemic and fixing the US economy  – the new US president has won victories in his first 100 days in office. Other pieces of Biden’s agenda face challenges, however. Congress passed a massive and far-reaching $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus bill and appears poised to approve a jobs and infrastructure spending measure later this year, fulfilling key campaign promises by Biden.