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By Justin Sink, Katia Dmitrieva, and Erik Wasson

January 22, 2021 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated on

January 22, 2021 at 7:20 PM UTC

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President Joe Biden will mark his third day in office with executive actions to boost food assistance for impoverished Americans and use federal contracts as a step toward his proposed nationwide minimum-wage hike, seeking immediate help for an economy struggling to cope with Covid-19.

The executive actions Biden is set to sign Friday at the White House also include a restoration of rights for federal workers that were stripped by his predecessor Donald Trump.