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Canadians welcome a renewed relationship with the U.S. after years of insults and threats from the Trump administration. “We have so much alignment," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. "Not just me and President Biden, but Canadians and President Biden.”https://nyti.ms/39TaXNT 

Former President Donald Trump has left the White House. But many of his signature tax cuts aren’t going anywhere.https://nyti.ms/3iEHcEv 

Kathleen Kingsbury, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has led the editorial page of The New York Times on an interim basis since June, officially became the newspaper’s opinion editor on Friday.https://nyti.ms/3sRQJgi 

The most popular politician in the New York City mayor’s race may be a Californian. Candidates have been touting their ties to Vice President Kamala Harris to borrow her star power and show how their connections to Washington can help the city.https://nyti.ms/39UyZYX 

At least two American companies, as well as Russian researchers, are working on coronavirus vaccines for mink. They have grown sick and died in large numbers from the virus, which they’ve also passed back to people in mutated form.https://nyti.ms/2NizgNt 

President Biden has promised to reinstate more than 100 rules and regulations on air, water, public lands, endangered species and climate change that were weakened or rolled back by his predecessor. Legal experts warn that it could take years.https://nyti.ms/2LWWR5Z 

Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who has indicated she’s open to convicting former President Donald Trump at an impeachment trial, said on Friday that she was committed to remaining a Republican. “I can’t be somebody that I’m not,” she said.https://nyti.ms/2MjkipS 

In his first 72 hours, President Biden has issued about two dozen executive orders, reversing many signature Trump administration achievements. Those policies were also implemented by executive order, making them vulnerable the moment Trump left office.https://nyti.ms/3o6uoI1 

At least 62 sitting members of Congress — more than one in nine — have tested positive for the coronavirus or are believed to have had Covid-19 at some point since the pandemic began. See the full list here.https://nyti.ms/3caztfY 

They call themselves “Sisters of the Strange Sorority”: the women who accused former President Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. Seven of them gathered on Zoom to watch the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. There was sage.https://nyti.ms/3qHn5Z5 

The CDC has quietly changed its recommendations to allow patients to be switched to another coronavirus vaccine for their second dose in “exceptional situations,” and to extend the interval between doses to six weeks, despite a lack of data.https://nyti.ms/39UzWjJ 

Since March of last year, at least 424,000 more Americans have died than would have in a normal year, showing that the true toll of the pandemic may be higher than previously known. See the breakdown by state:https://nyti.ms/399e19r 

The Kremlin on Friday welcomed the Biden administration’s offer to extend a nuclear disarmament treaty that is set to expire next month, as had been expected.https://nyti.ms/3iCYNfW 

Daily coronavirus cases are dropping across the U.S., but health officials are increasingly concerned that this is a temporary lull. “I think the next three months could be the worst part of the pandemic,” one expert said. “I hope I’m dead wrong.”https://nyti.ms/3oh93Ml