Biden wants Congress to take action on gun reform

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is leading a special hour of floor speeches where she and other House Democrats are sharing their accounts of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

"Less than 29 days later, with little to no accountability for the bloodshed and trauma of the 6th, some are already demanding that we move on -- or worse, attempting to minimize, discredit or belittle the accounts of survivors," Ocasio-Cortez said.

In compliance with Biden’s executive order requiring masks on federal properties, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has announced new mask-wearing rules that require masks by worn by all individuals on military installations indoors and outdoors including “all individuals performing official duties on behalf of the Department.”

Some exceptions remain for when someone is alone in an enclosed room with a closed door, while eating, for ID purposes and for a disability. 

Mask-wearing rules at military facilities had already been in place but there had been more exceptions.

Thursday's order changes rules at the Pentagon that allowed for no mask-wearing in shared office spaces as long as one could maintain social distancing.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

With control of both chambers of Congress, Democrats are now moving to advance Biden's COVID-19 relief package through a budget reconciliation process that would allow Democrats to pass the measure with a simple majority vote. 

On Capitol Hill Thursday afternoon, a "vote-a-rama" is underway in the Senate -- part of the reconciliation process that allows nonstop consideration of amendments to the annual budget. There’s no limit to how many amendments can be considered.

The Senate conducts about three 20-minute votes per hour, which would mean about 36 amendments will be voted on by 1 a.m. Friday.

-ABC News' Trish Turner

Trump's legal team has responded to a letter from lead House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin, R-Md., requesting former President Donald Trump to testify before or during his Senate impeachment trial next week and rejected the idea of Trump appearing.

In a short response, Trump's attorneys called the request a "public relations stunt."

"The use of our Constitution to bring a purported impeachment proceeding is much too serious to play these games," wrote Trump attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen.

While the letter did not answer directly the question of whether Trump will testify, Trump spokesman Jason Miller told ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, "The president will not testify in an unconstitutional proceeding."

-ABC News' Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl and Katherine Faulders