Biden orders closure of US government agencies on Jan. 9 over Jimmy Carter s death

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the death of former U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter, who died at the age of 100, at the Company House Hotel, in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, December 29, 2024. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday issued an executive order directing the closure of U.S. government agencies and executive departments for Jan. 9 to show respect for former President Jimmy Carter who died on Sunday at age 100.



(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)