What Biden should do about Trump Rick Newman
One of the trickiest challenges for incoming President Joe Biden is what do to about his predecessor, Donald Trump: investigate him for possible crimes, or leave him alone?
There’s a case for each route. Investigating whether Trump violated election law, obstructed justice during the Robert Mueller probe, or committed campaign-finance felonies would show no president is above the law and possibly deter future presidents from abusing their power. But it could interfere with Biden’s policy agenda while also making it look like Biden is using federal power to hurt a political rival.
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Syria’s White Helmets, who rescue victims from the rubble of airstrikes, have added making personal protective equipment to their efforts saving lives in areas of the country outside Bashar al-Assad’s control, reports Guardian. The civil defence service’s uniform-making unit has recently pivoted to manufacturing PPE with the help of a £1.17m award from a nonprofit organisation funded by the UK, US, Canadian and Dutch governments. The local facility has already produced more than 2m masks, protective gowns and face shields, and is handling the safe disposal of used PPE for north-west Syria’s vulnerable population of more than 3 million people.
In The News 20 Jan 2021
Joe Biden will be sworn in today as 46th president of the United States by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. He and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris will take the oath of office outside the US Capitol in Washington DC. In an opinion piece initially published on December 2 on Foresight Climate & Energy , EIT Climate-KIC’s Chief Strategy Officer Tom Mitchell and its Director of Capital and Investment, Dominic Hofstetter, reflect on how the president-elect’s climate agenda could spur new forms of innovation beyond just technological advancements.
The United States is the second-highest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after China and has the highest CO2 emissions per capita. The election of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States in November has therefore brought renewed hope that the world can avert the direct consequences of a warming planet. Biden’s climate plan drawn up with vice-president-elect Kamala H