Graver cause for concern lies in whether disdain for the Trump legacy becomes its own guiding light. Should Biden and his team default to doing the opposite of the administration they defeated, they risk rolling back some positive achievements as well as weakening the United States by showing the world that its policies don’t last. Amid cascading international crises, the new leadership must consider all worthy precedents without regard to who set them, find ways to signal continuity where possible and chart a course uniquely suited to the moment.
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Consider the fraught debate over administration policies toward Iran. All indications point to a desire by the president to rejoin the Iranian nuclear agreement Obama helped craft, as candidate Biden promised to do. Indications that Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy has not hindered Tehran’s nuclear program support the case for a return to the status quo ante. It is natural, in light of this reality and given t
While Biden's $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” would send cash to millions, much of that windfall may go to pay for higher gasoline and home heating prices.
From ABC News:
An internal U.S. Capitol Police bulletin distributed Tuesday contains information about a possible militia plot to storm the Capitol on or around March 4, sources told ABC News.
The information in the bulletin is sourced to an FBI intelligence report from late February that describes the an alleged plot by the “Three Percenters militia group to use diversionary tactics such as detonating a bomb” to draw law enforcement away from the Capitol prior to an attempt by the group to take over the U.S. Capitol, according to a law enforcement source.
The credibility of the information in the bulletin remains unclear.
A Pennsylvania man took a break from participating in the January 6th Capitol riots to text his ex-girlfriend that she was a “moron,” leading to his arrest after she gave the messages to the FBI. What do you think?
In a victory for Indigenous rights and conservation activists, the Forest Service rescinded its decision to permit a controversial mining project to be built within Tonto National Forest in Arizona on Monday.