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Commentary: How Biden can rebuild trust in our elections

by Andy Shaw Special to the Chicago Tribune January 23, 2021January 22, 2021

An independent panel could quickly confirm the fairness of 2020 swing-state voting and counting, then recommend election-security improvements.

Election 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics

Trump considered installing attorney general who would help him pursue election fraud claims

by Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett and Carol D. Leonnig The Washington Post January 22, 2021January 23, 2021

The plan would have replaced Jeffrey Rosen as the acting attorney general with Jeffrey Clark, whom Trump had appointed.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Nation should heed President Biden’s call for unity

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021

National solidarity begins with mutual respect and a commitment to the truth.

Nation & World

Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in U.S. politics

by KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

She has broken the barrier that has kept men at the top of American power for more than two centuries.

Nation & World, News

‘Democracy has prevailed’: Biden calls for unity in inauguration as nation’s 46th president

by JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press January 20, 2021January 21, 2021

Minutes earlier, Kamala Harris, the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency, was sworn in as the nation’s first female vice president.

Election 2020, Nation & World, Politics

Joe Biden has a hefty to-do list, and it starts the day he takes charge

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

Overshadowing everything at the very start is Biden’s effort to win congressional approval of a $1.9 trillion plan to combat the coronavirus and the economic misery it has caused.