Talk about what’s not working; put someone in charge of the rural agenda; invest in doing economic development differently, and focus on rural-urban connections.
Joe Biden
Biden blasts Trump’s pandemic response, vows to speed vaccine production
The president-elect warns that Operation Warp Speed is moving at a slower pace than needed and some ‘very tough’ weeks and months are coming.
Jim Fossel: Federal aid should go directly to people who need it
Congress showed it can act when it has to, but it must do a better job of targeting assistance.
Commentary: Tehran is not looking for a war with America
But President-elect Joe Biden should make it clear that the U.S. is willing to respond to anything the Iranians are planning.
Commentary: What Biden’s good climate plan is missing so far
A ‘green by default’ option for consumers is working in California and Germany.
Trump ‘failed’ to shore up nation’s cybersecurity, Biden says
The president-elect also expresses empathy with families who have struggled this year through the pandemic and resulting economic uncertainty.
White House virus coordinator Deborah Birx says she will retire
Her comments came just days after The Associated Press reported that she traveled out of state for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Biden picks Connecticut schools chief as education secretary
Miguel Cardona, the education commissioner for Connecticut and a former public school teacher, was appointed to the top education post in Connecticut just months before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
Biden gets COVID-19 vaccine, says ‘nothing to worry about’
President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe
With Trump silent on likely Russian hacks of U.S. agencies, reprisals may fall to Biden
All fingers are pointing to Russia as the source of a punishing hack of U.S. government agencies, but the president has not responded.