Any post-election acrimony could complicate a presidential transition now unfolding amid a pandemic. The handoff could also be challenged by absences in agencies’ upper ranks.
Before he leaves office at noon on 20 January 2021, Trump could fire or target perceived enemies and pardon allies, straining the traditional legal boundaries of presidential power.
The story of the president’s inability to protect his staff, his family and himself from coronavirus is a microcosm of his administration’s inability to stop the spread across US.
Earlier on Saturday, one of Pence’s closest political advisers, Marty Obst, had also been infected by the virus, adding further to the cases in and around the White House.
Trump, now at the center of a growing cluster of Covid cases at the White House, is Exhibit A of the strategy that’s becoming clear was destined to fail.
With politics taking priority over recommended public health measures, Dr. Sean Conley’s office was unable to protect White House staff, visitors or even Trump from Covid.
Trump, who has been administered Remdesvir as part of his treatment, will continue to get round-the-clock medical attention from his doctor at the White House.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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