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US President Joe Biden is seeking to reverse his predecessor’s policies on environment. As soon as he entered the White House, Biden led America back to the Paris Accord. Former president Donald trump had led US out of the agreement and went ahead to mock and castigate the fight against climate change. Just like many countries across the globe, United States of America has in the recent past been worst hit by erratic storms, gigantic wildfires and sweltering heat waves. Trump had dismantled policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions and opened a leeway for the development of fossil fuels. Biden regards climate change as the “existential threat of our time.” The US president is keen to protect the endangered species and their natural habitat, strengthening regulations on carbon emissions, protecting the land that was opened up to drilling, regulating the toxic substances, protecting waterways and drinking water and enforcing environmental regulations. Biden’s attempt to batt...

Former US President Donald Trump continues to be hounded, even after leaving White House. The alleged ghoul of incitement to insurrection still haunts him. Trump stares at the second impeachment trial which would probably bar him from ever vying as a president again. Unlike the first impeachment where Trump was acquitted, in the second charge the prosecutors managing the process are keen to conclude it as fast as possible and will heavily rely on fast-paced video presentations. Trump’s second impeachment trial comes days after president Joe Biden stated that he would not share with him classified information, a privilege that his predecessors enjoyed after leaving office. Biden described Trump’s behavior as “erratic.” When he entered office, Biden was too swift to reverse most of Trump’s policies. As soon as he set foot in the Oval Office, Biden reversed Trump’s policies on immigration and climate change . The US President led America back to the Paris Accord . He had p...

US president Joe Biden does not believe if former president Donald Trump deserves the privileges of access to intelligence briefings. Traditionally, Trump’s predecessors enjoyed the access to intelligence meetings. Biden was responding to an evening interview with CBS screen siren Norah O’Donell after he had been asked whether he would allow Trump to get the briefings. Biden termed Trump’s behavior as “erratic” due to the incitement to insurrection where a section of Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2020. It was alleged that it was Trump who triggered his supporters to openly denounce electoral outcome and interfere with the session that was meant to certify Biden’s win.  Biden made the statement a week before the beginning of Trump’s second impeachment trial. Democrats-controlled House of Representatives successfully moved an impeachment motion. Trump made history as the first president in the US history to be impeached twice. He, then, decl...

US President Joe Biden , in his campaign pledge in 2020 argued that: “United States must lead the world to fight the existential threat of climate change.” Immediately after he was sworn in as the president of USA, he rejoined the Paris Climate deal. Former US President Donald Trump had led the country out of the Paris Climate deal. The transition to green economy has been advocated by many climate change activists as the only avenue to reduce global warming. Biden has the greatest task of ensuring that his government facilitates innovations that could generate clean electricity, heat and cool buildings, grow food and make vehicles move without emitting more greenhouses gases to the air. The US government ought to increase the demand for the technological breakthroughs. Scientific innovations would enable the world to prevent climate disaster. The government needs to enforce innovation policies that enable scientists market their products from the lab. Government can cr...

Donald Trump ’s presidency was characterized with lots of drama as he sought to stamp his electoral pledge of “America First” and “Making America Great Again.” As his term comes to a tumultuous halt, Trump will be remembered as the first president in a century and the fourth in American history to snub his successor’s inauguration event. Just as his presidency was extraordinary, his handing over of power has been equally controversial as he failed to ensure smooth transition of power. The failure to acknowledge Biden’s victory was evident when he denied him access to White House ahead of his inauguration. He also made history as the first US President to be impeached twice. The congress impeached Trump on January 2021 due to incitement to insurrection, where he allegedly ordered his supporters to storm the US capitol and interrupt with the congress session that had been convened to certify the win of Joe Biden . The outgoing US President would go down the annals of world...

Hate him or love him, but outgoing US president Donald Trump will go down the annals of the world history as a leader who was impeached twice during his stint as the head of a super power. He will also be remembered as a president who used Twitter as his major medium of communication. The president has faced many woes during his twilight days in office. During the second impeachment, 232 lawmakers voted in support of his impeachment. 10 Republicans were among those who voted to impeach Trump, making the impeachment process as the most bipartisan one in the recent times. Donald Trump made history as the US President to be impeached twice.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi led the congress as the House debated on the impeachment charges. The president was charged with inciting insurrection that led to Capitol assault. The attack led to the postponement of the certification of Biden’s win by the US congress. Earlier on after the attack, Mr Trump acknowledged bearing blame for the...

US President Donald Trump is set to lose his massive Twitter followers before the official Presidential account is transferred to President-elect Joe Biden. This is a break from the previous transition which saw Trump inherit Barack Obama’s followers. Biden’s digital director posted on twitter that: “In 2016, the Trump administration absorbed all of President Obama ’s Twitter followers on @POTUS and @WhiteHouse.” The tweet further stated, “In 2020, Twitter has informed us that as of right now the Biden adminstraion will have to start from zero.” US government accounts such as @POTUS and @FLOTUS will be affected in the new Twitter directive. Biden’s current account will be unaffected and his followers will be notified that the account is being archived. Trump has used Twitter more than any other US president and within four years of his presidency he tweeted over 50,000 times. Recently, he has used the platform to contest the outcome of the 2020 US presidential elections....

Photo Source: reuters.com Human life is shaped by many challenges, but 2020 will go down the annals of history as the year that was characterized by so many trials. The effects of this year will be felt for decades. This is due to the global health pandemic, rapid climate changes, multifaceted geopolitics, racial injustice and a divisive US election. There is no other year in the recent past when human resilience has ever been put on test. In the ability to overcome the trials posed by Covid-19, there were accelerated innovations in medicine and science.   The world was on the verge of economic downfall, prompting companies and organizations to stem up their support in aid of the most vulnerable in the society. Alibaba Founder Jack Ma supplied personal protective equipment (PPEs) to help Africa countries in fighting the pandemic. Most employees worked from home, while others were rendered jobless. In order to cushion its citizens, some countries like Kenya introduc...

Photo Source: twitter.com US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the Paris agreement and lead the world to confront challenges arising from climate change . Biden made the appointment on December 18 ahead of his inauguration as the President of the United States.  “On day one, my administration will rejoin the Paris Agreement and put America back in the business of leading the world on climate change,” Biden stated on December 19. US president Donald Trump had led the country out of the Paris accord on June 2017. In a televised announcement Trump stated that: “In order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect the United States and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord.” He argued that its terms were not fair to the American people and undermined its economy. Biden’s team on climate action include Deb Haaland (Interior Secretary) , Jennifer Granholm (Energy Secretary), Michael Regan(Environmental Protection Agency Adminis...

Photo Source: forbes.com US government cyber experts are running against time to identify those individuals responsible in the recent sweeping cyber-attacks. The experts are also seeking to identify the information that has been gathered from various networks by the hackers. Experts are also figuring out which federal systems have been intruded in the far-reaching cyber-espionage assault. Cyber Security and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) issued a stark warning indicating that the ‘critical infrastructure’ had been destroyed and federal agencies compromised.  Key federal agencies, with the exception of the Department of Homeland Security, were reportedly targeted in a spate of cyber-attack. The extensive wave of cyber intrusion was announced by the US government. At least six US government Departments, which includes Commerce, Treasury, Energy, The National Nuclear Security Administration and state departments have been affected. The attackers are not yet known. However, U...

US President-Elect Joe Biden has unveiled his cabinet ahead of his swearing in on January 20th as the president of the United States of America (USA). Biden announced significant picks for his foreign policy on Monday. Biden managed to defeat Donald Trump in a hotly contested and divisive election. However, Trump refused to accept defeat citing massive irregularities which are still unproved. In a statement dispatched to the press by the Biden-Harris team, Anthony Blinken has been appointed as the Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorkas (Secretary of Homeland Security), Avril Haines (Director of National Intelligence). Other nominees include: Linda Thomas (US ambassador to the United Nations), Jake Sullivan who was an aide to Hillary Clinton has been appointed as National Security Advisor and John Kerry (Special Presidential Envoy for Climate). Biden has promised to restore the respected USA leadership at home and across borders. Mayorkas becomes the first Latino and immigrant to be nam...