Policy blitz to set the tone for Biden presidency

From reversing President Donald Trump’s travel bans on several predominantly Muslim countries to rejoining the Paris climate change accord and extending pandemic-related limits on home evictions and student loan payments, President-elect Joe Biden is scheduled for an extremely hectic first day in office on Wednesday. Executive orders are a powerful tool for the US presidency – Abraham Lincoln used it to signal the end of slavery and Harry Truman used it to desegregate the military. In the hours after Biden sets...